Coastal Dune Restoration at Point Reyes National Seashore
Point Reyes National Seashore, California, has completed planning to continue coastal dune restoration to restore up to 600 acres of native dune habitat.
Stinking Mats of Seaweed Piling up on Caribbean Beaches
The picture-perfect beaches and turquoise waters that people expect on their visits to the Caribbean are increasingly being fouled by mats of decaying seaweed that attract biting sand fleas and smell like rotten eggs.
Plankton Graveyards Revealed in First Digital Map of Seafloor
A new digital map of the composition of the seafloor reveals “microfossil” graveyards off the coast of Australia, as well as other complex deep-ocean geology.
‘Overshoot Day’ 2015: Earth is Now Officially in the Red
Today is Earth Overshoot Day: that annual moment when humankind’s use of natural resources exceeds the planet’s ability to produce and replenish them. A call for action.
Undamming Rivers: A Chance For New Clean Energy Source
Hydroelectric power is often touted as clean energy, but this claim is true only in the narrow sense of not causing air pollution. In many places, such as the U.S. East Coast, hydroelectric dams have damaged the ecological integrity of nearly every major river…
2015 Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Above Average
Scientists have found this year’s Gulf of Mexico dead zone — an area of low to no oxygen that can kill fish and marine life — is, at 6,474 square miles, above average in size and larger than forecast by NOAA in June.
Seagrass Thrives Surprisingly Well in Toxic Sediments, But Still Dies All Over The World
New studies of seagrasses reveal that they are surprisingly good at detoxifying themselves when growing in toxic seabed. But if seagrasses are stressed by their environment, they lose the ability and die. All over the world seagrasses are increasingly stressed.
Toxic Algae Blooming in Warm Water from California to Alaska
A vast bloom of toxic algae off the West Coast is denser, more widespread and deeper than scientists feared even weeks ago.
Australian Humpback Whale Comeback: a ‘Symbol of Hope’
Australia’s humpback populations have recovered so well from years of devastating whaling that they could be delisted as a threatened species in a conservation success story scientists Tuesday hailed as “a symbol of hope”.