9 Surprising Diseases You Can Catch at the Beach
While oiled beaches are making the most headlines this summer, there are numerous other contamination that can be found at the beach.
Where Has All the Plastic Gone?
Plastic marine pollution is a significant environmental concern, and oceanographers have quantified trends in one of these “plastic soups” for the first time. They’ve come to surprising conclusion, raising concerns that marine animals could be poisoned by toxic chemicals carried by the plastic.
The Trouble with Seawalls
Recent events in Tofino, Canada, remind us that a beach is dynamic in nature and ever evolving.
Sand Piracy: More about Singapore Sand Issues
Singapore’s economy rests upon maintaining a huge and continuous supply of sand, and smuggling sand has become a multibillion-dollar trade, in a country renowned for honest business practices and corporal punishment.
New plastic garbage patch discovered in Indian Ocean
This Indian Ocean garbage patch discovery means there are now three confirmed ocean zones of plastic pollution.
The Women Sand Thieves, Video
Every day, hundreds of women scrape, shovel, dig, sift and hoard beach sand by the tons.
CAMBODIA: Sand dredging prompts fishermen’s protests
Prime Minister Hun Sen banned sand exports in May 2009, yet sand mining continues in Koh Kong Province, the epicentre of the country’s corrupt dredging industry. Dredgers remove 25,000 tons of sand each day from the Cambodian seas to export.
BP Oil spill: officially the worst disaster off a U.S. coast
As BP prepares to seal the well for good, officials say it spewed more than 200 million gallons, by far the worst such disaster off a U.S. coast.
E.P.A : It Was Wise to Use Oil Dispersant
Many scientists expressed grave concerns about the unprecedented aerial spraying of chemical dispersants in the Gulf of Mexico region.