| Gulf Oil Spill Cleanup Ends As BP Pulls Out, Leaves Unanswered Questions |
| Finding tar balls linked to the BP oil spill isn't difficult on some Gulf Coast beaches, but the company and the government say it isn't common enough to keep sending out the crews that patrolled the sand for three years in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi. |
| NASA’s 2013 HS3 Hurricane Mission to Delve into Saharan Dust |
| NASA's 2013 Hurricane and Severe Storms Sentinel or HS3 mission will investigate whether Saharan dust and its associated warm and dry air, known as the Saharan Air Layer or SAL, favors or suppresses the development of tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. The effects of Saharan dust on tropical cyclones is a controversial area of science. |
| Floating Gardens |
| In Bangladesh, the ancient practice of floating gardens, beds of straw and water hyacinths on which crops are grown, is making a comeback in the face of increased floods. |
| A Better Eye on Reefs, Australia |
| Claremont Isles National Park, where coastal waters are protected as part of Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Site, are important habitat and breeding grounds for seabirds, and they are off-limits to humans. |
| Illegal Sand Mining Erodes River Banks, Vietnam |
| Illegal sand mining has caused severe erosion along the two main tributaries of the Serepok River in the Tay Nguyen, affecting the lives of many people. |
| NOAA Grant Aids Purchase of Critical Coastal Habitat in Puerto Rico |
| A NOAA grant of $1 million has helped the territory of Puerto Rico complete the acquisition of Dos Mares, an 87-acre parcel that includes wetlands, forested wetlands, and a coastal mangrove forest. |
| Pacific Island Nation of Kiribati |
| Reuters photographer David Gray spent time documenting life in the central Pacific island nation of Kiribati, a chain of 33 atolls and islands that stand just metres above sea level, spread over a huge expanse of otherwise empty ocean. |
| China Leads The Waste Recycling League |
| With the world's population and consumption increasing, the waste heap is growing. More than 4bn tonnes of waste (municipal, industrial and hazardous) is generated annually worldwide. Where does it all go? |
| Study of Oceans’ Past Raises Worries About Their Future |
| A McGill-led international research team has now completed the first global study of changes that occurred in a crucial component of ocean chemistry, the nitrogen cycle, at the end of the last ice age. |
| Nicaragua Approves Massive Canal Project |
| A multi-billion dollar proposal to plow a massive rival to the Panama Canal across the middle of Nicaragua was approved, capping a lightning-fast approval process that has provoked deep skepticism among shipping experts and concern among environmentalists. |
| Zanzibar's Encroaching Ocean Means Less Water |
| Khadija Komboani's nearest well is filled with salt water thanks to the rising sea around Tanzania's Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar. |
| Activists Seek Substitutes For Sand, Mumbai. |
| Artificial sand, that is sand obtained by crushing stones and boulders, is being considered as an alternative to natural sand, said officials, Mumbai. |
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