Being Part Of The Solution: Marine Debris Tracker
A new app lets anyone with an iPhone or Smartphone to report trash on beaches and waterways, and help scientists too. Indeed, with plastic bags, cans, abandoned or lost fishing gear and other marine debris washing up on our shores each year, the app could help combat the global marine debris problem, according to NOAA.
C40 Large Cities Climate Summit
A financing agreement with the World Bank to help the world’s major cities better adapt to climate change, has been reached a the fourth C40 summit, in Sao Paulo.
Japan Underestimated Tsunami Hazard For Nuclear Sites, UN Experts Find
Experts from the United Nations atomic energy agency said that Japan had underestimated potential tsunami hazards to its nuclear power plants before the March earthquake and tsunami that damaged the Fukushima Daiichi facility.
EPA Begins Monitoring Summer Monitoring to Protect Area Beaches, Coastal Waters
With the beginning of the beach season, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is undertaking a beach and harbor protection program to safeguard beaches and bays in New Jersey and New York and protect the health of the people who enjoy them.
Chilled Offering, Tallows Beach Cape Byron, Australia; By Johnny Abegg
“A certain magic of aloneness, intwined with the roar of an untamed ocean…” Chilled Offering, is an image from Johnny Abegg
South West National Park, Tasmania; By Johnny Abegg
Have you ever dreamed of a place as a child that you always wanted visit? I was lucky enough to visit South West National Park in Tasmania, chartering the South and West coast by boat for the annual South West Marine Debris Cleanup. By Johnny Abegg.