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Georgia's nearly 370,000 acres of salt marshes are in danger, due to rising sea levels and levels of development that conservation groups say are unsustainable. But an effort is underway across the southeast to try to save them. The South Atlantic Salt Marsh Initiative has released a new plan to preserve one million acres of salt marshes from North Carolina to East Central Florida, an area nearly the size of the Grand Canyon. ...

Cyclone Biparjoy has picked up speed after re-curving and is now lying very close to the coast of Gujarat.It is likely to make landfall by the evening on Thursday, Mahesh Palawat, Vice President, Meteorology and Climate Change, Skymet Weather, ...

Sealing driveways and parking lots may seem like routine maintenance for homeowners, but recent studies raise concerns about the potential health risks associated with some of the materials. Coal-tar sealants have been used for decades on driveways and parking lots. They include a class of compounds known as Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. ...

Nearly a year after the historic flooding in eastern Kentucky residents of Breathitt, Knott, Letcher, and Perry counties now have the option to participate in buyouts for homes and properties located on flood-prone land. Officials say they estimate around 3000 residents in the region are eligible. Tony Nott - assistant state conservationist with the U.S. ...

Canadian wildfire smoke has impact on humans and animals Fire