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Why seas are surging | Interactive – the Washington Post

Installing a tide gage near Castle Cape (courtesy of NOAA Photo Library CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

What one tide gauge reveals about America’s climate future…

From paradise to plastics pollution: Bali’s battle for marine plastics debris – 360info

Kuta Beach, one of the most popular beaches in Bali, has turned into a “dumping area” of trash, January 2021 (by Agung Parameswara, Agung Parameswara, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia).

Bali has a unique opportunity to address plastic waste by integrating sustainable practices into the tourism experience.

Bay Area homeowners battle California Coastal Commission over right to build seawall – the San Francisco Chronicle

View of coast North of the City of Half Moon Bay and Pillar Point Harbor © 2002-2024 Kenneth & Gabrielle Adelman, California Coastal Records Project, www.Californiacoastline.org

A legal battle playing out between the California Coastal Commission and homeowners who want to build a large seawall near Half Moon Bay could have repercussions along the entire coast.

Why are Puducherry’s beaches fast disappearing? – Eco India | Scroll.in | DW (11-30-2024)

"Lady and couple watching waves" Puducherry, India (by Kate Fisher, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

Coastal erosion is reshaping India’s shores, threatening fishing villages and bustling tourist hubs like Puducherry. And what makes it worse – much of the erosion is manmade. Is there a way to reverse the damage?

Ocean acidification is a deeper crisis than we first thought – Oceonographic

Effects of ocean acidification on this pteropod include ragged, dissolving shell ridges on upper surface, a cloudy shell in lower right, and severe abrasions and weak spots on on its lower whorl (courtesy of NOAA Photo Library CC BY 2.0 via Flickr).

Once thought to be the concerns of surface level layers of the ocean, headlines over the past week indicate that ocean acidification is now sinking into marine regions as deep as 1,500 metres – posing new threats to the marine life…

Coastlines Around the World Are Losing Sediment – EOS

Just to the northeast of this image, the Yukon River empties into the Bering Sea and brings a large quantity of suspended sediment with it (courtesy of NASA - image was collected on June 13, 2018 by Landsat 8).

A new tool maps coastal sediments on the basis of water color. It shows that 75% of the world’s coastlines may be losing suspended sediment.

Vietnam ex-official took US$300,000 bribe to allow illicit sand mining – The Star

"Dredge spoils" A boat rides low in the water hauling dredged dirt from the Mekong river delta in Vietnam (by program monkey CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 via Flickr).

Police have recommended Nguyen Thanh Binh, the former chairman of the people’s committee in An Giang province in the Mekong river delta, be charged with power abuse, according to Public Security News, the official mouthpiece of the Ministry of Public Security. The area is a hotspot for sand mining…

A Few Surprises in Alaska’s Marine Environment in 2024 – NOAA

Gulf of Alaska, April 12, 2017 (courtesy NASA Goddard Space Flight Center from Greenbelt, MD, USA, Public domain, via Wikimedia).

NOAA Fisheries releases their annual Ecosystem Status Reports including a new report card for the northern Bering Sea which shares some promising news about sea ice conditions…

How the Climate Movement Is Changing Tactics After Trump’s Win – the New York Times

"Protestors" by Linh Do CC BY 2.0 via Flickr.

Faced with a president-elect who has called global warming a “scam,” activists are changing their strategies and pushing a message of hope.

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