Shores Are Final Frontier for Archaeology Project
Archaeologists want to enlist the help of the public as they attempt to tackle what they describe as the “final frontier”: England’s coastline.
Pilkey’s Call: Save The Beaches
Beaches move, and with rising sea levels they are moving faster. People try to slow or halt the process by dredging up sand or erecting imposing seawalls, but those are destructive and doomed efforts. To save the beaches, we must let beaches go where and how they want.
10 Years After The Storm: Has New Orleans Learned The Lessons of Hurricane Katrina?
A decade after Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans, David Uberti goes in search of the people who were at the heart of its recovery, to understand what the city has gone through – and where it might be heading.
Blooms off Both North American Coasts
Phytoplankton are to the ocean what grasses and other ground cover are to land: the primary producers, the basic food source and carbon recycler for the rest of the environment. Algae and other forms of phytoplankton are floating, plant-like organisms that soak up sunshine, sponge up nutrients, and create their own food (energy).
Typhoon Soudelor Impacts
Typhoon Soudelor battered Taiwan and made landfall in China on Saturday after killing at least six, leaving four missing and causing a record-breaking amount of power outages.