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News Release 16-110
NSF awards $13 million in third set of coastal sustainability grants
In the face of sea-level rise and other threats, awards will lead to better management of coastal environments
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A new NSF Coastal SEES award addresses sustainability of the Ganges-Brahmaputra Delta.
Credit: NASA
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With our large footprint in coastal sands, how do we co-exist with our coastlines? Rick Murray, director of the National Science Foundation's Division of Ocean Sciences, has answers.
Credit: NSF/OSU
Pteropods are shelled animals that live in the sea; they're affected by ocean acidification.
Credit: NOAA
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Oyster in Chesapeake Bay. Climate change/management/ecology of the bay is a Coastal SEES topic.
Credit: NOAA
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NSF Coastal SEES grantees are studying communities threatened by harmful algae blooms.
Credit: NOAA
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As sea level rises, the coast of Louisiana begins to go underwater.
Credit: NASA
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NSF Coastal SEES awardees are studying climate change effects on California Current fisheries.
Credit: NOAA
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