Here are South Africa’s Blue Flag beaches for 2016
South Africa has been awarded 58 Blue Flag status sites for 2016, with the most blue flag beaches in the southern hemisphere. 45 South African beaches have been awarded Blue Flag status for the 2016/17 season which opens officially on 1 November, along with five marinas and eight sustainable tourism boats.
Northern prawn fleet seek answer on unexplained mass mangrove dieback in Gulf of Carpentaria
Austral Fisheries chief executive officer is questioning why more is not being done to explain a mass mangrove dieback event in the Gulf of Carpentaria, in northern Australia.
Hurricane Matthew’s Destructive Storm Surges Hint at New Normal
The coastal U.S. is highly vulnerable to rising seas, which are expected to surge in the coming years. Will this storm be a wake-up call?
Indians at risk of flooding powerless to stem the tide of illegal sand mining
As rising sea levels threaten to engulf homes along the shores of Tamil Nadu state, locals fear the erosion of the coastline is due to the illegal sand trade.
As the climate warms, we are ‘primed’ for worse storms than Sandy
With the climate warming and the sea level rising, conditions are ripe for storms deadlier and more devastating than Sandy that put more people at risk. If damaging storms become more frequent, retreat from areas with mounting repetitive losses will become a topic of discussion.
Hurricane Matthew makes landfall in South Carolina
Category 1 Hurricane Matthew made landfall late Saturday morning over South Carolina’s central coast, and the storm’s sea surges and rainfall appeared poised to threaten life.
Hurricane Matthew has decimated parts of Haiti – How to help
Hurricane Matthew’s trail of destruction in Haiti stunned those emerging from the aftermath on Friday.
Illegal sand mining — the open secret of a multi-million crore scam, India
India’s booming 157 billion dollar construction sector is expected to grow in the coming years. This means that the demand for sand and other minor minerals will increase as well, making it more difficult for the government to curb the methodical and unlawful abuse of riverbeds and coastal areas.
Hurricane Matthew Drives Storm Surge Into Northeast Florida; Coastal Flood Damage in Carolinas, Georgia
Hurricane Matthew’s eyewall continues to brush parts of Florida’s northeast coast with high winds and storm surge flooding, and will spread those impacts, in addition to potentially serious rainfall flooding into Georgia, South Carolina, and southern North Carolina through at least Saturday night.