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CT - Should We Stay or Should We Go? Shoreline Homes and Rising Sea Levels in Connecticut

How strategies to address rising sea levels could affect local taxes, home values, and other factors

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MA - The Seaport Cost Billions To Build. What Will It Take To Save It?

When former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh took the stage at a 2017 ribbon-cutting in the Seaport District, he spoke with pride of a neighborhood “hitting its stride.” He spoke of new retail, housing, entertainment venues, and green space. He spoke of job creation and “smart growth.” He spoke of an area that represents “our future economy here in Boston.”

Jesse Remedios / WBUR

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World - Drone footage reveals social secrets of killer whales

Killer whales have complex social structures including close "friendships", according to a new study that used drones to film the animals.

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER / EurekAlert

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National Hog Farmer

Waterways

World - Port congestion issues causing havoc for ag shippers

Container shortages have placed a heavy strain on agricultural exporters, leaving them without access to international markets and no guarantee that their product will be delivered on time, explains House chair of the subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Salud Carbajal, D-Calif., during Tuesday’s hearing titled, “Impacts of Shipping Container Shortages, Delays, and Increased Demand on the North American Supply Chain.”

Jacqui Fatka / National Hog Farmer

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Steve Sears

US - NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and BOEM (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management) address wind farm fishing data challenges

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration NOAA) have joined forces to address fish survey challenges presented by offshore wind farms. NOAA and fishermen have expressed concern about the ability to do fish surveys in wind farm areas.

Cranston Herald

Northeast

Middletown Press

CT - Connecticut to propose new limits on harvesting horseshoe crabs, as environmentalists call for full ban

Faced with calls to end the commercial harvest of horseshoe crabs along the Connecticut shoreline, state regulators said Tuesday they are planning new restrictions aimed at bolstering populations of the ancient species.

John Moritz / Middletown Press

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For The Win

Int'l - Panicked sea lions nearly sink fishing boat trying to escape orcas

Commercial fishermen in waters off southern Chile were forced to fight off dozens of sea lions that were attempting to board their fishing boat to escape a pod of hungry orcas. The panicked pinnipeds nearly sank the boat.

David Strege / For The Win

Southeast

Matt Aeberhard/Cornell Lab of Ornithology

SC - Enormous flock of declining shorebird discovered in South Carolina

It's not every day that someone discovers a new-to-science bird migration spectacle. It's even more unexpected that such an encounter—in this case, tens of thousands of shorebirds gathering during their annual journey north—would be just a stone's throw from a metropolitan area. But two years ago, that's exactly what happened in coastal South Carolina.

South Carolina Department of Natural Resources / Phys.org

Northeast

Portsmouth Herald

ME - No beach trash cans: York keeps pandemic policy in place amid staffing crunch

A policy that left no trash cans at York beaches last summer because of the COVID-19 pandemic is here to stay for the 2021 season and perhaps even longer, Parks and Recreation Director Robin Cogger said.

Camille Fine / Portsmouth Herald

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Dredging Today

US - Two environmental projects honored at WEDA summit

Each year at its annual Summit, the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) presents Environmental Excellence Awards, recognizing projects that demonstrate environmental awareness.

Zlatan Hrvacevic / Dredging Today

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US - Higher prices driving stabilisation of peak US wind exposures

Major insurance and reinsurance companies that had been pulling-back on peak US wind over recent years are being seen to stabilise their exposures in reaction to the higher-priced opportunity coastal risk presents, according to analysts and our sources.

STEVE EVANS / Artemis.bm

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ANI

Int'l - Cabinet approves proposal of MoES on Deep Ocean Mission

Deep Ocean Mission is a mission mode project to support the Blue Economy Initiatives of the Government of India.

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CT - Should We Stay or Should We Go? Shoreline Homes and Rising Sea Levels in Connecticut

MA - The Seaport Cost Billions To Build. What Will It Take To Save It?

World - Drone footage reveals social secrets of killer whales

World - Port congestion issues causing havoc for ag shippers

US - NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and BOEM (Bureau of Ocean Energy Management) address wind farm fishing data challenges

CT - Connecticut to propose new limits on harvesting horseshoe crabs, as environmentalists call for full ban

Int'l - Panicked sea lions nearly sink fishing boat trying to escape orcas

SC - Enormous flock of declining shorebird discovered in South Carolina

ME - No beach trash cans: York keeps pandemic policy in place amid staffing crunch

US - Two environmental projects honored at WEDA summit

US - Higher prices driving stabilisation of peak US wind exposures

Int'l - Cabinet approves proposal of MoES on Deep Ocean Mission

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Int'l - Cabinet approves proposal of MoES on Deep Ocean Mission

World - Mercury is accumulating in deep ocean trenches

Int'l - Bid to stop deep sea mining in Pacific

AK - To Understand How Warming is Driving Harmful Algal Blooms, Look to Regional Patterns, Not Global Trends

Int'l - Sable Island undergoing dramatic coastline retreat

FL - Where should bed tax revenue go in St. Johns County: To the beaches or to marketing?

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World - World Oceans Day: We cannot meet sustainable development goals with a sick ocean

FL - Miami’s $4 billion plan to combat sea level rise has radical urban ideas

Int'l - Deforestation darkening the seas above world's second biggest reef

CA - Coastal flooding increases Bay Area traffic delays and accidents