Pacific Coast beaches experiencing increased risk of sneaker waves, rip currents
The NWS warns that sneaker waves can reach much further up beaches and over rocks and jetties than expected. These waves can ...
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Toxic algal bloom leads to strandings of dolphins, seals on Calif. coast
Marine life care centers across Southern California are reporting a surge in the number of stranded dolphins and sick seals, likely caused by a growing toxic algal bloom off the coast. The Marine ...
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Toxic algal bloom outbreak underway along California’s coastline leading to strandings of dolphins, seals
SAN DIEGO – Marine life care centers across Southern California are reporting a surge in the number of stranded dolphins and sick seals, likely caused by a growing toxic algal bloom off the coast. The ...
Golf course project on Washington coast offers economic promise, environmental concerns
The final environmental review process for a links-style course in Westport is teeing up a battle over how to revive a famous ...
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Golf course project on Washington coast offers economic promise, environmental concerns
WESTPORT, Wash. — The City of Westport is preparing to enter the final environmental review process to develop an 18-hole golf course along the pacific coast. The group Westport Golf Links is ...
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The Importance of Every Drop of Water in the Pacific
Thousands of people in the Pacific will be unable to access safely managed household drinking water, sanitation and hygiene services in 2030 unless the rate of progress increases. When you think of ...
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2 more Mississippi Coast beaches ruled unsafe for contact by state, bringing total to 4
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality said Thursday tests had again discovered it in two places: Pass Christian East Beach and Gulfport West Beach. The beaches are still open.
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Next-generation water satellite maps seafloor from space
More accurate maps based on data from the SWOT mission can improve underwater navigation and result in greater knowledge of how heat and life move around the world's oceans. There are better maps ...
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Researchers use light traps to illuminate Dungeness crab decline
SEATTLE — Researchers are waging a quiet battle in the Pacific Northwest to protect one of the region’s most iconic species — the Dungeness crab. Using light traps, scientists at the MaST ...
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The mystery of how iguanas crossed the Pacific Ocean may be solved
Scaly sailors may have made a record-setting oceanic voyage. Tens of millions of years ago, iguanas in North America floated across the Pacific Ocean. Clinging to vegetation washed into the sea ...
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What a Small Island Off the Coast of Scotland Could Teach America
Mr. Ilgunas is the author of “Walden on Wheels” and “Trespassing Across America.” He lives in Scotland. The remains of stone houses were slowly crumbling into a rocky beach. Where there ...
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New Strategy Needed for Pacific Island Water Security
Hydrology experts at Flinders University are calling for urgent investigations into the operation of bore-fields that access fresh groundwater on Pacific islands, including Kiribati, where rising sea ...