These 10 companies are flooding the planet with throwaway plastic
Nine months, six continents, 239 cleanup events, and more than 187,000 pieces of trash later, we now have the most comprehensive snapshot to date of how corporations are contributing to the global plastic pollution problem.
NC beach homes and coast are ‘doomed’ and residents need to get out, scientist says
There’s a “disaster” approaching North Carolina’s coast, and it’s not a hurricane. It’s an increasingly encroaching sea, Orrin Pilkey says.
A look at the billions of dollars behind beach renourishment: Is it worth it?
More than $433 million has been spent on renourishing South Carolina beaches between 1954 and 2015.
This floating pipe is trying to clean up all the plastic in the ocean
A 2,000 foot-long floating pipe nicknamed Wilson is about to start its mission to collect all the plastic in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
Miami meteorologist John Morales is looking for higher ground
Weathercasters like Morales are becoming indispensable interpreters of a more chaotic, violent environment. Climate change remains taboo for many meteorologists, who often misunderstand climate science and shy away from a topic that, particularly in conservative states, is seen as political.
Why Durban only got two Blue Flag beaches
Durban was the first South African city to implement the international Blue Flag program.
Scientists find missing piece in glacier melt predictions
A new method for observing water within ice has revealed stored meltwater that may explain the complex flow behavior of some Greenland glaciers, an important component for predicting sea-level rise in a changing climate.
Climate Diaries: The hottest climate science in the world’s coldest place
A lot of what’s happening to sea level starts at the poles, where that ice is either liberated or sequestered … melted or frozen. NASA’s “Operation IceBridge” flies planes to Antarctica from South America to study how fast that continent’s ice is melting.
Maui more susceptible to erosion from rising sea levels
Maui lands vulnerable to erosion are more than double previous projections, according to a new University of Hawaii study released last month.