The U.S. Department of Defense’s (DOD) Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a team, led by the University of Hawaii (UH), a $25 million contract to develop a hybrid coral reef comprising natural coral and man-made structures that will protect the coastline from flooding, erosion and storms and provide habitat for corals and other reef life.
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The Sea-Changers Coastal Fountain Fund supports groups and organizations around the U.K. that wish to install water bottle refill stations on beaches or other coastal locations. The program aims to tackle the increasing problem of plastic bottles left behind along the coasts as marine litter, damaging the marine environment and the species that call it home.
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For nearly 60 years, Willard Bascom’s bestselling book “Waves and Beaches: The Powerful Dynamics of Sea and Coast” (Patagonia, March 16, 2021) has been a go-to resource of surfers, sailors, oceanographers and anyone with an appreciation for the sea. But since the book’s original 1963 publication, a new wave–the wave of climate change–has vastly impacted ocean dynamics, coastlines and coastal
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Capitol Hill Ocean Week (CHOW) brings together national and global stakeholders to address pressing science, conservation and management issues facing the ocean and Great Lakes. The event is convened by the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation every June. This year, CHOW is focused on the changing ocean, restoration of the ocean and Great Lakes and working together for sustainable waters. Join
Read moreInvasive plant species aren’t all that bad, according to a new study by scientists at Duke University and the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. They can be a source of valuable ecosystem functions where native coastal habitats such as salt marshes and oyster reefs have severely declined. The study focused on an invasive Japanese seaweed in North Carolina. The seaweed was
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