Beach Maintenance, Climate Change

How travelers help to protect the Outer Islands of the Seychelles

climate change, conservation

There are few places in the world as beautiful, or as vulnerable as the Outer Islands of Seychelles.

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Plastic Pollution

Microplastics On The Beach (by Petr Kratochvil CC0 Public Domain).

Fossil-Fuel Interests Try to Weaken Global Plastics Treaty – Scientific American

Art + Science

Screenshot from Dolly Parton - World On Fire (From The 58th ACM Awards via youtube).

Dolly Parton’s new song is a climate anthem (if you want it to be) – the Grist

Sand Mining

Sand Mining in Quarry Lake, Tahirpur, Bangladesh (by Hasin Hayder on unsplash).

S A N D : Essential . . . Unregulated . . . and Dwindling

Sea Level Rise

Ohio state seal on the library building, Ohio State University (by Dr. Bob Hall CC BY-SA 2.0 via Flickr).

Students and Faculty at Ohio State Respond to a Bill That Would Restrict College Discussions of Climate Policies – Inside Climate News

Coastal Care JR

Night view of the New York City skyline looking north (Image by wirestock on Freepik).

New York City is slowly sinking under the weight of its very tall buildings – News Corps Australia

Ecosystem Destruction

Polyethylene heat welded sculpture made to demonstrate the great Oceanic Gyres created by waste. This artwork is part of a collection titled "The creation of Plastikos" (by Simon MAX Bannister, CC BY 3.0 via Wikimedia).

Surprising Creatures Lurk in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch – Scientific American

Shoreline Armoring

An aerial view of the damage Hurricane Ike inflicted upon Gilchrist, Texas (by Jocelyn Augusitno/FEMA, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons).

Shelter from the Storm – Science

Problematic Development

Empire: New York City from the Statue to the Brooklyn and beyond (by the Explorographer CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

New York City Is Sinking under Its Own Weight – Scientific American