Item talk:Q227626

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 "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pcmsc/science/coral-reef-project-guam",
 "headline": "Coral Reef Project: Guam",
 "datePublished": "April 15, 2021",
 "author": [
   {
     "@type": "Person",
     "name": "Curt Storlazzi, PhD",
     "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/staff-profiles/curt-storlazzi",
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     "text": "The USGS is working with the National Park Service on the west coast of the island to help determine the effects of sedimentation in the nearshore waters, including those of War in the Pacific National Historical Park. This is especially significant because the wet season (July to December), during which time large amounts of unstabilized soil wash down to the ocean, coincides with peak coral spawning and larvae settlement. Other partners in these efforts include NOAA, U.S. Coral Reef Task Force (USCRTF) Guam Local Action Strategy (LAS) for Land-Based Pollution (LBP), University of Guam, and Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI)."
   },
   {
     "@type": "TextObject",
     "text": "Learn more about our Coral Reef Project, our research topics, and study locations."
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     "text": "The Territory of Guam is an organized unincorporated territory of the United States. The island itself is 30 miles (48 km) long and 4 mi (6 km) to 12 mi (19 km) wide. It is the southernmost island in the Marianas island chain and is the largest island in Micronesia. Unlike many of the northern Marianas islands, Guam is not volcanically active. The northern part of the island is a forested coralline limestone plateau while the south contains volcanic peaks covered in forest and grassland. A coral reef surrounds most of the island, except in areas where bays exist that provide access to small rivers and streams that run down from the hills into the Pacific Ocean and Philippine Sea."
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     "text": "Webcams show coastal imagery and wave characteristics near Adelup Point, Guam."
   },
   {
     "@type": "TextObject",
     "text": "As part of the USGS Coral Reef Project, the USGS is working on the west coast of Guam to help determine the effects of sedimentation in nearshore waters."
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     "text": "Human activity has significantly increased the rate of sedimentation along many areas of Guam\u2019s coastline. These human activities are related primarily to land-management practices, including urban development, unregulated use of off-road vehicles, and illegal wildfires. The wildfires, which are intentionally set by hunters to clear lines of sight and draw in new game, remove the grasses and small trees that stabilize the soil. Typhoons strike Guam frequently, commonly dropping more than 30 cm of rain in 24 hours and flushing the unstabilized soil down to the coast and into the nearshore waters."
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   "name": "Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center",
   "url": "https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pcmsc"
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     "name": "Information Systems"
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     "name": "Guam"
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