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‘Alarming’ Bacteria Levels Found In Seine River, Where Olympians Will Swim [1]

"A nonprofit focused on waterway conservation has voiced concern about contamination in Paris’s Seine River ahead of open-water swimming events to be held there at the Olympic and Paralympic Games starting in July."

Environmental Health [2]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
Europe [6]
Source: Washington Post [7], 04/10/2024
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"Lithium Companies Fight Over Water in the Arid Great Basin" [8]

"In the Nevada valley that is one of the most significant domestic sources of a key element for the energy transition, one company controls the groundwater needed to mine it, another is fighting for a share of it and others are lining up at the tap."

Chemicals [9]
Climate Change [10]
Energy & Fuel [11]
Natural Resources [12]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [13]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [14]
Source: Inside Climate News [15], 04/10/2024
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Humans Converted 250,000 Acres Of Estuaries To Cities And Farms In 35 Years [16]

"Worldwide over the past 35 years, dams and land reclamation activities have converted 250,000 acres of estuary — an area roughly 17 times the size of Manhattan — to urban land or agricultural fields, with most land conversion and estuary loss in rapidly developing countries, a new study finds."

Agriculture [17]
Biodiversity [18]
Fish & Fisheries [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Natural Resources [12]
Planning & Growth [21]
Transportation [22]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
International [23]
Source: AGU [24], 04/10/2024
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"Colombia Capital Bogota To Ration Water As Reservoirs Dry" [25]

"Colombia's capital Bogota will start rationing water this week to alleviate droughts wrought by the El Nino weather pattern, which has exacerbated the Andean country's dry season and caused reservoir levels to fall, Mayor Carlos Galan said on Monday."

Climate Change [10]
Consumer [26]
Disasters [27]
Infrastructure [20]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
South America [28]
Source: Reuters [29], 04/09/2024
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"PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Pervasive in Water Worldwide, Study Finds" [30]

"A new study of more than 45,000 water samples around the world found that about 31 percent of groundwater samples tested that weren’t near any obvious source of contamination had PFAS levels considered harmful to human health by the Environmental Protection Agency."

Chemicals [9]
Environmental Health [2]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
International [23]
Source: NYTimes [31], 04/09/2024
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Rain and Rising Sea Levels Sending Sewage Into Charleston Streets and Ponds [32]

"Environmental advocates threaten to sue within weeks if Charleston Water does not present a plan to prevent hundreds of wastewater overflows."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
Environmental Health [2]
Infrastructure [20]
Pollution [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Source: Inside Climate News [34], 04/08/2024
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"FEMA Stuns Florida With Pricey Hurricane Penalty" [35]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency revoked the discount it gave to 125,000 property owners in Lee County who have FEMA flood insurance after warning local officials about unsafe rebuilding efforts in the wake of Hurricane Ian in 2022."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
Infrastructure [20]
Laws & Regulations [36]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [13]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [33]
Source: E&E News [37], 04/05/2024
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2024 Hurricane Season Forecast: Highest Number Of Hurricanes Ever Predicted [38]

"Buckle up and hunker down: An "extremely active" hurricane season is likely, top forecasters from Colorado State University announced Thursday. In fact, the forecast includes the highest number of hurricanes ever predicted in an April forecast by Colorado State since the team began issuing predictions in 1995."

Climate Change [10]
Disasters [27]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: USA TODAY [39], 04/05/2024
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"Light at the End of the Tunnel" [40]

"Millions of killer culverts lurk beneath North American roadways, strangling populations of migratory fish. Now with a nationwide project, the United States is trying to fix them."

Fish & Fisheries [19]
Infrastructure [20]
Natural Resources [12]
Transportation [22]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
National (U.S.) [13]
Source: Hakai [41], 04/04/2024
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April 9, 2024

SciLine Media Briefing: Climate Change & Agriculture — Air, Water & Soil [42]

SciLine’s next media briefing will cover the myriad ways agricultural production is — and may soon be affected further — by climate-driven shifts in air quality, including changing carbon dioxide and ozone levels; water quality and quantity; and soil health. 2:00 p.m. ET.

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