The Lumber Boom of Coastal South Carolina
A new display at the South Carolina Maritime Museum in Georgetown called “HENRIETTA, the Largest Wooden Sailing Ship Ever Built in South Carolina,” effectively combines illustrations and illuminations to explain the huge amount of resources needed to construct the square-rigged HENRIETTA.
The Physics of Ocean Undertow: Creating More Robust And Sustainable Beaches?
People standing on a beach often feel the water tugging the sand away from under their feet. This is the undertow, the current that pulls water back into the ocean after a wave breaks on the beach. Large storms produce strong undertows that can strip beaches of sand.
10 best beaches in Germany: in pictures
They may not be as famous as those of Greece or Spain, but Germany has some of the best stretches of sand in Europe.
No Ocean-Borne Radiation From Fukushima Detected On West Coast Shoreline
Scientists working together on Kelp Watch 2014 announced today that the West Coast shoreline shows no signs of ocean-borne radiation from Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant disaster, following their analysis of the first collection of kelp samples along the western U.S. coastline.
Treasured Island, Tangier, VA
The people of Tangier Island fear their life, land and heritage could wash away. Though only 12 miles off the coast of Virginia, Tangier is struggling to, literally, stay afloat.
West Antarctic Glacier Loss Appears Unstoppable
A new study by researchers at NASA, finds a rapidly melting section of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet appears to be in an irreversible state of decline, with nothing to stop the glaciers in this area from melting into the sea.
Aragonite worth billions is being mined in the Bahamas
Across the inky-blue Gulf Stream from Florida, near the sheer edge of the Great Bahama Bank, a new island is emerging from the sea. Although it bears the appealing name Ocean Cay, this new island is not… Ocean Cay does not need allure. It is being dredged up from the seabed by the Dillingham Corporation of Hawaii for an explicit purpose that will surely repel more tourists than it will attract.
Closure Of Illegal Beach Sand Quarries, Togo
The Togolese Minister of Mines, Noupokou Dammipi, said that the recent decision by the Government to close down 90% of the illegal sand quarries, was justified by reasons pertaining to environmental protection.
Gladstone Dredging Project Not Consistent With Best Practice, Australia
A dredging project at Gladstone harbor, Queensland, which coincided with the deaths of a large number of fish was deficient in its decision making and construction, a report instigated by the federal government has found.