Desalination Projects: Option or Distraction for a Thirsty World?
As populations increase in coastal areas, the demand for desalination most likely will grow as needs for improved clean water supplies grow, and people see all that water nearby as a solution to freshwater scarcity. Yet the process of removing salt from sea water to overcome a worldwide shortage of drinking water could end up worsening the crisis, environmental groups warn.
Cancún must be about more than climate change
Our planet is finite, our fates are intertwined, our choice is clear: stand together or fall divided.
The Last of The Sea Nomads
For generations they have lived on the ocean, diving and fishing, and rarely setting foot on land. But now the marine nomads risk destroying the reefs that sustain them. It’s a common story throughout the Coral Triangle.
Russian Nuclear Power Plants Project
The idea of floating nuclear plant is simple, if quite scary: Outfit a barge with two 35-megawatts reactors, float them to a spot off the coast and run cables to land to distribute power. An FNPP set-up this size could power a city of 200,000.
Bangladesh: Finding Sustainable Ways to Cope with Sea Level Rise
As rising sea levels threaten to engulf more land across Bangladesh, NGOs are training thousands of farmers in traditional soil-less farming on water.
From Trash to Treasure: Glass Beach, California
Only a dirt path indicates that the end of the rainbow lies beyond.
Is climate science disinformation a crime against humanity?
While it may be reasonable to be somewhat sceptical about climate change models, disinformation about the state of climate change science is extraordinarily, if not criminally, irresponsible, because the consensus scientific view is based upon strong evidence that climate change is already being experienced in the world, and may have potentially harsh effects upon tens of millions of people in the future.
So Much to Learn About the Oceans From Sand
Rob Holman, a coastal oceanographer from Oregon State University, has collected more than 860 samples of sand, from all continents.
Think Atlantic Wind
The Atlantic coast has more energy to give via wind than it does from oil or gas.