Sand Mining Causes Erosion In Indias Beaches
Sand mining in Kerala has become a lucrative industry these recent years, using 18 millions of sand today and expected to increase four times by 2020. A news video.
Motion of the Ocean: Predicting the Big Swells
New research will allow oceanographers and meteorologists to better predict the rate at which ocean swells decay, or deteriorate, as they travel across the globe. Over 200 individual cases were tracked, making this study the first to provide such comprehensive data of this decay.
Sea Surrender Plan To Ease Flood Fears On South Coast, UK
A scheme to combat flooding by surrendering land to the sea will be completed on Monday on the south coast.
Tiny Plastic Beads Are Invading The Great Lakes. Here’s What Scientists Are Doing To Stop It
Several months ago, scientists warned that tiny microbeads, a common ingredient in facial cleansers, were flowing into the Great Lakes. Now, a new study provides evidence of the microplastics in the world’s largest surface freshwater source, and gives scientists a fighting chance to get microbeads out of consumer products.
UCLA Report Urges New Global Policy Effort To Tackle Crisis Of Plastic Litter In Oceans
Plastic litter is one of the most significant problems facing the world’s marine environments. Yet in the absence of a coordinated global strategy, an estimated 20 million tons of plastic litter enter the ocean each year.
Is Global Heating Hiding Out in the Oceans?
A recent slowdown in global warming has led some skeptics to renew their claims that industrial carbon emissions are not causing a century-long rise in Earth’s surface temperatures. But rather than letting humans off the hook, a new study adds support to the idea that the oceans are taking up some of the excess heat, at least for the moment.
A Year After Sandy, The Wrong Policy on Rebuilding the Coast
One year after Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of the U.S. East Coast, the government is spending billions to replenish beaches that will only be swallowed again by rising seas and future storms. It’s time to develop coastal policies that take into account new climate realities. By Rob Young.
China’s ‘number one beach’ swamped by rising tide of pollution
A stretch of sand in South China, Silver Beach – once dubbed “The Number One Beach in the World”- has fallen victim to China’s growing pollution crisis.
Waiting for the Next Superstorm
The hurricane Sandy was one of several in the past decades that meteorologists had previously considered “once in a century” events.