First Artificial Island to Be Built In The Americas
Boskalis is sourcing the sand for the land reclamation process from its own borrow area…
Surf’s Up: New Research Monitor Ocean Wave Behavior and Shore Impacts
Engineers have created a new type of “stereo vision” to use in studying ocean waves as they pound against the shore, providing a better way to understand and monitor this violent, ever-changing environment.
Beach mining study bodes well for prospectors
Beach mining has received favorable reviews in a two-year study conducted by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
50 Houses on Kiawah Sand
A documentary about proposed development at south end of Kiawah Island, produced by Mary Edna Fraser and Celie Dailey. Includes interviews with Dr. Orrin Pilkey, Professor of Earth Scieces at Duke University, and Nancy Vinson, Coastal Conservation League’s Program Director for Air and Water Quality.
A Fiscal Analysis of Shifting Inlets and Terminal Groins in North Carolina
The debate about terminal groins, shore-perpendicular structures built at inlets in attempt to slow erosion, is worth keeping an eye on, whether you live in western North Carolina or in a coastal community, because it could cost you and our state a pretty penny.
Research Pending into Old Bar beach Erosion, Australia
A feasibility study into an offshore reef to address coastal erosion at Old Bar, east of Taree, is due to start in March.
Mercury in Bay Area: a Legacy of California Mining
Mercury contamination, a worldwide environmental problem, has been called “public enemy No. 1” in California’s San Francisco Bay.
Amnesty slams Shell over oil spills in Nigeria
Amnesty International and Friends of the Earth have filed an official complaint against the firm Shell for shirking responsibility for oil spills in Nigeria and wreaking havoc on the environment. Environmentalists call the Niger Delta the global capital of oil pollution, but unlike the Gulf of Mexico, there are no underwater robots, flotillas of scientists or oil booms here.
Tulum’s Dirty Beaches
Lucy Gallagher of Mexiconservacion explains why some of Tulum’s beaches, Mexico, are so dirty.