Assateague’s Wild Horses Cross Chincoteague Channel In Annual Tradition
Every year, some 150 wild ponies are rounded up on Assateague Island, a small barrier island and wildlife refuge that is partly in Maryland and partly in Virginia. Local folklore describes the Assateague horses as survivors of a shipwreck off the Virginia coast.
Offshore Drilling Rig Partially Collapses Off Louisiana Coast
A shallow-water Gulf of Mexico drilling rig has partially collapsed off the coast of Louisiana after catching fire because of a ruptured natural gas well, U.S. regulators said on Wednesday.
Illegal Sand Mining is New Gold Rush in India
At a time when the planet’s reserve of sand from its beaches is threatened by smuggling and illegal mining, environmentalists are asking India, as the present international custodian of the Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD), to take a lead in the control of sand mining.
Louisiana Drilling Rig Blowout Causes Evacuation of 47 Workers
Natural gas flowed uncontrolled from a well off the Louisiana coast on Tuesday after a blowout that forced the evacuation of 47 workers aboard a drilling rig, authorities said.
Due to Global Warming, End Is Virtually Certain for Coastal Cities
Because of carbon emissions that are virtually certain, on the basis of the lack of policy-response to global warming thus far, sea levels are now set to rise anywhere from around 8 inches to 7 feet within 100 years, and around 5 yards to 10 yards within 2,000 years.
European Fish Stocks Poised for Recovery
The results of a major international effort to assess the status of dozens of European fish stocks find that many of those stocks in the northeast Atlantic are being fished sustainably today and that, given time, those populations should continue to recover.
Climate Change Slowdown is Due to Warming of Deep oceans, Say Scientists
A recent slowdown in the upward march of global temperatures is likely to be the result of the slow warming of the deep oceans…
Hermosa Beach Oil Drilling Reconsidered 80 Years After Being Banned
Residents are debating whether to get back into the oil business, 80 years after this wealthy coastal town first banned drilling.
Bombs Dropped on Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
Two American fighter jets dropped four unarmed bombs into Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Marine Park last week, when a training exercise went wrong, the US Navy said, angering environmentalists…