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Stories about: marshes

North Carolina Endangered by the Rising Sea According to a new study conducted by experts at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), the state of North Carolina is at the highest risk of suffering damage from the rising sea level it has ever been over the past 500 years. The international team of environmental scientists that conducted the investigatio... 29 October 2009 06:21 GMT Largest Dam in the World Is a Potent Methane Source China has finished building the largest hydroelectric plant in the world, the 7,661-foot-long Three Gorges Dam, on the Yangtze River, only for a short time. Elevated to the rank of national symbol, the dam has already come under criticism from environmentalists, who say that it may be a potent methane source. During ... 30 September 2009 05:41 GMT Nothing Can Be Done to Prevent Louisiana Marsh Deterioration In a new scientific study, published in the latest issue of the journal Nature Geoscience, researchers from the Louisiana State University report that the measures state authorities were considering taking so as to restore the marshes that have long since disappeared are inadequate. That is to say, officials have bee... 29 June 2009 19:01 GMT