Ruling Favors Rebuilding Septic Systems on Beach
A line of decrepit cottages along what was once Seagull Drive in South Nags Head has stood for more than three years as testimony to long-running legal battles between the state, the town and property owners.
World’s Tallest Dam Approved by Chinese Environmental Officials
Chinese environmental authorities have approved construction plans for what could become the world’s tallest dam, while acknowledging that the project would affect endangered plants and rare fish species…
GPS Solution Provides Three-Minute Tsunami Alerts
Researchers have shown that, by using global positioning systems (GPS) to measure ground deformation caused by a large underwater earthquake, they can provide accurate warning of the resulting tsunami in just a few minutes after the earthquake onset.
Melting Glaciers Cause One-Third of Sea-Level Rise
The world’s glaciers lost 260 gigatons of water each year between 2003 and 2009, making these rivers of ice responsible for almost a third of sea-level rise in that time, new research finds.
10 Million Pounds of Trash Removed from Waterways, Coasts, Beaches: 2013 ICC Data
For nearly three decades, Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) has mobilized millions of people in the world’s largest volunteer effort for our ocean, coasts and waterways. Volunteers pulled 10 million lbs. of trash, equivalent to the weight of 41 blue whales, from 17,719 miles (28,516 kilometers) of global waterways and beaches…
“It’s happening now, The village is sinking”
Residents of Newtok, on the shores of the Bering Sea, Alaska, know they must evacuate as the village is rapidly losing ground to erosion, but who will pay the $130m cost of moving them?
San Onofre Power Plant Ruling Sides With Environmentalists, California
A federal panel Monday sided with environmentalists who have called for lengthy hearings on a plan to restart the ailing San Onofre nuclear power plant, a decision that further clouds the future of the twin reactors.
Indigenous Peoples Put Arctic Council on Alert
Fifteen more Indigenous groups have signed onto a joint statement rejecting oil development in the Arctic. The move demonstrates that there is growing opposition to Arctic oil drilling amongst the Indigenous communities who will be most affected by the industrialisation of their territories and would feel the first impacts of an oil spill.
Western Indian Ocean Tsunami Hazard Potential Greater Than Previously Thought
The risk from undersea earthquakes and associated tsunami in an area beneath the Arabian Sea at the Makran subduction zone, which could threaten the coastlines of Pakistan, Iran, Oman, India and potentially further afield, has been previously underestimated, a study suggests.