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Construction of region’s largest-ever infrastructure project to have major economic impact in Pensacola.

3/16/2017

The Pulse ~

The largest public infrastructure project in the history of Northwest Florida is off to a big start, with staging and preliminary construction to replace the 57-year-old Pensacola Bay Bridge already beginning.

On the banks of Bayou Chico west of downtown Pensacola, towering cranes have arrived, becoming part of the skyline as preparations are underway along the eastern shore of the waterfront.

Telltale Tsunami Sounds Could Buy More Warning Time

3/15/2017

Scientific American ~

Scientists are figuring out how to detect a tsunami-generating earthquake’s unique, fast-traveling sound waves.

Buoys operate as today's state-of-the-art tsunami-detection system. Seismic data can tell officials that an underwater earthquake has occurred, but strategically placed floating sensors often give the key warning if the earthquake has created a potentially devastating series of waves. Even so, warnings are often issued only minutes before a tsunami hits—if at all. Aiming to buy more time for evacuations, scientists have begun decoding a new aspect of the sounds that underwater earthquakes produce. Sound waves can travel at upward of 1,500 meters per second through water—more than 10 times faster than a tsunami.

Report: Restoration efforts helping salmon

3/7/2017

Post Register/Associated Press ~

BOISE (AP) — The $500 million spent annually on habitat restoration projects and improvements are helping salmon, steelhead and other wildlife in the Columbia River Basin, federal agencies responsible for operating 14 federal dams say.

The Bonneville Power Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and U.S. Bureau of Reclamation released a report Thursday outlining projects from 2007 to 2015.

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Construction of region’s largest-ever infrastructure project to have major economic impact in Pensacola.

Telltale Tsunami Sounds Could Buy More Warning Time

Report: Restoration efforts helping salmon

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