Measuring sea-level rise in the Falklands, 19th-Century Benchmarks Reveal
Sea levels around the Falkland Islands in the South Atlantic have risen since the mid nineteenth century and the rate of sea-level rise has accelerated over recent decades.
India Creates a National Green Tribunal to Try Environmental Cases
It is the third country to set up a separate judiciary for environmental cases, after Australia and New Zealand.
Underwater Robot to Explore Antarctic Ice Shelf
Ice shelves are floating platforms of ice that cover almost half of Antarctica’s coastline. Until recently, scientists have had limited ability to access ice-covered waters, and the research team’s use of a high-tech robot aims to change that.
Scientists lower Gulf health grade
Damage to the Gulf of Mexico can be measured more in increments than extinctions.
5 Billion Dollar Project to Power US East Coast with Offshore Wind
Investors led by technology giant Google announced a five billion-dollar project to power the US East Coast with wind from the Atlantic Ocean, in an ambitious bid to spur alternative energy.
Sand Sharks Scour Gulf Beaches: Mixed Feelings
In a region still in shock over the financial and psychological damage inflicted by BP PLC’s months-long oil spill, the act of watching and listening to the Sand Shark at work is for many a form of therapy, even though, pancake-sized lumps of crude are exhumed from holes about 12 inches deep.
Call to Heal World’s Reefs
There is still time to save the world’s ailing coral reefs, if prompt and decisive action can be taken to improve their overall health, leading marine researchers said, in a major scientific symposium in Canberra, October 7th and 8th.
New Beach Sand Mining Restriction in The Turks and Caicos
Measures are being put in place to regulate beach sand mining in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Update from the USF Coastal Research Laboratory on Oil Sands
Areas just offshore from some of Florida’s most heavily oiled beaches appear to be free of visible oil contamination, yet erosion of buried beach oil and subsequent redistribution is still expected during storms.