Revealed: Our Contaminated Beaches, Scotland
As Fraserburgh, Scotland, is getting ready for its UK Surf contest- expected to be “epic” due to Igor aftermath’s swell on European coasts- reports found sewage pollution has not spared many popular scottish beaches.
7 Ways to Kick the Plastic Habits
One real culprit of our oil addiction is plastic, and most of it ends up on our coasts, beaches and oceans.
Ending the Oceans’ ‘Tragedy of the Commons’
Leading international marine scientists are proposing radical changes in the governance of the world’s oceans to rescue them from overfishing, pollution and other human impacts.
Expanding Hypoxic Areas in Coastal Waters
Unnatural levels of hypoxia, which occur mostly in the summer, are primarily the result of human activities that deliver nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorous into waterways.
Annual International Coastal Cleanup Day, 2010
Sign up for the 25th Annual International Coastal Cleanup Day: September 25th, 2010. Be part of the solution to marine and coastal pollution!
Tar balls coat Indian beaches
Semisolid lumps of oil formed layers up to six inches deep (15 centimeters) on the renowned Goa beaches.
California Lawmakers Reject Plastic Shopping Bag Ban
The measure offered California an opportunity to emerge at the forefront of a global trend, however, lawmakers have rejected a bill seeking to ban plastic shopping bags.
Algae Blankets China Beaches
The algae bloom, or green tide, covered more than 170 square miles (440 square kilometers) of coasts south of Qingdao.
Health testing way down at California beaches
Health testing of California’s beaches has slumped to its lowest level since ocean monitoring became law more than a decade ago.