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I cover sea level rise for the Post and Courier in Charleston, SC. Past: WORT 89.9 FM, Wisconsin Watch and Wisconsin Public Radio. Opinions are my own.
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‘Big, scary animals with big, scary teeth’: Take a tour through SC’s Cretaceous Period ocean

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By Jonah Chester Verified
| Post and Courier Verified
CHARLESTON — This city was born from the ocean and to the ocean it will one day return. About 70 million years ago, South Carolina was the easternmost part of a relatively shallow, nutrient-dense sea that ran through the southeast, passed through the western states, and sliced up through Canada to the North Pole. Over the next six months, the South Carolina Aquarium’s new “Jurassic Seas” exhibition aims to take visitors back to this sunken landscape.
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The Army Corps has been deepening Charleston Harbor for 170 years. Now you can weigh in.

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By Jonah Chester Verified
| Post and Courier Verified
CHARLESTON — The Army Corps of Engineers has a long, muddy history in Charleston Harbor. Its first deepening of the harbor was in 1857, just a few years before the start of the Civil War. Over the next 170 years the Army Corps continued to deepen, expand and augment the harbor to make it safer for ships to navigate. Now the Corps want your opinion on future dredging and deepening work. The Post and Courier’s Rising Waters Lab focuses on impacts of climate change and related policies and practices.
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Wetland destruction has cost Charleston homeowners millions of dollars, study finds

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By Jonah Chester Verified
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CHARLESTON — A new study finds that the destruction of upstream wetlands since the 1980s has significantly driven up flood insurance payments for South Carolina homeowners along the coast. The peer-reviewed study, conducted by the Environmental Defense Fund and published June 1 in the journal Nature Water, examines the financial impact of demolishing upstream wetlands across the country.
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