San Pedro Waterfront, Los Angeles. Photo source: ©© Harshad Sharma
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Backers of a plan to convert a 100-year-old dock in the Port of Los Angeles into a US$500-million research centre and business park called AltaSea say that there is still an untapped niche in ocean science, a facility focused on making Los Angeles and other coastal cities sustainable by helping them to adapt to climate change, to become more energy efficient and to reduce marine pollution.
“The idea is to create a hybrid institute around the fundamental challenges inherent to coastal cities…”
