When a City Stops Arguing About Climate Change and Starts Planning
Charleston, South Carolina, is adapting to a hotter, wetter and riskier future.
Beach renourishment sand could affect coral reefs off Broward; Fla.
Dump trucks returned to the Fort Lauderdale beachfront this month to finish a $55.6 million job rebuilding eroded beaches. But beneath the surface just offshore, the new sand could bury and harm acres of coral reef and extinguish tiny life forms that cling to the reefs or hover around them.
Great Barrier Reef suffered worst bleaching on record in 2016
Higher water temperatures in 2016 caused the worst destruction of corals ever recorded on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, a study has found.
Thinning, retreat of West Antarctic Glacier began in 1940s
New research by an international team shows that the present thinning and retreat of Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica is part of a climatically forced trend that was triggered in the 1940s.
Beware at the beach: It’s sneaker wave season in Oregon
Never turn your back to the ocean. That’s probably the best piece of advice when it comes to surviving sneaker waves — the sudden, unpredictable surges of water that can knock you over or pull you out to sea. And while there’s no official season for sneaker waves, plotting out major incidents in Oregon shows an undeniable seasonal trend.
Lebanon: capital’s last public sand beach under threat?
Lebanese activists and residents of Beirut are concerned that a multi-million dollar resort near the coast is in breach of their rights to a free sand beach – which is the coastal capital’s last.
Surfers flock to Taiwan, an island nation that fears the sea
Surfing is still new to Taiwan, an island of 23 million off the east coast of China. Fewer than 100 people make a living out of surfing. Analysts say the aversion to water has cultural and political roots going back to the island’s tempestuous relationship with China…
Pacific coast marshes more resistant to rising seas than Atlantic
Pacific marshes are generally at higher elevations than Atlantic marshes, and Pacific oceanographic circulation tends to push water away from the coast, reducing the effect of sea level rise.
What businesses want Trump to know about climate change
Nearly 400 companies and nonprofits signed a letter to express support for the Paris climate agreement. The Guardian UK asked a handful to tell us why.