Panel Rejects Plan for Matunuck Retaining wall, Rhodes Island
A state environmental panel has rejected plans by South Kingstown officials to build a 200-foot retaining wall to protect the only road leading in and out of Matunuck, RI, from beach erosion.
Tsunami Watch Cancelled After 8.6-Magnitude Earthquake Off Indonesian Coast
Two powerful earthquakes struck more than 200 miles off the coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra, but the tsunami watch was cancelled.
Perpetual Ocean
The swirling flows of Earth’s perpetually changing ocean come to life in a new NASA scientific visualization that captures the movement of tens of thousands of ocean currents.
Radiation from Japan found in kelp off US West Coast
Radioactive iodine was found in kelp, sampled from coastal California, following last year’s earthquake-triggered Fukushima Daiichi nuclear meltdown, according to a new study.
Google Earth Tour of Reefs at Risk, Video
The Reefs at Risk project raises awareness of threats to coral reefs around the world, and provides information and tools to manage coastal habitats more effectively.
St. Maarten: Paradise in Peril
Sint Maarten is at the crucial point of destroying the last of what draws crowds of dollar-touting tourists to this once-pristine Caribbean island.
Coral Links Ice Sheet Collapse to Ancient ‘Mega Flood’
Coral off Tahiti has linked the collapse of massive ice sheets 14,600 years ago to a dramatic and rapid rise in global sea-levels of around 14 meters.
Fukushima leak may have flowed into Pacific: TEPCO
About 12 tonnes of radioactive water has leaked at Japan’s crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, with the facility’s operator saying that some may have flowed into the Pacific Ocean.
U.S. Coast Guard sinks Japanese boat washed away by tsunami
A U.S. Coast Guard cutter poured cannon fire into a Japanese ghost ship that had been drifting since last year’s tsunami, sinking the vessel in the Gulf of Alaska and eliminating the hazard it posed to shipping and the coastline.