The Top Aurora Videos Of 2013
As the sun reaches the apex of its 11-year solar cycle, here’s a look back at some of the most impressive videos of aurora borealis and australis recorded in 2013.
Coastal Erosion Threatening Beach Property In Yucatan
Coastal erosion is one of the main challenges of the environmental agenda of Yucatan, as the problem of beaches erosion is seen as increasing each year.
Boat Schools : A Floating Future
Every year millions of school children in Bangladesh miss countless school days when their schools are flooded. But now local NGO have come up with a simple solution, building schools that float.
Madagascar’s Forests Vanish To Feed Taste For Rosewood In West And China
A recent resurgence in demand for wood from the bois de rose tree, prized for the extraordinary coloured streaks that weave through its centre, has fueled an illicit yet flourishing industry.
Is There Gold in the Black-Sand Beaches of Costa Rica?
One of the most anticipated Hollywood films of 2013 has a curious connection to Costa Rica’s northern Pacific coast, where different-colored sands are the stuff of legend…
Town Neck Beach Eroding Despite Effort To Rebuild Dunes
Town Neck Beach is now as vulnerable as it was at the end of last winter’s series of battering storms and that has officials and coastal property owners worried.
Sand Wars Come To New England Coast
Sand is becoming New England coastal dwellers’ most coveted and controversial commodity as they try to fortify beaches against rising seas and severe erosion caused by violent storms.
Earthquake/Tsunami Hazard in Caribbean Higher Than Previously Thought
Enough strain may be currently stored in an earthquake zone near the island of Guadeloupe to cause a magnitude 8 or larger earthquake and subsequent tsunami in the Caribbean, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey study.
Documenting The Swift Change Brought By Global Warming
For 25 years, photographer Peter Essick has traveled the world for National Geographic magazine, with many of his recent assignments focusing on the causes and consequences of climate change. In a Yale Environment 360 photo essay, Essick presents some of the images he took in Antarctica, Greenland, and other far-flung locales.