Kilauea’s Lava Pours Into the Pacific
The Pu‘u ‘Ō‘ō eruption of Kilauea, the most active volcano in the Hawaiian island chain, has been going on almost continuously for more than three decades. The location and intensity of lava flows have varied over the years
New Zealand earthquake so strong it lifted sea floor 2 meters, Video
A 7.8-magnitude earthquake lifted New Zealand’s shore, leaving its northeastern coastline exposed.
Sand extraction destroys the Crimean beaches
According to scientists, sand mining is a direct threat to all the beaches of the peninsula, as in the south-west and on the east coast.
USGS, NASA Study Finds Widespread Coastal Land Losses from Gulf Oil Spill
A new USGS-NASA study found widespread shoreline loss along heavily oiled areas of Louisiana’s coast after the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill and compared the erosion from the spill with coastal changes Hurricane Isaac caused in 2012.
Shrinking Shores: Florida sand shortage leaves beaches in lurch
Beaches are built one truckload at a time as the main ingredient in the State’s beach renourishemnt program – offshore sand – gets harder to find.
Sand’s end
Miami Beach has run out of sand. Now what?
Ghost Forests: How Rising Seas Are Killing Southern U.S. Woodlands
A steady increase in sea levels is pushing saltwater into U.S. wetlands, killing trees from Florida to as far north as New Jersey. But with sea level projected to rise by as much as six feet this century, the destruction of coastal forests is expected to become a worsening problem worldwide.
John Kerry: We will fight to keep US in the Paris climate deal
US secretary of state John Kerry has signalled that the outgoing Obama administration is preparing a fight to ensure that Trump does not withdraw the US from the landmark Paris agreement, to prevent catastrophic climate change. “This is bigger than one person, one president…”
An Assessment of the Impact of Sand Mining: Unguja, Zanzibar, Tanzania
In mainland Tanzania, in comparison to Zanzibar, sand mining is done mainly along the coast and in river beds. This does a great deal of damage because it destabilizes the river banks and may collapse any bridges along them. On the contrary, mining in Zanzibar is generally done on the coastal beaches or in the hinterland areas that are richer in available sand.