Asia-Pacific Region Faces Climate Change Induced Migration
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) reported that countries in the Asia-Pacific region will need to develop policies to deal with massive population shifts as a result of climate change impacts such as sea-level rise and variable monsoons. The region is highly exposed to environmental risks, having by far the highest population density of any continent living in low-elevation coastal zones, while it is also home to the largest number of people living in poverty.
Oldest Bay Area Salt Flat Turned Into Wetland
Salt flats in Hayward, California, are being returned to tidal wetlands as part of the biggest salt pond restoration project on the Pacific Coast. Authorities breached a levee, to allow water to flow into these flats.
Plan To Combat Erosion, Dunedin, South New Zealand
The public will be asked to have their say as the Dunedin City Council considers plans to combat erosion at Middle Beach that could lead to a “managed retreat” from the area.
On The Elwha, A New Life When The Dam Breaks
Nobody figured the largest dam removal project ever attempted in the U.S. was going to be easy, or fast.The nation’s largest and most ambitious dam removal will begin this month, when workers start demolishing two antique dams on Washington state’s Elwha River…
26th Annual International Coastal Cleanup: Local Action, Global Change !
In partnership with organizations and individuals across the globe, Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup engages people to remove trash and debris from the world’s beaches and waterways, identify the sources of debris, and change the behaviors that cause ocean trash in the first place. The 26th Annual International Coastal Cleanup Day is on September 17th, 2011.
Globe Had Eighth Warmest August On Record
The globe had its eighth warmest August since record keeping began in 1880, according to a NOAA study.
New York: Long Island South Shore Toxic Algal Bloom
NOAA awarded a grant to State University of New York scientists to document the first known incidence of a bloom of harmful algae off Long Island’s south shore, and test a method that could control it.The algae, Cochlodinium polykrikiodes, has been linked to the mass deaths of wild and farmed fish worldwide, with catastrophic effects on aquaculture and local economies. Experience with this type of algae elsewhere suggests that, once established, blooms are likely to re-occur.
Beating land pressures
High land prices, particularly in coastal areas, make reclamation a relatively ‘cheap’ option for many port expansion projects.
Sand Dune Bulldozed Without Permit, Ventura California
Environmentalists are calling the removal of a sand dune a crime. But some Pierpont neighbors don’t see it that way.