A Silent Victory For Marine Mammals
A federal judge stands up to the noisy navy for the sake of marine mammals.
Sand Cents
The value of many oceanfront properties on the East Coast could drop dramatically if Congress were to suddenly end federal beach nourishment subsidies. Values could fall by as much as 17 percent in towns with high property values and almost 34 percent in towns with low property values.
Revised NC Sea Level Report Predicts Rise Along Entire Coast
Released Tuesday by the Coastal Resources Commission’s Science Panel, the report presents three scenarios for rising seas along the coast through 2045, based on global predictions and historical data from five tidal gauges.
Ocean-scale Dataset Allows Broad View of Human Influence on Pacific Coral Reef
A study draws on data from nearly 40 islands and atolls across the central and western Pacific, including 25 unpopulated islands, to investigate the relative influence of environmental variation and human presence on reef fish assemblages. The resulting message is sobering.
“Midway.” A Love Story for our Time from the Heart of the Pacific”—By Chris Jordan, Midway Film
A shocking film from Midway Island in the North Pacific Ocean. By Midway Film.
Gulf of Mexico Oil Rig Explosion Leaves Four Workers Dead
Three hundred workers evacuated from platform owned by Mexico’s state-run Pemex after explosion early on Wednesday morning.
How do You Dismantle a Nuclear Submarine?
When nuclear-powered submarines reach the end of their lives, dismantling them is a complicated and laborious process.
Polis Beach Erosion the Worst in 20 Years, Cyprus
Climate change could be the reason for conditions which have led to drastic coastal erosion at a popular Polis beach, and experts say bad weather which battered the island has caused the worst erosion witnessed for at least twenty years.
Headlands Dunes Preserve is a Wild Beach with Sand, Forest, Marshes; OH
Once there were 170 miles of unspoiled Lake Erie beaches with dunes and beach-loving vegetation on Ohio’s North Coast. Headlands Dunes is one of the last surviving lakefront beach plant communities with its hummocks and its sand-loving vegetation.