News tagged with coastal area
Led by China, fish farms 'soaring'
Nearly half of the fish eaten around the world now comes from farms instead of the wild, with more foresight needed in China and other producers to limit the ecological impact, a study said on Tuesday.
Jun 14, 2011 |
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Paved surfaces can foster build-up of polluted air
New research focusing on the Houston area suggests that widespread urban development alters wind patterns in a way that can make it easier for pollutants to build up during warm summer weather instead of being ...
Jun 07, 2011 |
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Hurricane season starting with high US, Caribbean risk
The Atlantic hurricane season kicks off Wednesday with elevated threats to the United States and nations around the Caribbean, the latest forecasts show.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 31, 2011 |
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Sea levels set to rise by up to a metre: report
Sea levels are set to rise by up to a metre within a century due to global warming, a new Australian report said Monday as it warned this could make "once-a-century" coastal flooding much more common.
May 23, 2011 |
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NASA satellite sees area affected by Japan tsunami
A new before-and-after image pair from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument on NASA's Terra spacecraft shows a region of Japan's northeastern coast, northeast ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Mar 16, 2011 |
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Engineers give solar power a boost
The growing popularity of solar photovoltaic (PV) systems across the United States has made it more important to maximize their power input. That's why UC San Diego environmental engineering professor Jan Kleissl is working ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Jan 11, 2011 |
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Pioneering research to reduce coastal flooding
(PhysOrg.com) -- Coastal areas could be saved from the misery of flooding thanks to groundbreaking new research from the University of Plymouth.
Nov 10, 2010 |
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Greenland rapidly rising as ice melt continues
Greenland is situated in the Atlantic Ocean to the northeast of Canada. It has stunning fjords on its rocky coast formed by moving glaciers, and a dense icecap up to 2 km thick that covers much of the island--pressing ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 18, 2010 |
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A forensic analysis of Hurricane Katrina's impact: methods and findings
A recent special edition of the Elsevier journal Ocean Engineering provides an analysis of the impact of Hurricane Katrina and an overview of the lessons learned in the aftermath of the disaster.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 27, 2010 |
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Study: Earth's polar ice sheets vulnerable to even moderate global warming
A new analysis of the geological record of the Earth's sea level, carried out by scientists at Princeton and Harvard universities and published in the Dec. 16 issue of Nature, employs a novel statistical approa ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Galician waves are best for producing energy
The best coastal areas in the Iberian Peninsula in terms of harnessing wave energy are the Costa da Morte and Estaca de Bares, in La Coruņa, Galicia, according to two pioneering studies by researchers from ...
Technology / Energy & Green Tech
Nov 30, 2009 |
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Study uncovers 'de-urbanization' of America (w/ Video)
More than any other populace on Earth, Americans are on the move. Because of factors such as employment, climate or retirement, 14 percent of the U.S. population bounces from place to place every year.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Whales and dolphins in hot water
(PhysOrg.com) -- More whales, dolphins and porpoises than was previously thought could be at risk from the effects of climate change, according to a new study.
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Nine rescued whales beach again in Australia
All but one of the 10 whales that survived a mass beaching on Australia's west coast were Wednesday believed to have come back ashore and were unlikely to survive, authorities said.
Mar 25, 2009 |
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