Confusion Over Enforcing Smoking Bans on Queensland Beaches
It’s been illegal for years, but actually enforcing smoking bans on Queensland beaches seems a bit of a drag.
Erosion Creates Dangerous Situation on Waikiki Beach
Over the past several months severe erosion has caused a concrete slab near the water’s edge at Kuhio Beach to become exposed. Beach erosion in Waikiki has been a problem for decades and has resulted in at least 10 sand replenishment projects since 1939. 300,000 cubic yards of sand has been placed onto Waikiki Beach over the past 77 years.
Are Ocean Asteroid Impacts Really a Serious Threat?
If a space rock were to hit the Earth at just the right location in the oceans, it could cause massive waves that could inundate coastlines, a new computer simulation suggests.