Revealed: Our Contaminated Beaches, Scotland
As Fraserburgh, Scotland, is getting ready for its UK Surf contest- expected to be “epic” due to Igor aftermath’s swell on European coasts- reports found sewage pollution has not spared many popular scottish beaches.
Shipwrecks and Vanishing Coastlines: a Nigerian Predicament
The ocean is advancing menacingly towards populated areas, surge that caused severe erosion, which occurred as a result of shipwrecks and uncontrolled development of the coastlines, involving poorly done sand filling.
Tsunami Detection Improves, but Coastal Areas Still Vulnerable, Report Finds
Detection and forecast of tsunamis have improved since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, but current efforts are still not sufficient to meet challenges posed by tsunamis generated near land.
Second big fish kill in less than a week reported in Louisiana
The coastal zone director for Plaquemines Parish, would like to see more testing of the area where the kill was reported to determine whether oil from the BP spill contributed to the kill, as well as earlier fish kill reported last week.
7 Ways to Kick the Plastic Habits
One real culprit of our oil addiction is plastic, and most of it ends up on our coasts, beaches and oceans.
Waikiki Beach Replenishment
On the Waikiki shoreline, what’s here today will be gone tomorrow.
Scientists Document Fate of Deep Hydrocarbon Plumes in Gulf Oil Spill
Studying the behavior of methane and other natural gases released in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.
Exploring links between Ocean Warming, Stronger Hurricanes and low-lying coastal zones
In an interview with Yale Environment, MIT meteorologist discusses current thinking on how higher sea surface temperatures are likely to lead to stronger hurricanes, thus believing subsidies and bailouts encouraging people to live in vulnerable, low-lying coastal zones are folly.
Melting sea ice forces walruses ashore in Alaska
Massive super-herds of walrus are being forced onto dry land because of a lack of sea ice, the World Wildlife Fund reports. Discovery News UGC video shows an estimated 10,000 animals gathered in Point Lay, Alaska. This massive move to shore by walruses is unusual in the United States.