Pacific Northwest warned of climate change dangers
Washington state and the province of British Columbia launched a joint effort on Wednesday to warn residents of North America’s Pacific Northwest about the danger that climate change poses to coastal communities.
Oysters Disappearing Worldwide: Study
A new, wide-ranging survey that compares the past and present condition of oyster reefs around the globe finds that more than 90 percent of former reefs have been lost in most of the bays and ecoregions where the prized molluscs were formerly abundant.
Giant Cyclone Pounds Australia Coast
One of the most powerful cyclones on record slammed into Australia’s northeast coast on Thursday, tearing off roofs and bringing down power lines. Cyclone Yasi, packing winds of up to 300 km (186 miles) an hour near its core, came ashore along hundreds of kilometers of coastline in Queensland state.
Study shows rapid deforestation in Malaysia
New satellite imagery shows Malaysia is destroying forests more than three times faster than all of Asia combined, and its carbon-rich peat soils of the Sarawak coast are being stripped even faster, according to a study released today.
First Artificial Island to Be Built In The Americas
Boskalis is sourcing the sand for the land reclamation process from its own borrow area…
Surf’s Up: New Research Monitor Ocean Wave Behavior and Shore Impacts
Engineers have created a new type of “stereo vision” to use in studying ocean waves as they pound against the shore, providing a better way to understand and monitor this violent, ever-changing environment.
Beach mining study bodes well for prospectors
Beach mining has received favorable reviews in a two-year study conducted by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
Can the sea solve China’s water crisis?
The Tianjin-Binhai development zone, on the western shore of the Bohai Sea, is a stretch of coastline that is at the forefront of the government’s ambitious and costly attempt to use science and technology to shift China on to a more sustainable path of development.
Research Pending into Old Bar beach Erosion, Australia
A feasibility study into an offshore reef to address coastal erosion at Old Bar, east of Taree, is due to start in March.