Surfing from / January, 2011
For Bayou Indians, Spill Threatens a Way of Life
Even before oil began spewing into the Gulf of Mexico last spring, Louisiana’s American-Indian fishing villages were on the brink of collapse because of social change and the dramatic loss of coastal wetlands.
First Artificial Island to Be Built In The Americas
Boskalis is sourcing the sand for the land reclamation process from its own borrow area…
Cyclone Headed For Australia’s Flood-Ravaged North Coast
A cyclone raced toward Australia’s flood-ravaged northeast Sunday, rattling nerves in a region that has already suffered billions of dollars worth of damage from a monthslong crisis.
Surf’s Up: New Research Monitor Ocean Wave Behavior and Shore Impacts
Engineers have created a new type of “stereo vision” to use in studying ocean waves as they pound against the shore, providing a better way to understand and monitor this violent, ever-changing environment.
Beach mining study bodes well for prospectors
Beach mining has received favorable reviews in a two-year study conducted by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Can the sea solve China’s water crisis?
The Tianjin-Binhai development zone, on the western shore of the Bohai Sea, is a stretch of coastline that is at the forefront of the government’s ambitious and costly attempt to use science and technology to shift China on to a more sustainable path of development.
50 Houses on Kiawah Sand
A documentary about proposed development at south end of Kiawah Island, produced by Mary Edna Fraser and Celie Dailey. Includes interviews with Dr. Orrin Pilkey, Professor of Earth Scieces at Duke University, and Nancy Vinson, Coastal Conservation League’s Program Director for Air and Water Quality.
Mapping the Grassroots
Grassroots Mapping, a technological movement premised on a simple yet radical idea: for less than $100 you can generate your own high-resolution satellite imagery.
UN chief: economic model and environmental threat
Political and business leaders need to embrace economic innovation in order to save the planet.
