Category: Coastal News

Climate Change Is Driving Some Albatrosses to ‘Divorce,’ Study Finds

11/29/2021 - By Natasha Frost. Warming oceans are sending the monogamous sea birds farther afield to find food, putting stress on their breeding and prompting some to ditch their partners. Albatrosses usually mate for life, making them among the most monogamous creatures on the planet. But climate change may be driving more… SEE MORE

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Multiple Downtown SF Skyscrapers Are Causing Entire Area to Slowly Sink

11/27/2021 - Much media attention has been lavished on the tilting and sinking Millennium Tower, a fix for which remains in the works. But the building's situation has perhaps brought attention to the fact that heavy buildings clustered in an area atop landfill and bay mud — an area of reclaimed land… SEE MORE

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/22/science/mammoth-tusk-ocean.html

Why Was This Ancient Tusk 150 Miles From Land, 10,000 Feet Deep?

11/25/2021 - By Annie Roth. A young female mammoth was wandering long ago near what would become the Central Coast of California, when her life came to an untimely end. Although she died on land, her massive body found its way into the Pacific Ocean. Carried by currents, her remains drifted more… SEE MORE

https://coralreef.noaa.gov/aboutcrcp/news/featuredstories/feb15/coraletiquette.html

Australia’s Barrier Reef Erupts in Color as Corals Spawn

11/24/2021 - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is spawning in an explosion of color as the World Heritage-listed natural wonder recovers from life-threatening coral bleaching episodes. Scientists on Tuesday night recorded the corals fertilizing billions of offspring by casting sperm and eggs into the Pacific Ocean off the Queensland… SEE MORE

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How to Fly Safer this Holiday Season

11/22/2021 - By Sandee LaMotte. If you're taking to the skies to visit friends and family over the holidays, be prepared to jostle your way through crowded airports, packed planes and frenzied baggage queues with millions of fellow travelers. "Everyone knows how close they're going to be with other people on a plane,"… SEE MORE

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NOAA Ocean Exploration Meets Major Mapping Milestone

11/20/2021 - Two million square kilometers. Or 772,204 square miles. That’s more than one quarter the size of the contiguous United States. And it’s the area of seafloor mapped by NOAA Ocean Exploration using the modern, high-resolution multibeam sonar system aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer since the ship was commissioned in 2008. Why We Map There’s so… SEE MORE

A Lobsterman Caught a 1-in-100-million ‘Cotton Candy’ Lobster

11/19/2021 - By Kelly B. Gormly. Billy Coppersmith has been a lobster fisherman for about four decades, and he thought he’d possibly seen everything there was to see along the coast of Maine. But when he reeled in a trap one afternoon this month as he was sailing in Casco Bay near… SEE MORE

High Tide, Low Tide, My Tide

11/19/2021 - No need to consult a tide chart and make adjustments for your local tides: the Sandy Shores custom tide clocks show the High, Low, Incoming and Outgoing tides so planning your next beach picnic, kayaking adventure or fishing trip is easy. These tide clocks are delivered with the clock set… SEE MORE

How and When to Watch the Longest Lunar Eclipse in 580 Years

11/17/2021 - By Jake Smith. Some cosmic events are, well, once in a blue moon. Others, like the return of Halle’s Comet, are possible to catch maybe twice. But this Friday’s near-total lunar eclipse — the longest of the century and the first of this length in 580 years — is truly once-in-a-lifetime (or, more accurately, many lifetimes). On the… SEE MORE

November 2021 – News from Our Coasts

11/16/2021 - NEWS & UPDATES FOR NOVEMBER Updates from US Harbors News & Virtual Events from Our Partners Updates from Our Coastal Business Community Photos of the Month Updates from US Harbors We are hosting a free online conference on November 17th to help coastal communities--and their citizens--understand and prepare for changes… SEE MORE