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"A New Ship's Mission: Let the Deep Sea Be Seen" [1]

"A giant new vessel, OceanXplorer, seeks to unveil the secrets of the abyss for a global audience."

Science [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
International [5]
Source: NYTimes [6], 09/18/2020
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"How Trucking Eels Is Reviving A River" [7]

"Scientists trap and relocate young eels, helping the species and reviving an ecosystem. Some say assisted migration could help other species survive the warming planet."

Climate Change [8]
Fish & Fisheries [9]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Washington Post [11], 09/18/2020
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Black Pensacola Neighborhood Took Massive Hit from Hurricane Sally [12]

"PENSACOLA, Fla. — Wendy Evil, 52, spent Thursday morning picking through her drenched belongings. Her house, her yard, her . . . everything was flooded. “I am just so destroyed,” she said."

Climate Change [8]
Disasters [13]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [15]
Source: Washington Post [16], 09/18/2020
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"As Septic Fails, Rising Seas Also Threaten Coastal Sewers" [17]

"A small branch of the East River outside Brunswick, Georgia, curves awfully close to the neighborhood of Ellis Point. Built in the 1950s, the houses sit pretty low, and they’re all on septic systems."

Climate Change [8]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Pulitzer Ctr. [18], 09/18/2020
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Hurricane Sally’s Fierce Rain Shows How Climate Change Raises Storm Risks [19]

"Staggering rain totals, fueled by a warming atmosphere that can hold more moisture, are being recorded from the storm."

"As hurricanes go, Sally was not especially powerful. Rated a Category 2 storm when it struck the Gulf Coast on Wednesday, it was soon downgraded. But climate change likely made it more dangerous by slowing it down and feeding it more moisture, setting it up to pummel the region with wind and catastrophic rainfall.

Climate Change [8]
Disasters [13]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
International [5]
Source: NYTimes [20], 09/18/2020
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Company Drops Desalination Plan In Battle Over Environmental Justice [21]

"Amid mounting controversy and concerns over environmental justice, California American Water on Wednesday withdrew its application for a desalination project in the small Monterey Bay town of Marina."

Environmental Justice [22]
Environmental Politics [23]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
California [24]
Source: LA Times [25], 09/17/2020
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"Inspector General Slams FEMA Over Repeatedly Flooded Homes" [26]

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency fails to help tens of thousands of people whose homes have repeatedly flooded, according to a report by the Office of the Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security."

Climate Change [8]
Disasters [13]
Environmental Politics [23]
Government [27]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: NPR [28], 09/17/2020
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"30 Inches Of Rain Measured In Florida As Sally Tracks Inland" [29]

"An emergency disaster declaration for Florida has been approved by President Trump after Sally unleashed feet of rain in just a few days in part of the state."

Climate Change [8]
Disasters [13]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: AccuWeather [30], 09/17/2020
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‘We’ve Always Known Ours Was Contaminated’: The Trouble With U.S. Water [31]

"Ageing infrastructure, legacy pollution and emerging contaminants across the US are driving a growing urgency to do something about America’s water crisis".

Environmental Health [32]
Laws & Regulations [33]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [10]
Source: Guardian [34], 09/16/2020
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In Dry State, Farmers Use Oil Wastewater to Irrigate Fields. Is it Safe? [35]

"For decades, farmers in California's Kern County have turned to wastewater from oil production to help irrigate their crops during extended dry spells."

Agriculture [36]
Chemicals [37]
Climate Change [8]
Energy & Fuel [38]
Environmental Health [32]
Food [39]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
California [24]
Source: InsideClimate News [40], 09/16/2020
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