- Using a newly-developed computer model scientists predict that with limited human intervention, 31% to 67% of Southern California beaches may become completely eroded (up to existing coastal infrastructure or sea-cliffs) by the year 2100 under scenarios of sea-level rise of one to two meters. https://www.usgs.gov/news/disappearing-beaches-modeling-shoreline-change-southern-california 4 comments science
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- Opinion | Free California of Fossil Fuels - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/opinion/fires-california-fossil-fuels.html 7 comments
- The New Nation-States | The New Republic https://newrepublic.com/article/143600/new-nation-states-trump-rejection-paris-accord-reshaping-political-landscape 4 comments
- Sunken Pleasure: California Will Need Mountains of Sand to Save Its Beaches - Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/sunken-pleasure-california-will-need-mountains-of-sand-to-save-its-beaches/ 1 comment
- California submerging: Rising seas are claiming its famed coast faster than scientists imagined - CalMatters https://calmatters.org/articles/engulfing-crisis-california-sea-level-rise/ 0 comments
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