Climate Change-Poverty Link Highlighted In World Bank Report
The World Bank says it will increasingly view its efforts to help developing countries fight poverty through a “climate lens.”
Find The Cleanest, Safest Beaches With Updated Swim Guide app
Beach season is upon us, but is the water at your local beach safe? You can find out with the click of a button through the newly updated Swim Guide app from the Waterkeeper Alliance.
World’s 100 Best Beaches, CNN
Is it possible to rank the world’s best beaches?
Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Ends As BP Pulls Out, Leaves Unanswered Questions
Finding tar balls linked to the BP oil spill isn’t difficult on some Gulf Coast beaches, but the company and the government say it isn’t common enough to keep sending out the crews that patrolled the sand for three years in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.
NASA’s 2013 HS3 Hurricane Mission to Delve into Saharan Dust
NASA’s 2013 Hurricane and Severe Storms Sentinel or HS3 mission will investigate whether Saharan dust and its associated warm and dry air, known as the Saharan Air Layer or SAL, favors or suppresses the development of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. The effects of Saharan dust on tropical cyclones is a controversial area of science.
Floating Gardens
In Bangladesh, the ancient practice of floating gardens, beds of straw and water hyacinths on which crops are grown, is making a comeback in the face of increased floods.
A Better Eye on Reefs, Australia
Claremont Isles National Park, where coastal waters are protected as part of Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Site, are important habitat and breeding grounds for seabirds, and they are off-limits to humans.
Illegal Sand Mining Erodes River Banks, Vietnam
Illegal sand mining has caused severe erosion along the two main tributaries of the Serepok River in the Tay Nguyen, affecting the lives of many people.
NOAA Grant Aids Purchase of Critical Coastal Habitat in Puerto Rico
A NOAA grant of $1 million has helped the territory of Puerto Rico complete the acquisition of Dos Mares, an 87-acre parcel that includes wetlands, forested wetlands, and a coastal mangrove forest.