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Category: Rising Seas

The aftermath of an ocean surge in Imperial Beach, California, January 2019. Rising seas boost tides and imperil the city's coastline. Photo via Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego
Posted inEnvironment

Back off the beach and the rising sea? No way, California cities say

Avatar by Julie Cart April 28, 2020

Pushing homeowners away from the water is proving difficult. They want to protect property values; the state wants to save the beaches.

A fire crowning two hills, with black trees silhouetted against the orange glow.
Posted inCalifornia Wildfires

Worried about wildfires, Californians ready to spend, vote to fight climate change

Avatar by Rachel Becker July 29, 2019
Posted inExplainers

Rising Seas: What you need to know about the danger lapping at California’s shores

Avatar by Julie Cart October 17, 2017
Posted inRising Seas

Battling rising seas, Louisiana ‘gets on with it’—minus California-style climate talk

Avatar by Julie Cart October 17, 2017
The state's last coastal sand mining operation in Monterey County will be closed after decades of harvesting beach sand and selling it. Photo via the California Coastal Commission
Posted inRising Seas

Shifting sands: The struggle to save California’s washed-up beaches

Avatar by Julie Cart July 2, 2017
Posted inRising Seas

SHORING UP THE STATE: Is California’s response to rising seas enough?

Avatar by Julie Cart July 2, 2017
Pacifica-in-Storm-Wikimedia-photo-by-Brocken-Inaglory
Posted inRising Seas

California submerging: Rising seas are claiming its famed coast faster than scientists imagined

Avatar by Julie Cart April 25, 2017
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