News articles tagged with 'coastal'
68 percent of New England and Mid-Atlantic beaches eroding
— 24 Feb 2011 19:08 | EnvironmentAn assessment of coastal change over the past 150 years has found 68 percent of beaches in the New England and Mid-Atlantic region are eroding, according to a U.S. Geological Survey…
Surf's up: New research provides precise way to monitor ocean wave behaviour, shore impacts
— 29 Jan 2011 18:07 | EnvironmentEngineers have created a new type of 'stereo vision' to use in studying ocean waves as they pound against the shore, providing a better way to understand and monitor this violent, ever-changing…
Eggs show arctic mercury cycling may be linked to ice cover
— 21 Jan 2011 19:56 | EnvironmentAn international research team working with National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) scientists at the Hollings Marine Laboratory (HML) in Charleston, S.C., has suggested…
Study finds fisheries management makes coral reefs grow faster
— 15 Jan 2011 15:33 | EnvironmentAn 18-year study of Kenya's coral reefs by the Wildlife Conservation Society and the University of California at Santa Cruz has found that overfished reef systems have more sea urchins…
Many coastal wetlands likely to disappear this century
— 2 Dec 2010 19:01 | EnvironmentMany coastal wetlands worldwide - including several on the U.S. Atlantic coast - may be more sensitive than previously thought to climate change and sea-level rise projections for the…
LIDAR applications in coastal morphology and hazard assessment
— 23 Nov 2010 18:32 | EnvironmentSouthampton scientists along with colleagues in New Zealand have used a sophisticated optical mapping technique to identify and accurately measure changes in coastal morphology following…
New oyster farming technique increases productivity, offers entrepreneurial opportunities
— 23 Nov 2010 18:23 | EnvironmentA new oyster farming initiative has launched in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The goal of this effort, a collaboration between researchers from LSU and Auburn University, is industry…
Fall bonefish census sounds warning bell that warrants careful future monitoring
— 23 Nov 2010 17:17 | BiologyThis October more than 60 guides and anglers in the Florida Keys poled across the flats from Biscayne Bay to the Marquesas, assisting in the annual bonefish census. This year's count,…
Thousands of turtles captured in Madagascar despite ban
— 12 Nov 2010 15:27 | EnvironmentNew research has revealed up to 16,000 endangered turtles are being caught each year by villagers in just one region of Madagascar, despite a government ban…
Iron stimulates blooms of toxin-producing algae in open ocean, study finds
— 9 Nov 2010 11:43 | EnvironmentA team of marine scientists has found that toxin-producing algae once thought to be limited to coastal waters are also common in the open ocean, where the addition of iron from natural…