Moai, is an image from Santa Aguila Foundation.
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Beach of the Month | Features
Koekohe Beach and the Moeraki Boulders, South Island, New Zealand; By Norma Longo & Wayne Ranney
Not far north of the city of Dunedin is Koekohe Beach, a long, sandy beach on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand, where a surprising and spectacular sight awaits. This beach is famous for its extraordinary boulders, the Moeraki Boulders.
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Climate Change News | News | Sea Level Rise | Sea Level Rise News
Millions of Americans think they’re safe from flood waters. They aren’t.
A row of cottages once stood where these two remaining buildings were located. Their removal is in the pattern of…
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Inform | Plastic Pollution | Plastic Pollution News | Pollution
Plastic bag bans are spreading. But are they truly effective?
“The unprecedented plastic waste tide plaguing our oceans and shores, can become as limited as our chosen relationship with plastics,…
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A Net Plus | Giving Discarded Fishing Nets a New Start; A Video
Discarded fishing nets are one of the most harmful forms of ocean plastic pollution…
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Ecosystem Destruction | Inform | Natural Coastal Defenses
Historic floods reveal how salt marshes can protect us
By digging into major historic records of flood disasters, a research team reveals that the value of nature for flood defense has actually been evident for hundreds of years.
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Yemen’s raging civil war has created a ticking time bomb just off the country’s Red Sea coast. The FSO Safer, a 45-year-old supertanker loaded with more than 1 million barrels of crude oil has been caught between the warring sides and left to decay.
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Nowadays, among all the activities available to modern humans, surfing is among the best for body and soul. Here are some reasons why.
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News | Sand Mining
Deadlocked: economics versus the environment at New Zealand’s NZ$1bn sand mining project
Trans-Tasman Resources has been involved in a protracted legal battle over a proposed sand mining project off the New Zealand coast, which would see 50 million tonnes of sediment lifted and processed a year to mine for iron ore beneath the waves.
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