Earth’s Mantle Affects Sea Level Rise Estimates
Scientists have to be careful when looking at Earth for evidence of past sea level changes from the planet’s cycles of glacial advance and retreat.
10 Million Pounds of Trash Removed from Waterways, Coasts, Beaches: 2013 ICC Data
For nearly three decades, Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) has mobilized millions of people in the world’s largest volunteer effort for our ocean, coasts and waterways. Volunteers pulled 10 million lbs. of trash, equivalent to the weight of 41 blue whales, from 17,719 miles (28,516 kilometers) of global waterways and beaches…
Research Helps Paint Finer Picture of Massive 1700 Earthquake and Tsunami
Researchers’ work provides a finer-grained portrait of a 1700 massive earthquake that struck the west coast of North America, and the changes in coastal land level it produced, enabling modelers to better prepare for future events.
“It’s happening now, The village is sinking”
Residents of Newtok, on the shores of the Bering Sea, Alaska, know they must evacuate as the village is rapidly losing ground to erosion, but who will pay the $130m cost of moving them?
San Onofre Power Plant Ruling Sides With Environmentalists, California
A federal panel Monday sided with environmentalists who have called for lengthy hearings on a plan to restart the ailing San Onofre nuclear power plant, a decision that further clouds the future of the twin reactors.
Indigenous Peoples Put Arctic Council on Alert
Fifteen more Indigenous groups have signed onto a joint statement rejecting oil development in the Arctic. The move demonstrates that there is growing opposition to Arctic oil drilling amongst the Indigenous communities who will be most affected by the industrialisation of their territories and would feel the first impacts of an oil spill.
BUEI exhibit a stark warning of ocean’s plastic pollution
Judie Clee’s collection of flotsam and jetsam that has washed up on Bermuda’s beaches is as amazing as it is disturbing.
Western Indian Ocean Tsunami Hazard Potential Greater Than Previously Thought
The risk from undersea earthquakes and associated tsunami in an area beneath the Arabian Sea at the Makran subduction zone, which could threaten the coastlines of Pakistan, Iran, Oman, India and potentially further afield, has been previously underestimated, a study suggests.
Australia: Paraglider Snaps Epic Rip Current Vortex
Anyone who has been caught in a rip current knows how scary it can be, but seen from a unique perspective, (not to mention a safe distance) this one is just awesome.