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News Release 13-171
NSF awards first coastal sustainability grants for research on world's most populated areas
In wake of storms such as Hurricane Sandy, grants will lead to better management of coastal environments
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Coastal systems are crucial to regional and national economies.
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New NSF grants are helping us better understand our coasts; NSF's David Conover explains.
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Runoff from coastal cities poses a threat to their sustainability.
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As storm surge buffers, wetlands play an important role in coastal sustainability.
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NSF coastal SEES researchers will study Gulf of Maine species such as lobsters.
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Fertilizer washing into coastal waters causes surface algae blooms, depleting oxygen below.
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Scientists are studying the effects of dredging on sediment transport in urban estuaries.
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