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Compounds used in firefighting foam seeped into the groundwater in the town of Stuart. Now it’s at the forefront of thousands of suits against chemical companies. Compounds used in firefighting foam seeped into the groundwater in the town of Stuart. Now it’s at the forefront of thousands of suits against chemical companies. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Techno Blender is an automatic aggregator of the all world’s media. In each content, the hyperlink to the…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain One of the primary drivers of climate change is excess greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Mitigating climate change in the coming century will require both decarbonization—electrifying the power grid or reducing fossil fuel-guzzling transportation—and removing already-existing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, a process called carbon dioxide removal.…

Fjords are coastal systems that act similar to the ocean. They take up large amounts of CO2 from the atmosphere. Some fjords emit also N2O and small amounts of CH4. On balance, fjords are a greenhouse gas sink. Credit: Dong Zhang on Unsplash A new greenhouse gas budget shows coastal ecosystems globally are a net greenhouse gas sink for carbon dioxide (CO2) but emissions of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) counteract some…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Investors in commercial real estate are rethinking the values of coastal properties exposed to flood risk—even in northern U.S. locales that haven't suffered flood damage, according to researchers. This shift in perspective has implications for investors and developers alike as they determine the value of coastal properties amid a changing climate. …

Coral reefs in the Red Sea – such as this one in the Gulf of Eilat/Aqaba – and the Persian Gulf are particularly affected by light pollution. Credit: Sahchaf Ben EzraLight pollution from coastal cities is causing coral reefs to spawn outside their optimal reproductive times, reducing the chances of coral egg fertilization and new coral growth. The ALICE project found that corals exposed to artificial light at night spawned closer to the full moon compared to those on unlit reefs. Delaying night-time lighting in coastal…

Some salt marshes have kept pace with sea level rise over the past century while others have foundered, according to new research in Earth’s Future. The study is the first to measure and compare wetland growth rates across much of the East Coast. Credit: James Loesch/flickrSalt marshes along the U.S. East Coast have been building elevation to keep pace with rising sea levels over the last century, according to a study published in Earth’s Future. While some marshes have adapted, there is a tipping point where they will no…

European coastal regions have a long history of interacting with sand dunes. Credit: CC0 via Pixabay The 200 million Europeans who live in coastal zones are already feeling the impact of global warming through extreme variations in sea level and flooding. Many parts of Europe could suffer 10 times more coastal flooding by 2100,…

Based on the in situ sampling and the laboratory incubation experiment, it is demonstrated that the metabolic activity of microorganisms reduced in hypoxic environment, which was conducive to the preservation of labile organic matter and carbon storage in the coastal ecosystem. Credit: Wenqing Shi. Recently, Science China Earth Sciences published a paper about the transformation of organic matter by microorganisms under…

Coastal podded hydroid Aglaophenia pluma and open-ocean gooseneck barnacles Lepas living on floating plastic collected in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. Credit: The Ocean Cleanup, in coordination with Smithsonian InstitutionA team of researchers from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) and the University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa, has recently published a study in Nature Ecology and Evolution, revealing that a surprising number of coastal marine invertebrate <span class="glossaryLink"…

Credit: Shutterstock/snvv18870020330 According to a recent study, coastal shipping produces a fifth of the carbon emissions (well-to-wheel) of road freight. Rail also performed well, with about a quarter of trucking emissions. Despite this, trucking accounts for nearly 80% of New Zealand's heavy…