New database gives scientists hope for helping coral reefs
With the future of coral reefs threatened now more than ever, researchers have announced the release of a new global database that enables scientists and managers to more quickly and effectively help corals survive their many challenges.
North Carolina Sea Level: No more head-in-the-sand?
How science works: Research indicating faster rates of sea-level rise along North Carolina coast may influence state actions affecting coastal properties.
Conservation efforts for Florida, Pacific coast green sea turtles working, agencies say
Years of coordinated conservation efforts, including protection of nesting beaches, reduction of bycatch in fisheries, and prohibitions on the direct harvest of sea turtles, have led to increasing numbers of turtles nesting in Florida and along the Pacific coast of Mexico.
Researchers turn carbon dioxide into sustainable concrete
The new building material could transform polluting emissions into a valuable resource.
Radical Times in Reunion Island, Video
If you were to stand on the shoreline of Reunion Island’s west coast beaches today, it would be hard to imagine the crowded beaches completely empty, however this was a reality only a few short months ago. 18 shark attacks over a five year period dramatically affected the Indian Ocean paradise both emotionally and economically. Surfer Jeremy Flores returns to his homeland, on a family mission to protect the beaches that have given them so much.
Sand Mining at Poyang Lake, China
When you see the vast expanses of sand in the Sahara and other major deserts, it is hard to comprehend how sand could ever be a resource in short supply. Yet for certain types, the supply of sand is indeed short.
Sand Mining in Grenada, Video
St. Andrew residents are voicing concerns about the spate of sand mining taking place on a community beach. The men, one a culture ambassador, called in the media to witness excavators removing sand from the beach.
Half of world heritage sites threatened by development
WWF concludes that at least 114 of 229 world heritage sites of outstanding importance for species and habitats are at risk from mining, fossil fuel extraction concessions, and other industrial activities.
Ex-Mayor 4-year-term jail sentence over storm deaths, overturned by French Court
Overturning the first degree of jurisdiction’s sentence of last December, the former mayor of a Vendée town has been handed by the Poitiers Court of Appeal, a two-year suspended sentence in connection with the deaths of 29 people during Storm Xynthia in 2010.