Rare Spanish Shipwreck From 17th Century Uncovered Off Panama
Archaeologists searching for real-life pirates of the Caribbean stumbled on a mysterious shipwreck in 2011. Now after years of historical detective work, they know what they discovered.
Gulf of Maine Red Tide Bloom Expected to Be Similar to Past Three Years
New England’s spring and summer red tides will be similar in extent to those of the past three years, according to the 2015 Gulf of Maine red tide seasonal forecast.
Fjords Soak Up a Surprising Amount of Carbon
Fjords are known for their otherworldly beauty. But these high-latitude inlets also have an outsized role in the carbon cycle, a study finds.
Photos: Big Waves Pound California Coast
Large and powerful waves pounded Orange County’s beaches this weekend, creating dangerous conditions that warded off swimmers, attracted daredevil surfers, required lifeguards to perform several rescues and even forced a cruise ship to change course.
Connecting Islands in the Pacific
According to a report in January from the Tongan Ministry of Information & Communications, the new island between Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha’apai rose about 120 meters (390 feet) above sea level.
The Blue Amazon: Brazil’s New Natural Resources Frontier
Brazil’s Atlantic continental shelf holds 90 and 77 percent of the country’s proven oil and gas reserves. This Blue Amazon, rich in both biodiversity and energy resources, is similar in extension to the country’s rainforest – nearly half the size of the national territory. But the big challenge is to protect the wealth of the Blue Amazon along 8,500 km of shoreline.
NOAA Study Finds Marshes, Reefs, Beaches Can Enhance Coastal Resilience
The resilience of U.S. coastal communities to storms, flooding, erosion and other threats can be strengthened when they are protected by natural infrastructure such as marshes, reefs, and beaches, or with hybrid approaches, such as a “living shoreline”…
Ancient Clam Beaches Not so Natural, Study Shows
Ancient coastal Indigenous people were more than hunter-gatherers, new research shows. Researchers suggest that the Pacific Northwest is one of the few places in the world where it can be documented’ that many Indigenous peoples had sophisticated marine management.
Legislation Would Change Landscape of Zeke’s Island, NC
For more than a century “the Rocks,” a breakwater built by the Army Corps of Engineers, has separated the channels at the southern tip of New Hanover County from the Cape Fear River. Legislation that would allocate funding to help North Carolina maintain the state’s inlets and waterways, is looking to change that.