On-board a sand dredger, offshore Miami. Photo courtesy of: © Denis Delestrac
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The government divers who plunged into the bay near the Port of Miami surfaced with bad news again and again: Large numbers of corals were either dead or dying, suffocated by sediment.
The source of the sediment, environmentalists say, is a $205 million dredging project, scheduled to end in July and intended to expand a shipping channel to make room for a new generation of supersize cargo ships…
Read Full Article, The New York Times
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Despite the physical limits and risks, ships of more than 450m are anticipated within the next five years…
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NOAA announced it will afford Endangered Species Act protections to 20 coral species. All 20 species will be listed as threatened…
