Link Between Oil Spill Exposure and Hematologic, Hepatic Toxicity
A new study reports that workers exposed to crude oil and dispersants used during the Gulf oil spill cleanup display significantly altered blood profiles, liver enzymes, and somatic symptoms compared to an unexposed control group.
Scotland Gives Green Light to Europe’s Largest Tidal Energy Project
The largest tidal energy project in Europe can get under way after permission was granted for the first stage in the Pentland Firth.
New World Map for Overcoming Climate Change
Using data from the world’s ecosystems and predictions of how climate change will impact them, scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Queensland, and Stanford University have produced a roadmap that identifies the world’s most vulnerable and least vulnerable areas in the Age of Climate Change.
Costa Concordia in Italy Freed From Rocks
Engineers were successful on Monday in shifting the hull of the Costa Concordia ocean liner from the Italian reef where it has lain stricken since January 2012, according to reports…
The New State of Nature: Rising Sea-levels, Climate Justice, and Community-based Adaptation in Papua New Guinea
Rising sea-levels lay waste to more than coastlines. From the viewpoint of the state, they erode its claim to territorial sovereignty and call its concept of legal equity into question. From the viewpoints of low-lying, natural resource-dependent communities, the tides threaten autonomy, well-being, and, not least, property.
The Promised Land
“Apart from Bali and parts of Java, much of Indonesia’s coastline is pretty difficult to access via road…” A Surfline story and photo gallery.
Shoppers in England to be Charged For Plastic Bags
Uk’s deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, to unveil new 5p cost of bags in supermarkets and large stores to cut use of environmentally damaging products.
Molasses spill in Honolulu Harbor poses calamity for marine life
As much as 1,400 tons of molasses spill into Honolulu Harbor, killing thousands of fish, and officials say there’s no way to clean it up.
New Colour Purple Depicts Worsening Climate Risks in U.N. Draft Report
Some parts of nature and human society are more vulnerable than expected to climate change, according to a draft of a U.N. report that adds a new purple colour to a key diagram to show worsening risks beyond the red used so far.