Seafood Safety and Policy What’s safe to eat? How can we know?
In Japan, a nation that eats prodigious amounts of seafood, one question sits high on the list of public concerns: Is seafood caught after the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe safe for human consumption?
Ocean Thermal Power Will Debut off China’s Coast
The U.S. defense and aerospace giant, Lockheed Martin, is partnering with a major Chinese company to build a pilot project off the southern Chinese coast that will use temperature differentials between the deep and shallow ocean to generate electricity.
San Diego-Tijuana Region
The metropolitan areas of San Diego, California, and Tijuana, Baja California, together form an international conurbation that crosses the USA-Mexico border at the northern end of the Baja Peninsula near the city of San Ysidro. The combined population of the region is approximately 5 million according to 2010 census information.
Arctic Ocean Acidifying Rapidly
The Arctic seas are being made rapidly more acidic by carbon-dioxide emissions, according to a new report, by the scientists from the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP).
Garbage as Fuel: Solution or Problem?
Heralded as an innovative way to eliminate garbage and create energy at the same time, the city of Oslo has turned to relying on trash incineration to support approximately half of the city’s buildings.
The Case for Cool: Student Engagement to Save the Planet
Rising temperatures around the globe are a reality, and so too is the primary cause: Energy-related CO2 emissions caused by human-beings. Hope, real hope, for changing government policy to save the planet rests with the people, those whose children and grandchildren will inherit this tragic whirlwind, and, most importantly, the younger generation…
Scripps Oceanographers Study Coastal Erosion, UC San Diego
San Diego’s coast is a precious resource for beachgoers, marine life and our county’s economic well-being. It’s also an ever-changing ecosystem threatened by erosion. With 70-plus miles of pristine beauty, the US’s western coastline is constantly shifting.
3 Encouraging Signs Of Progress From The Bonn Climate Talks
A slight breath of fresh air entered the UNFCCC climate negotiations this week in Bonn, Germany. Held in the old German parliament—which was designed to demonstrate transparency and light—the meeting took on a more open feel than the past several COPs and intersessionals.
The Vanishing Beach: Hopton coastal resort engulfed by the North Sea, UK- In Pictures
These dramatic photos show the changing face of a popular beach that has had an astonishing 6,000 truckloads of sands washed away in just three years.