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Two Major Antarctic Glaciers Are Tearing Loose From Their Restraints [1]

"Two Antarctic glaciers that have long kept scientists awake at night are breaking free from the restraints that have hemmed them in, increasing the threat of large-scale sea-level rise."

Climate Change [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
International [5]
Antarctica & Arctic [6]
Source: Washington Post [7], 09/15/2020
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Hurricane Sally Track Moves Farther East As Storm Approaches Gulf Coast [8]

"Hurricane Sally is tracking even farther east as the strengthening storm slowly inches closer to the Gulf Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center on Monday night."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [9]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [10]
Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune [11], 09/15/2020
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"Wildfires: After The Blazes: Poisoned Water And 'A Flood On Steroids'" [12]

"Historic wildfires raging from California to Colorado are weakening watersheds and setting the stage for deadly mudslides and flooding and, in some places, threatening to poison critical water supplies."

Disasters [9]
Environmental Health [13]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [15]
Source: E&E News [16], 09/14/2020
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"Chicago Announces Plan To Start Replacing Lead Water Pipes" [17]

"Chicago, the last big American city to require water pipes made of brain-damaging lead, is now the last one beginning to rip toxic pipes out of the ground."

Chemicals [18]
Environmental Health [13]
Environmental Justice [19]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Source: Chicago Tribune [22], 09/11/2020
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States, Groups Sue EPA, Claiming Failure To Enforce Bay Cleanup Plan [23]

"The Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Maryland sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, claiming the agency failed to enforce bay cleanup goals for New York and Pennsylvania."

Agriculture [24]
Chemicals [18]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Pollution [14]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [26]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [27]
Source: Capital Gazette [28], 09/11/2020
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"Thwaites: 'Doomsday Glacier' Vulnerability Seen In New Maps" [29]

"Scientists may just have identified Thwaites Glacier's Achilles heel. This Antarctic colossus is melting at a rapid rate, dumping billions of tonnes of ice in the ocean every year and pushing up global sea-levels."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [9]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
International [5]
Antarctica & Arctic [6]
Source: BBC News [30], 09/10/2020
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Antarctica and Greenland Are on Track for Worst-Case Climate Scenario [31]

"As the world’s ice sheets have been cracking up and melting down, climatologists have warned that further decimation could cause devastating levels of sea level rise. Now, a recent study shows that ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica are melting at a pace on par with the worst-case climate scenarios scientists have predicted, putting coastal communities where millions of people reside at risk."

Climate Change [2]
Disasters [9]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
International [5]
Antarctica & Arctic [6]
Source: Earther [32], 09/10/2020
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"Pink Salmon Could Prosper In Warmer Arctic, New Study Finds" [33]

"Scientists like to say that climate change is creating winners and losers in Alaska: Some species will struggle, while others could benefit from warmer habitats. One of those climate change winners could be pink salmon in the Arctic, according to a new paper published by U.S. and Canadian scientists in a journal called Deep Sea Research Part II."

Climate Change [2]
Fish & Fisheries [34]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [35]
Source: Alaska Public Media [36], 09/08/2020
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"Environmentalists Say Washington’s Wolf Program Is Broken" [37]

"Gov. Jay Inslee has directed the Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission to draft new rules governing the killing of wolves involved in conflicts with livestock, a move winning praise from conservation groups."

Agriculture [24]
Biodiversity [38]
Environmental Politics [25]
Laws & Regulations [20]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Northwest (OR WA) [39]
Source: AP [40], 09/08/2020
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"In Michigan, Rising Lake Levels Disturb Sacred Ground" [41]

"Along Lake Michigan’s shores, rising waters are eroding Indigenous Odawa burial sites".

Natural Resources [42]
People & Population [43]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [21]
Source: Circle of Blue [44], 09/08/2020
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