Union of Concerned Scientists

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Flooding, coastal erosion, wildfires, thawing permafrost, and extreme weather events are causing unprecedented loss and damage of places and customs. Cultural heritage is under immediate and urgent threat from climate change worldwide.

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Circle of Blue

JANUARY 5, 2022

As climate change worsens, scientists are hoping to more accurately monitor its effects on water temperatures and quality, lake levels, coastal erosion and algae blooms. These include sensors on buoys, satellite imagery, cloud-based computer platforms and other data gathering tech.

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Our Environment

MAY 21, 2021

The increased intensity of storm surges coupled with the ineffectiveness of the coral reef barrier is leading to considerable coastal erosion in the Pacific Islands. Coastal erosion is occurring at an alarming rate within the Pacific Islands. Coastal change in the Pacific Islands. 3] Gombos, M., 4] Houghton, J.,

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Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 29, 2022

cities, counties, and states over climate damages and deception; and 39 cases brought by seven coastal parishes and the State of Louisiana seeking damages for coastal erosion around oil fields. Chevron alone is facing a $9.5

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A Greener Life

JULY 1, 2021

Littoral rainforest is a type of forest that grows along the beachfront, providing habitat for native flora and fauna and acting as an important buffer to coastal erosion and wind damage. It’s a unique ecological community that is currently considered critically endangered, due to limited large-scale areas of it remaining intact.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

The lawsuit relies on attribution science , which marshals evidence linking such impacts as wildfires, coastal erosion, drought, and heat waves to climate change. Gavin Newsom said that fossil fuel climate accountability litigation could be a gamechanger and he’s eager to work with other governors to pursue this strategy.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 29, 2023

Rivers, drinking water, and farmland in southern Senegal have become too salty, a consequence of coastal erosion and seawater intrusion. Coastal communities in southern Senegal are reckoning with environmental change. In Tunisia, scarce water reserves prompt nightly shutoffs in and around the capital city.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

A 2015 paper by Schulte found that Tangier Island had lost 67% of its total landmass since 1850 due to a combination of relative sea level rise and coastal erosion. The publication of the paper was followed by misinformation, the researchers said, with claims that coastal erosion alone was responsible for Tangier’s land loss.

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Ocean Conservancy

OCTOBER 22, 2021

If you’re not on the water or near the coast, much of this price may go unnoticed until there are disasters like stronger hurricanes, more intense flooding, coastal erosion or harmful algal blooms. It may seem like a good thing all around that the ocean is protecting us in this way, but the ocean actually pays a hefty price.

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A Greener Life

JANUARY 26, 2022

In addition, the organisms that live on the reefs can be further used as they can be important for medical research, and can also provide protection from coastal erosion and tsunamis. As coral reefs are an important food source for other organisms, locating them can aid research around biodiversity.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Moreover, in addition to climate change litigation, the Supreme Court’s review could have a significant impact on Louisiana’s coastal erosion litigation, where energy companies have asserted similar arguments when removing those 42 cases.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Flooding from tropical storms and hurricanes threaten coastal communities such as the United Houma Nation in Louisiana. Many of these communities have been hit by back to back disasters, and also face coastal erosion, COVID-19 impacts, and climate-augmented storms like Hurricane Ida.

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Physics World

MAY 20, 2021

The collaborators plan to create teaching packs that combine music with information about coastal erosion and climate change. Initially, the project is focused on studio music but once Covid restrictions ease it will probably include a live component too. Another idea is to design musical informational displays on clifftops.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 13, 2021

We would see massive coastal erosion happening all around. Not only would it be extremely hard and costly – if possible at all – to defend cities like New York during a storm surge with a so much higher sea level.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 6, 2023

In an effort to slow coastal erosion, $74 million will be used to build islands and rubble reefs in Illinois Beach State Park. As PFAS pollution in Lake Superior threatens Ojibwe fishing practices, a new EPA proposal would require states to consider treaty rights in water quality standards.

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The Energy Law Blog

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Moreover, in addition to climate change litigation, the Supreme Court’s review could have a significant impact on Louisiana’s coastal erosion litigation, where energy companies have asserted similar arguments when removing those 42 cases.

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Acoel

MARCH 21, 2023

In many places, sand is being used faster than it can be replenished, and is often extracted causing severe damage to biodiversity, fishing grounds, coastal and beach stability, and an erosion of beaches and riverbeds.

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Ocean Conservancy

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The rich mangrove forest here is considered to be the city’s lungs and is in need of protection from issues like deforestation, coastal erosion and plastic pollution. It is home to the Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve which was recognized as a global biosphere reserve by UNESCO in 2000.

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HumanNature

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

These effects of climate change have been closely linked to socioecological hazards, including biodiversity loss, pollution, deforestation, coastal erosion, overfishing, and freshwater salinization (Douglas & Cooper, 2020).

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Ocean Conservancy

AUGUST 25, 2021

Changing conditions can make the sea ice less predictable and more dangerous for hunters, compromise ice cellars that are used for food storage, and accelerate damaging coastal erosion. Climate change is also affecting the Arctic Ocean ecosystem, including its marine mammals, sea birds, fish and other marine species.

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A Greener Life

AUGUST 13, 2021

And coastal areas will continue to be at the forefront of the battle due to continued sea-level rise throughout the 21st century – contributing to more frequent and severe flooding in low-lying areas as well as in coastal erosion.

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Law Columbia

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Dense seaweed areas may be able to protect other organisms from ocean acidification, can provide oxygen-rich habitats, and can buffer against coastal erosion. Seaweed cultivation may also have climate adaptation and environmental co-benefits.

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Real Climate

AUGUST 12, 2021

This means more coastal erosion, increases the risk of coastal inundation and makes storm surges a bigger threat for coastal settlements. A thermal expansion explained 50% of sea level rise during 1971–2018, while ice loss from glaciers contributed 22%, ice sheets 20% and changes in land water storage 8%.

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Physics World

AUGUST 8, 2021

So if we find that wave height is increasing every year – and maybe it is and maybe it isn’t, but let’s say it is – then that will have big implications for coastal erosion, which is already a problem on the North Slope. That kind of data will help us understand ocean circulation and wave height.

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The Energy Law Blog

MARCH 3, 2017

Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the Eastern District’s exercise of jurisdiction and dismissal on the merits of a headline-grabbing environmental law tort suit against 97 oil and gas companies, seeking to hold those entities responsible for Louisiana’s coastal erosion.

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The Energy Law Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2015

This is especially troublesome to the oil and gas industry given that coastal erosion and other forces have reduced the amount of cover over numerous pipelines in South Louisiana. In essence, the decision suggests that a person or entity not having an intent to excavate is not required to give notice under the One-Call Statute.

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The Energy Law Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2006

Likewise, she rejected the plaintiffs’ argument that the defendants’ collective activities were a cause in fact of the damages, finding that tort liability requires proof of individual causation and noting that the Fifth Circuit uniformly rejects theories of market share or enterprise liability.

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The Energy Law Blog

JUNE 2, 2020

In addition, the scope of appellate review issue is currently before the Fifth Circuit in coastal erosion suits brought by local government entities against the oil and gas industry (Docket Nos. 19-1330), and the First Circuit is likewise reviewing the remand of Rhode Island’s climate change lawsuit back to state court (Docket No.

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Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 21, 2023

Download the report. Nature-based solutions (NbS) use nature and natural processes to address societal challenges and protect ecosystems.

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Environmental News Bits

MARCH 29, 2023

Read the full story from Indiana University. Scientists reveal new information about the role humans have played in large-scale land loss in the Mississippi River Delta — crucial information in determining solutions to the crisis.

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