The European Union’s record on clean beaches and dirty air
European action has improved 9,000 miles of river, and the waters of 95% of British beaches are now safe enough to wade into…
Climate change and the value of daring
The climate system is a unifying ethical field that extends from the physical to the metaphysical and connects your actions to my well-being, and vice-versa, no matter how remote your life is from mine. The collective actions of billions of human beings are threatening the most basic systems which provide life to us all on our little blue planet. We must dare to imagine, explore, and remake the limits of our experience, together.
Liberia: Sand Mining Threatens Coastal Town
Harper, a town at West Africa’s most southern location, on Cape Palmas, is seriously under threat of being swallowed by violent waves from the Atlantic Ocean. The threat of erosion is blamed on persistent local sand mining.
Hawaii has a serious trash problem — and it’s coming on ocean waves
The Hawaiian archipelago is in trash trouble. Vast amounts of trash have been washing ashore on the state’s once-pristine beaches.
From floods to forest fires: a warming planet – in pictures
From the Australia to Greenland, Ashley Cooper’s work spans 13 years and over 30 countries. This selection, taken from his new book, shows a changing landscape, scarred by pollution and natural disasters – but there is hope too, with the steady rise of renewable energy.
Antarctic coastline images reveal four decades of ice loss to ocean
A study of images along 2000km of West Antarctica’s coastline has shown the loss of about 1000km2 of ice – an area equivalent to the city of Berlin – over the past 40 years. Researchers were surprised to find that the region has been losing ice for such a length of time. Their findings will help improve estimates of global sea level rise caused by ice melt.
Nearly 7 million US homes at hurricane risk this season: Report
More than 6.8 million homes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are at risk of damage from hurricane storm surges, with a total reconstruction cost value of more than $1.5 trillion, according to CoreLogic’s 2016 Storm Surge Report.
Microplastic particles threaten fish larvae
Researchers have found that larval fish exposed to microplastic particles during development displayed changed behaviors and stunted growth which lead to greatly increased mortality rates.
Rising seas put brakes on developers’ march toward the ocean, SC
The South Carolina House just passed a bill that will close a loophole in state law that has allowed new construction closer to the ocean when renourishment projects temporarily widen the seashore. The lower chamber’s action is considered a significant, long-term step to prevent construction farther out on the beach at a time of rising sea levels.