Venice High Water Floods 70% of City
Venice’s high water, or “acqua alta”, said to be the sixth highest since 1872, flooded 70% of the city and was high enough to make raised wooden platforms for pedestrians float away.
Post Sandy: Most Recent Aerial Images of New Jersey and New York Shoreline
Most recent aerial pictures of New Jersey and NY shoreline after superstorm Sandy devastated the areas, by PSDS / WCU.
Elwha, The Grand Experiment
Stanford University’s School of Humanities and Sciences, and their Knight Risser Prize for Western Journalism, has honored Lynda Mapes of the Seattle Times with a Special Citation for the report, “Elwha: The Grand Experiment”, which focusses on the largest dam removal project in the world currently underway in Washington State.
Mozambique creates Africa’s largest coastal marine reserve
The Primeiras and Segundas have been approved as a marine protected area in Mozambique making this diverse ten-island archipelago Africa’s largest coastal marine reserve.
Climate change, not the national debt, is the legacy we should care about
Worry about the grandchildren? Then stop global warming, but don’t pretend deficit reduction by slashing pensions is for them.
Climate change likely to be more severe than some models predict
Scientists analysing climate models warn we should expect high temperature rises – meaning more extreme weather, sooner
Billions in Subsidies Prop up Unsustainable Overfishing
Calls are mounting for the world’s big fishing powers to stop subsidising international fleets that use destructive methods like bottom trawling in foreign coastal waters…
Sea Level Rise Accelerating For US East Coast
This summer the North Carolina Senate passed a bill banning researchers from reporting predicted increases in the rate of sea level rise. But the ocean, unbound by legislation, is rising anyway, and in North Carolina this rise is accelerating, researchers reported…
Sandy’s Storm Surge Mapped – Before It Hit
In June, geologists at the College of Staten Island, developed a model showing how New York’s geography would amplify a storm surge in the event of a large storm, spelling trouble for low-lying urban areas.