Mass fish deaths resurface in Izmir bay amid pollution concerns – Türkiye Today
Izmir Bay is witnessing a troubling resurgence of fish deaths, raising alarm among residents and environmental experts. Since August, large numbers of dead fish have been washing ashore along the coastline between Pasaport and Uckuyular piers…
‘Sawtooth’ Pinellas beach renourishment could leave some homes at risk – Tampa Bay Times
The county will pump sand outside some homes and businesses, while skipping neighbors who didn’t grant access…
Entire row of seaside homes where house prices have plummeted by £600k – Manchester Evening News
The road has become lined with ‘for sale’ signs as residents look to escape the rising tide…
Your kitchen is full of microplastics. Here’s how to eat less of them – BBC
Microplastics gush out of our taps and flake off cookware. They find their way into the yolks of eggs, and deep into meat and vegetables. But if we take certain steps, we can eat less of them.
Survival at sea: Cuba is rewriting its coral story – Oceanographic
While ocean warming and coral bleaching events make the headlines around the globe, there’s a team of pioneering marine researchers quietly working on new methods to rebuild coral populations more resilient to rising temperatures through groundbreaking means. And it’s all happening in Cuba…
Why the federal government is making climate data disappear – Grist
Under Trump, climate denial has given way to something even more dangerous: climate erasure…
The cost of the catch: A conservation corral for Cambodia – Oceanographic
In a remote corner of Cambodia, the team at Marine Conservation Cambodia has been fighting trawl-fishing for over a decade. On their tiny island in the Kep Archipelago seagrass meadows once sprawled the seabed. Now, much of that ecosystem lies in ruin..
First sea-level records for coastal community protection – the European Space Agency
Satellites have revolutionised our ability to measure sea level but their data becomes less reliable near coasts…To address this critical gap, ESA’s Climate Change Initiative Sea Level Project research team has reprocessed almost two decades of satellite data to establish a pioneering network of ‘virtual’ coastal stations. These stations now provide, for the first time, reliable and consistent sea-level measurements along coastlines…
Searching for radioactive waste in the depths of the Atlantic – France 24
For nearly five decades, more than 200,000 barrels of radioactive waste were dumped in the icy depths of the northeast Atlantic. Today, no one knows precisely where these barrels are located, or what kind of state they are in. On June 15, a French-led team of scientists will set sail from Brittany in a bid to map the barrels and assess their impacts on surrounding marine ecosystems…