Sea-Level Rise, Subsidence, and Wetland Loss
A USGS video describes causes of wetland loss in the Mississippi River Delta.
Kiribati: Entire Pacific Nation Could One Day Move to Fiji
Fearing that climate change could wipe out their entire Pacific archipelago, the leaders of Kiribati are considering an unusual backup plan: moving the populace to Fiji.
When It Comes to Creating Wetlands, Mother Nature Is in Charge
Fifteen years of studying two experimental wetlands has convinced a researcher that turning the reins over to Mother Nature makes the most sense when it comes to this area of ecological restoration.
Landslide raises questions about $15.7 billion Exxon plan
A deadly landslide in the mountains of Papua New Guinea, near where U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil is building a $15.7 billion gas project, is raising fresh questions about the global energy industry’s scramble for ever harder-to-reach resources…
Better Beaches for Everybody
“Studying plastics in the marine environment through UNCW over the past four years, I have studied beaches in Hawaii, Bermuda, South Africa, Brazil, and California taking samples from the wrack line. On all the beaches mentioned, I have found a higher concentration of broken fragments of plastics than cigarette butts. But Wrightsville Beach tells a very different story…”
In Patagonia, Caught Between Visions of the Future
Two competing visions of Patagonia stirring a national debate over the future and the soul of Patagonia itself…
3rd Best Paper Award Announced
Marine Pollution Bulletin and Elsevier Science instituted has awarded the annual prize for “best paper” to Skye Morét-Ferguson (corresponding author), Kara Lavender Law, Giora Proskurowski, Ellen K. Murphy, Emily E. Peacock and Christopher M. Reddy for their paper entitled “The size, mass, and composition of plastic debris in the western North Atlantic Ocean” (Marine Pollution Bulletin 60 (2010) 1873-1878).
Emissions from Oil Sands Mining
Using data from a NASA satellite, researchers have found that the emission of pollutants from oil sands mining operations are comparable to the emissions from a large power plant or a moderately sized city.
UN Team Examines Mining Threat to Great Barrier of Reef
A UN team has arrived in Australia to investigate possible damage to the Great Barrier Reef by the mining industry.