Tar Balls Mar Portion of Cocoa Beach, Florida
About a half mile to mile stretch of Cocoa Beach have been covered with tar balls and tar patties.
Why Keystone XL Is Dead
Once seeking a fast approval, TransCanada wants to pause the pipeline’s review. Why now?
Antarctic Coast Meltdown Could Trigger Ice-Sheet Collapse
Computer simulations suggest that unstable ice at continent’s edges eventually leads to metres of sea-level rise.
Sand Waves: Juggernauts of the Outer Banks
These so called sand waves, named such because they were like a tidal wave of sand barreling down upon the islands, have the destructive force of a glacier – unstoppable, consuming all. Anything and everything in the path of these dunes will succumb to its slow march across the landscape…
Nicaragua’s Interoceanic Canal, a Nightmare for Environmentalists
The international scientific community’s fears about the damage that will be caused by Nicaragua’s future interoceanic canal have been reinforced by the environmental impact assessment, which warns of serious environmental threats posed by the megaproject.
Seaweed Can Help Feed the World. But will We Eat It?
Planet-wise, seaweed appears as a clear win. How about human-wise? Should we be eating more seaweed?
Monaco Helps OAS Launch Effort to Save Oceans From Ravages of Climate Change
The Organization of American States held an international discussion on global ocean policy this week, focused on dangers to coral reefs, pollution and the effects of global warming.
Shipwrecks Posing Threat to US Waters Hold Many Unknowns
Dozens of shipwrecks scattered along America’s coasts are thought to be holding oil and certainly will start leaking someday as corrosion eats away at their tanks.
Exiled by Nuclear Tests, Now Threatened by Sea Levels, Bikini Islanders Seek Refuge in U.S.
Lawmakers in Washington DC will this week debate the fate of islanders who were relocated from Bikini Atoll to the Marshall Islands because of US nuclear tests after World War 2.