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Marta Montojo and Ian Urbina from the non-profit Outlaw Ocean Project on the risks of dredging minerals from the ocean floor. Few people have ever heard of the tiny country of Nauru. Even fewer ever think about what happens at the bottom of the world’s oceans. But that may soon change. The seafloor is thought… Read More
What would happen if climate change severely disrupted global supply chains? How would it affect shipping ports like Charleston and Wilmington, which are vital to the economy of the Carolinas? We got a glimpse of that scenario last year when the coronavirus pandemic slowed global shipping to a crawl. Supply chains were broken. There weren’t… Read More
Protecting wetlands and waterways should not be at the broad discretion of states such as Florida that were granted permitting authority in the final days of the Trump administration, says a national environmental law organization, citing a sweeping Aug. 31 federal ruling limiting states’ authority. The ruling in U.S. District Court in Arizona tosses out… Read More
By Nathaniel Herz, Alaska Public Media – Anchorage A high-seas legal fight is causing havoc for one of Alaska’s biggest commercial fisheries, the Bering Sea pollock harvest out of Dutch Harbor. The quickly escalating saga involves hundreds of millions of dollars in fines, a miniature Canadian railway and Donald Trump’s personal lawyer. And it stems from… Read More
By Bjorn Lomborg, From the Wall St Journal Sept 9 Climate change may raise waters and more Americans than ever live in floodplains, but technology and infrastructure protect them. Though the images of abandoned cars in waterlogged East Coast streets might make you think otherwise, the relative toll that floods take on the U.S.—in property and… Read More
Volunteers raised about 3.5 million new oysters on state-of-the-art barges in Virginia Beach. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Author’s Note: The above video is on file from November 20, 2020. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Virginia Oyster Team, which was made up of 468 gardeners, finished their restoration season today and set a record high number for… Read More
Flood damages suffered in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region of the United States from the remnants of hurricane Ida are expected to add double-digit billion dollars of economic loss to the overall toll from the storm. As if hurricane Ida’s landfall damage in Louisiana wasn’t catastrophic enough, the hurricane carried immense quantities of water north… Read More
Ten years after record Susquehanna River flooding devastated West Pittston, the borough is pushing hard to secure $50 million for a levee. “We’re trying to save this whole town. I don’t mean to be dramatic, but that’s what it is,” said borough council President Ellen Quinn. “We’ve got to get this levee.” She spoke last… Read More
David Yarbrough, the director of Tulsa Ports, says the MKARNS serves a 12-state region. Since it’s the most western inland waterway port, farmers in states like Kansas, Colorado and Oklahoma use it to ship their crops. Other states, like Minnesota and South Dakota, rely on fertilizer that floats on the river and is delivered to… Read More
Assaults on the environment may be imperceptible for a period of time, but eventually natural imbalances will become evident. In the quiet fresh waters of the Chowan River basin, its unhealthy water quality is illustrated all too well during the summer by blue-green algal blooms, whether creeping along the shoreline or exploding shore to shore…. Read More
“We need to invest now for the future. That’s the lesson we’ve learned from the investment in the levees,” said Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy. Norma Jean Mattei spent Sunday evening riding out Hurricane Ida in her home in Metairie, Louisiana. Once the storm passed, she set to work clearing debris from the street, checking on… Read More
The U.S. Coast Guard is working with Houston-based oil company Talos Energy to respond to a large spill off the coast of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. The slick was first identified by the Associated Press using satellite photographs provided by NOAA. The agency has published a full set of high resolution imagery of some of the… Read More
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard captain-of-the-port, New Orleans, Capt. Will Watson, has opened the Lower Mississippi River to all vessel traffic in New Orleans and key ports throughout Southeast Louisianna Friday following Hurricane Ida. After the successful removal of several power lines obstructing the waterway due to a downed transmission tower near mile marker 106.5… Read More
Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Mongabay.com and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Hurricane Ida hit New Orleans and surrounding areas in the U.S. state of Louisiana Aug. 29, serving as a grim reminder of the power of coastal storms… Read More
On the southern end of Lake Michigan, Indiana Dunes National Park has seen the water levels rise five feet since 2014, hastened by human-made structures and an increase in storms brought on by climate change. Higher water marks mean more erosion to the sand dunes that have run through the area for thousands of years…. Read More