Coastal Restoration
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Coastal management and restoration of our planet's coastlines with a particular focus on California, Louisiana and the Pacific.  Emphasizing wetland restoration, aspects of agriculture in the coastal plain, fisheries, dealing with coastal hazards, and effective governance.
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Greenland ice sheet losing more ice than scientists estimated - The

Greenland ice sheet losing more ice than scientists estimated - The | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
The Greenland ice sheet lost 20 percent more ice than scientists previously thought, posing potential problems for ocean circulation and sea level rise, a study says.
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This article discusses the loss of Greenland's ice and how is affects the global ocean currents and sea levels. The rate of the retreating of glacier is stated to gradually accelerating. This retreating allows more ice to flow more into the ocean causing sea level rises. This rise in ice flow has the Potental to affect ocean currents if it continues to occur.
Isabella Jackson's comment, January 26, 9:10 PM
It was interesting to learn that the Greenland ice sheet melting is affecting not only ocean sea level rise but also the global ocean current. It is a scary thought to realize that the ocean current has the ability to change our current climate and weather systems. I wonder what the earth would look like if all of the Greenland ice sheet has melted
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Climate change: Greenland ice sheet melt contributes to sea-level rise

Climate change: Greenland ice sheet melt contributes to sea-level rise | Coastal Restoration | Scoop.it
The melting of Greenland's massive ice sheet has now accelerated, scientists announced Wednesday, and shows no signs of slowing down, according to a new study.
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Greenlands Ice sheet is melting, under the intense pressures of global warming, at an accelerate rate. Greenlands melting ice sheet will disrupt many ecosystems who rely on the solid ice and is a large contribution to rising sea-levels, threatening low lying lands and islands around the world. 
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