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 So Mississippi State University and Keesler Air Force Base are working on a project to shield a 2.5-mile stretch of the city from erosion.  Learn more at https://www.yaleclimateconnections.org/ 

Biloxi, Mississippi, is losing a foot of salt marsh shoreline a year

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Storms, rising seas are growing threats to Portsmouth Village in North Carolina

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Estuaries provide more than a billion dollars in environmental benefits, research shows

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West Virginia man works to boost solar industry in his home state

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