Category: Coastal News

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UN General Assembly: The Ocean Race and global partners call for the recognition of the inherent rights of the ocean

9/20/2023 - By theoceanrace.com. The Ocean Race, the Government of Cabo Verde and US-based Earth Law Center present principles to guide a new relationship with the ocean The ocean, the foundation to all life, has inherent rights and intrinsic value, and they need to be recognised and included in legislation at national,… SEE MORE

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Climate Change could Bring more Monster Storms like Hurricane Lee to New England

9/19/2023 - By apnews.com. BOSTON (AP) — When it comes to hurricanes, New England can’t compete with Florida or the Caribbean. But scientists said Friday the arrival of storms like Hurricane Lee this weekend could become more common in the region as the planet warms, including in places such as the Gulf of Maine.… SEE MORE

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9/18/2023 - By reasonstobecheerful.world. Surf therapy is being embraced — from the US Navy to the British health service — as a surprisingly effective treatment for depression, anxiety and trauma. The Great Recovery is a series examining how a surge in innovation, outreach, access and attention to equity is improving our mental… SEE MORE

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You Can Help Save Beached Whales

9/17/2023 - By oceangrafixblog.wordpress.com About 2,000 dolphins and whales beach themselves each year, mostly resulting in death. But there is a lot you can do to help save them if you are a mariner. Locations and causes of beaching Whale beachings happen year-round, almost anywhere, and sometimes they can be very dramatic. Just a… SEE MORE

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Carbon Monoxide & Your Boat

9/16/2023 - By boatus.org What You Can't See, Can Harm You. Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas that is essentially undetectable by human senses. It is produced when an engine that uses a carbon-based fuel like gasoline is running. Carbon monoxide is a component of exhaust gases -… SEE MORE

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Carbon Removal Start-Up Successfully Completes the World’s First Seaweed Baling and Sinking Test

9/15/2023 - By ecomagazine.com Seafields, a carbon removal company based in the UK, has shared details of the world’s first seaweed biomass sinking trials for carbon removal to test the impact on the surrounding environment. This is the world’s first sinking test of its kind, and the first test to assess environmental… SEE MORE

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Is Seaweed the Next Big Alternative to Meat?

9/13/2023 - By smithsonianmag.com From kelp burgers to bacon of the sea, sustainable food entrepreneurs are innovating to charm hungry omnivores When vertebrates first heaved themselves out of the sea some 390 million years ago, terrestrial life was good: the atmosphere was rich with oxygen, and competition for food was virtually nonexistent.… SEE MORE

A GOES-16 (GOES East) visible satellite image of Hurricane Don at 6:20 PM EDT on July 22, 2023 in the Atlantic. Don was the first hurricane of the 2023 Atlantic hurricane season. (Image credit: NOAA)

Hurricane Lee Turns North Past Bermuda as it Aims for New England and Atlantic Canada

9/13/2023 - By AP News. Hurricane Lee began to spin away from the northern Caribbean on Wednesday as the Category 2 storm left big waves in its wake and aimed for New England and Atlantic Canada. The storm was located about 420 miles (675 kilometers) south-southwest of Bermuda. It had winds of… SEE MORE

Gray whale mother and her calf on their northbound migration.

Gray Whale Calf Count Increases from All-time Low, Positive Sign for the Population

9/12/2023 - By fisheries.noaa.gov. Almost twice as many gray whale calves swam north with their mothers to their Arctic feeding grounds this spring compared to last year, according to a new count completed by NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center. The results suggest that the eastern North Pacific population of gray whales that migrate… SEE MORE

Despite the Ongoing Drought, Water Levels Remain High on the Great Lakes

9/11/2023 - By greatlakesscuttlebutt.com. The ongoing drought that has plagued Wisconsin over the last couple of months has had little to no impact on the water levels on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior. According to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, water levels on Lake Michigan and Lake Superior remain well above… SEE MORE

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