Bamboo Could Be a Savior for Climate Change, Biodiversity
The plant bamboo, and there are about 1,250 different species, has a very important role to play in environmental protection and climate change mitigation. Bamboos have very strong and extensive root systems and are amazing tools to combat soil erosion and to help with land degradation restoration.
Lost Louisiana: The Race to Reclaim Vanished Land Back From The Sea
Louisiana has lost nearly 1,900 square miles of land over the past 80 years – a disappearing act that claims on average a football field an hour. Now, World’s fastest submerging state is looking to nature in an ambitious plan to turn back the tide.
South Goa Soil Erosion Could Be Irreparable
Locals across the coastal belt of South Goa are worried that the damage caused to the beaches due to unprecedented soil erosion will be irreparable. The high tide line will also have to be redrawn by the Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA).
Jamaica’s Most Famous Beach Is Slowly Vanishing
Tourists from around the world are drawn to a stretch of palm-fringed shoreline known as “Seven Mile Beach,” a crescent of white sand along the turquoise waters of Jamaica’s western coast. But the sands are slipping away and Jamaicans fear the beach, someday, will need a new nickname.
How Wolves Change Rivers – Video
Wolves are top predators that have far-reaching beneficial effects upon entire ecosystems — including the structure of rivers. An amazing Video narrated by George Monbiot, environmental activist and writer at Guardian UK.
Timelapse Of The Removal Of Glines Canyon Dam on the Elwha River, Video
Timelapse of the removal of Glines Canyon Dam on the Elwha River in Olympic National Park. The largest dam removal in history is complete.
Site Of First Free African Community Battles Erosion
Fort Mose Historic State Park in St. Augustine, on the First Coast, Florida, is battling erosion and the erosion could threaten this archaeological site.
A Flood of Energy Projects Clash with Mexican Communities
Since January, villagers and townspeople near the Los Pescados river in southeast Mexico have been blocking the construction of a dam, part of a multi-purpose project to supply potable water to Xalapa, the capital of the state of Veracruz.
Seychelles Island Restored Coastline Becomes Recreational Park
Seychelles being a small island nation surrounded by the Indian Ocean remains vulnerable to the effects of climate change. One clearly visible sign of such vulnerability lies on the archipelago’s coastlines where several shorelines have been subjected to intense degradation and erosion.