Staghorn Coral Transplanted to Threatened Reef
In a delicate operation at sea, healthy staghorn coral were transplanted to a threatened reef off the Broward County coast, Florida, by researchers at Nova Southeastern University’s Oceanographic Center and its internal National Coral Reef Institute (NCRI).
People Displaced by Climate Change Need Our Help, But So Do Those Who Cannot Leave
The environment is already affecting patterns of human migration. On the island of Hatia, along coastal Bangladesh, 22 percent of households have migrated to cities as a coping strategy following tidal surges. A recent UK report has shown that a focus on populations migrating away from environmental change neglects 2 key groups of vulnerable people: the many millions who will actually migrate into areas of environmental threat, and those who will be trapped there by economic, social or environmental challenges.
Microbial Oasis Discovered Beneath the Atacama Desert
Two metres below the surface of the Atacama Desert there is an ‘oasis’ of microorganisms.
Tracking Toxic Chemicals in Oil Spills
Does out of sight mean into the air or into fish? A study.
Is Protecting the Environment Incompatible with Social Justice?
Humanity’s challenge in the 21st century is to eradicate poverty and achieve prosperity for all within the means of the planet’s limited natural resources. Oxfam investigates the question of whether environment conflicts with development and social justice.
Battling The Plastic Bottle: Students And Industry Face Off
Bottled water is trickling away from college campuses nationwide, thanks to the efforts of student activists and non-profit groups that support them with campaigns like “Ban the Bottle” pushing schools to ban the sale of plastic water bottles. But that’s not going over too well with the International Bottled Water Association.
The Eddy and the Plankton
The ocean has storms and weather that rival the size and scale of tropical cyclones. But rather than destruction, these storms, better known as eddies, are more likely to bring life to the sea.
How Earth’s Next Supercontinent Will Form
The Earth has been covered by giant combinations of continents, called supercontinents, many times in its past, and it will be again one day in the distant future. The next predicted supercontinent, dubbed Amasia, may form when the Americas and Asia both drift northward to merge, closing off the Arctic Ocean, researchers suggest.
EPA Bans Sewage Discharge From Cruise Ships
Federal environmental regulators have given final approval to a rule that bans cruise ships and large cargo vessels from releasing all sewage into the state marine waters along California’s 1,624 mile coast from Mexico to Oregon and surrounding major islands, creating the largest Coastal No-Discharge Zone in the Nation. 77 percent of the State’s population lives on or near the coast and annually, over 150 million visitor-days are spent at California beaches.