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Human Health Evaluation of Groundwater for Non-potable Purposes
Groundwater concentrations of 1,4-dioxane at a former manufacturing facility upgradient and adjacent to a residential property were greater than the...
Cheryl Hapke Coauthors Paper on U.S. Community Perspectives on Coastal Flooding
Coastal flooding is one of the top management challenges facing U.S. coastal stakeholders today as its intensity increases with global...
FDA Requests Information on Food Contact Uses of Fluorinated Polyethylene
In response to an alert about unintended per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in packaging, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration...
Navigating California’s Unique Legal, Permitting, and Environmental Risks for Offshore Wind
The market for renewable power is primed for an incredibly exciting BOEM lease auction this fall for offshore wind development...
Offshore Wind Development News: Gulf of Mexico Wind Energy Areas and Draft Environmental Assessment
Call to action: Two draft Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) were released by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for...
Natural Resource Damages & Environmental Justice
In natural resource damage assessments (NRDAs), both injury to resources and the beneficial effects of restoration actions unfold over time,...
Rio Del Mar State Beach Living Shoreline Project – Santa Cruz, CA
Aptos creek flows meeting the Pacific ocean have triggered rapid coastal changes caused by the interactions between creek dynamics and...
An analysis of the use of the relative source contribution term in derivation of drinking water standards using perfluorooctanoic acid as an example
Publishing Journal: Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management First published: 15 July 2022, https://doi.org/10.1002/ieam.4659 Abstract The relative source contribution (RSC) term has...
Typological representation of the offshore oceanographic environment along the Alaskan North Slope
Publishing Journal: Continental Shelf Research Volume 244, 15 July 2022, 104795 Abstract Erosion and flooding impacts to Arctic coastal environments are...
Vapor Intrusion Evaluation at a Daycare Facility in a Disadvantaged Community
In 2021, a daycare center serving a disadvantaged community in Oakland, California was closed due to concerns about potentially unsafe...
New PFAS Rules Take Effect in Florida
Two new pieces of legislation have been signed into law in Florida. Florida House Bill 1475 Florida House Bill 1475,...
Discount Rates, Natural Resource Damages, and the Public Trust
1. Introduction When unpermitted releases of contamination to the environment cause injuries to natural resources in the United States, various...
Offshore Wind and Upwelling on the U.S. West Coast
On June 15, 2022, POET hosted a webinar on the effects of offshore wind farm development on the marine phenomenon...
It’s All in the Packaging: Regulators Work to Adopt Rules to Mitigate Plastic Pollution
It used to be all about glass—glass was too heavy, too expensive, and too dangerous to you or others if...
SEDflume and Marine Technology Services
Using SEDflume, we can answer your questions on sediment erodibility and scour effects, dredge material stability, the integrity of capping...
Webinar: When Mountains Move Roads with Cheryl Hapke, Ph.D.
Science, Engineering, and Management Along the Big Sur Coast. A collaborative study involving USGS, UCSC, Caltrans, and MBNMS. Speaker: Dr....
Coastal Engineering Workshop with Dr. David Revell, Ph.D.
Sponsored by Ventura County Watershed Protection District and BEACON (Beach Erosion Authority for Clean Oceans and Nourishment) Part 1: Sources...
Higher Ground Podcast: If The Beach Goes, We Go
Nature will eventually take its course — with our help or without it. If we are going to choose to...
Sea Level Rise And The South San Mateo Coast
Join the Coastside Land Trust and coastal geomorphologist, Dr. David Revell, to discuss sea level rise and the South San...
Grace Chang Coauthors Paper on the Variability of Floc Characteristics in a Shallow Estuary
Sediment is a ubiquitous natural material that comprises everything from the earth beneath our feet to the sandy beaches along...
UPDATE: EPA Releases PFAS Updated Drinking Water Health Advisories
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released interim and final health guidelines for several per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This is part...