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California Map Shows Where State Will Become Underwater From Sea Level Rise

Thu, 2024-04-04 08:51 — mike kraft

California map shows where state will become underwater from sea level rise Sea level rises could cause areas along California's seaboard to be flooded or entirely consumed by water, modeling suggests. Newsweek

Areas of populous cities along California's stretch of the Pacific Ocean could be flooded or entirely consumed by water if, due to the effects of climate change, sea levels rise as predicted, modeling suggests.

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Beach Closed, Keep Out: Billionaire Tries to Block Surfers

Fri, 2014-08-29 03:40 — Norea

Andrew Blankstein and Kevin Monahan - Friday, 29 Aug 2014 | 8:45 AM ET - NBC News

The beach is so central to California's identity that the right of surfers and sun lovers to access the sand is guaranteed in the state Constitution.

But now so many local landowners want to block public access to their chunks of the coveted coastline that there are several hundred alleged violations pending before state officials, including a highly charged case in which Vinod Khosla, a green energy billionaire with ties to President Obama, is fighting surfers over access to a beach south of San Francisco.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/101957304#.

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SCUBA divers call for a ban on shark finning in a 30-second public service announcement

Wed, 2013-10-16 08:07 — admin

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Court Rules that Federal Agency Failed to Protect Thousands of Whales and Dolphins from Navy Sonar

Sat, 2013-10-12 07:55 — admin

www.earthjustice.org - September 26, 2013

Southern Resident orcas. (Kelly Balcomb-Bartok)

West Coast marine mammals continue to be harmed by deafening underwater noise

Southern Resident orcas. (Kelly Balcomb-Bartok)

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Radioactive Fish Found In California: Contamination From Fukushima Disaster Still Lingers

Sun, 2013-02-24 12:03 — Kathy Gilbeaux

A fisherman displays his haul of Bluefin Tuna.

CLICK HERE: STUDY - Radiocesium in Pacific Bluefin Tuna Thunnus orientalis in 2012 Validates New Tracer Technique

huffingtonpost.com - by Aaron Sankin - February 22, 2013

Nearly two years after a powerful earthquake triggered a leak at Japan's Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, the effects of that disaster are still being felt on the other side of the planet.

A report released earlier this month by researchers at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station found that bluefin tuna caught just off the California coast tested positive for radiation stemming from the incident.

The study looked at the levels of radiocesium, one of the most common results of nuclear fission reactions, in Pacific Bluefun Tuna--largely as way to track the species' migratory patterns as the fish make their cross-oceanic journey in search of prey.

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Researchers Use GPS Data to Speed Up Tsunami Warnings

Sun, 2012-05-06 20:35 — Kathy Gilbeaux

In this Jan. 2, 2005 file photo, a wide area of destruction is shown from an aerial view taken over Meulaboh, 250 kilometers (156 Miles) west of Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Researchers in the United States are hoping to use GPS data to speed up current warnings. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, File)

U.S. seismologists currently testing new warning system

by Andrew Pinsent - CBC News - May 5, 2012

Scientists in the United States have been testing an advanced tsunami warning system using GPS data, combined with traditional seismology networks, to attempt to detect the magnitude of an earthquake faster so warnings of potential tsunamis can get out to potentially affected areas sooner.

The prototype is called California Integrated Seismic Network (CISN), and is a collaboration between the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, whose focus is on environmental conservation.

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