The Benefits Of Inlets Opened During Coastal Storms
An open letter from the community of coastal scientists regarding the benefits of inlets opened during coastal storms.
It’s Move It or Lose It in Path of a Nor’easter
As a nor’easter pounded Plum Island, Mass., this month, moving trucks were being filled with belongings from damaged homes. Officials say some houses should be moved away from the coastline.
Pig Corpses Spark Questions, But Chinese Government Gives Few Answers
The pig carcasses, about 14,000 of them, have been floating down rivers that feed into Shanghai for nearly two weeks. The city’s residents have been told not to worry, and not much else..
Q&A: Master Reforestation Plan to Save Haiti
Droughts and floods, devastating hurricanes and soil erosion with a drastic impact on food security make Haiti extremely vulnerable to climate change and in need of enormous adaptation efforts.
US Pushes For Antarctic Marine Protections
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for the establishment of increased protections in two parts of the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.
Katrina-Like Storm Surges Could Become Norm
Last year’s devastating flooding in New York City from Hurricane Sandy was the city’s largest storm surge on record. Though Hurricane Sandy was considered a 100-year-event, a storm that lashes a region only once a century, a new study finds global warming could bring similar destructive storm surges to the Gulf and East Coasts of the United States every other year before 2100.
Antarctic’s First-Ever Whale Skeleton Found
For the first time ever, scientists say they have discovered a whale skeleton on the ocean floor near Antarctica. Though whales naturally sink to the ocean floor when they die, it’s extremely rare for scientists to come across these final resting places, known as “whale falls.”
Petroleum Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Automobiles Could Drop 80 Percent by 2050
A new National Research Council report finds that by the year 2050, the U.S. may be able to reduce petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80 percent for light-duty vehicles, cars and small trucks, via a combination of more efficient vehicles.
The World’s Largest Concentrated Solar Power Plant, Big Picture
The world’s largest concentrated solar power plant, Shams 1, launched on Sunday, representing a major milestone in the development of renewable energy in the Middle East. Taking three years to build, the $600m plant is located in Abu Dhabi’s western region, the heart of the UAE’s hydrocarbon industry.