7,000 gallons of sewage from San Onofre nuclear plant spills a mile into the ocean
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Officials at Southern California Edison, the plant’s operator, said the sewage amounted to a “non-radiological release” that entered the ocean through a conduit from Unit 2 at the facility.
California: Some beaches stay open, others shut down – why coastal closures are varying during coronavirus response
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As various government agencies navigate uncharted waters, each stretch of sand may have different protocols when it comes to coastal access.Part of the confusion is caused because different government agencies have control over various stretches of the coast.
Ocean species are shifting toward the Poles
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Concentrations of marine animal populations have been shifting away from the equator and toward the poles during the course of the past century, according to one of the most comprehensive analyses of marine species distributions to date.