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The Compleat Wetlander: Beach Nourishment In Texas–-No Gains, Only Losses
Nationwide beaches are eroding. Ocean storms, hurricanes, sea level rise, sea walls, jetties, and other natural occurrences and manmade practices result in the erosion of portions of 95,000 miles...
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Wetlander’s Pick of the Posts
Coastal Wetlands Under Threat By Tom Schueneman – Planet Save – December 3, 2010 New modeling research helps scientists, planners, and resource managers better understand threats to wetlands from sea...
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Compleat Wetlander: Climate Change: Don’t Wait for This to Happen to You
It’s hot out there. It’s in the news. It’s right outside the door. A dome of hot air has covered most of the lower 48 states over the past week....
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The Compleat Wetlander: Are Wetlands Saving Us from a Changing Climate?
It is a good news~bad news week for wetlands and climate change following the close of the Durban Climate Change Summit. The good news is that for the first time there is an incentive for restoring...
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The Compleat Wetlander: Drought, Water and Wetlands along the Great Mississippi
“There is no food security without water security” - United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization Director General José Graziano da Silva 2012 was supposed to be a record year for agriculture...
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Special Feature: Wetlands, Watersheds, and Climate Change Adaptation:...
By Peg Bostwick – ASWM Great Lakes Office Here in the upper Midwest, we are spared from the urgent need to plan for sea level rise and hurricane protection. Instead, some of the major projected...
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Salameander: Of Wetland Restoration, Climate Adaptation, and Local Watershed...
It is exciting to hear about a tangible example of the application of wetland strategies to address local issues and goals. Here is one recently showcased on an ASWM webinar presentation by Matt...
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Views from the blog-o-sphere
Can Agriculture Reverse Climate Change? A Future Tense Event Recap. By Jathan Sadowski – Slate – July 26, 2013 Climate change is the gravest existential threat the planet faces. Whether we’re talking...
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Views from the blog-o-sphere
Study: Fox News botches climate-change coverage By Erik Wemple – The Washington Post – April 7, 2014 The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) has put together an awful pie chart for Fox News. Those...
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Salameander: “Given Climate Change”
by Peg Bostwick, ASWM Sometime in the 1960’s, the U.S. began to send guys with cameras into space. Their photos of “blue marble” Earth resulted in a global “aha” moment – Earth is not infinite, and we...
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