James Uthmeier, the attorney general of Florida, announced on Wednesday an investigation into a historic luxury yacht operator, now owned by a Chinese company, for operating too close to a US Coast Guard station in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The probe comes as local activists flagged potential national security risks. A supporter of the Chinese Communist … Read more
Authorities are continuing the search for 11 people believed to be missing after a boat departing from Mexico capsized off the coast of Baja California. 16 Mexican nationals were already rescued on Friday, including one who was treated for shark bites. Search continues after boat capsizes off Baja California coast. 16 rescued, but others missing … Read more
Standing on a verdant hill above Georgia’s Black Sea coast, ornithologist Bart Hoekstra looked out over one of the world’s greatest wildlife spectacles unfolding before him then gunshots pierced the air. One million migrating raptors dodge illegal hunters above Georgia’s Black Sea coast Hoekstra co-chairs Batumi Raptor Count , an international volunteer organisation that counts … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Sixteen people were rescued from the Pacific Ocean off Mexico’s Baja California coast on Friday after the U.S. Coast Guard responded to a May Day call reporting the vessel was sinking. Another 11 people were believed to be missing. US Coast Guard rescues 16 people and searches for more after May Day … Read more
Television personality Mackayla “Kash” Paige, known for her appearance on Real West Coast Baddies, was killed in a shooting incident. She was 29-year-old. Mackayla Kash Paige, a rising reality TV personality with ambitions in entertainment, was fatally shot in downtown Oakland at age 29. The incident occurred in downtown OaklandCalifornia, during the early morning hours … Read more
The United States Coast Guard announced on Sunday evening that they are suspending the search for the passengers on the air ambulance from Bermuda to Boston that went missing over the Atlantic Ocean on Saturday. US Coast Guard members search for people after it found debris from a medical transport aircraft off the shore of … Read more
SEATTLE — Sea levels along the West Coast will begin to rise by up to a foot this month as a series of pulses of warm water called Kelvin waves hit the shoreline and move north, sparking concerns about beach erosion and flooding in areas already impacted by climate change and El Niño. What to … Read more
The U.S. Coast Guard has called off its search for Thomas Gigler, a 56-year-old passenger who was reported overboard from the Carnival Panorama while the cruise ship was sailing off the coast of Mexico. Thomas Gigler remained missing after more than 41 hours of search efforts. (Representative Image) (Pexels) Gigler remained missing after more than … Read more
European beachgrass (Ammophila arenaria) is now well established in the Oregon dunes In 1910, Oregon introduced European beachgrass near Coos Bay to stabilise its shifting dunes. The plant trapped moving sand and helped hold the dunes in place as it was meant to. But as the beachgrass spread, it changed the coastal landscape and reduced … Read more
Restored living shoreline along the Chesapeake Bay. Source: Chesapeake Bay Environmental Center Tons of crushed concrete from Baltimore’s former Memorial Stadium are getting a second life as the foundation for a growing coastal ecosystem along the Chesapeake Bay. In 2002, environmental engineers placed thousands of cubic yards of clean stadium rubble along the shores of … Read more