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- Water Supplies Imperiled
- CLIMATE Nearly 40 percent of the world's population lives less than 100 miles from a shoreline, areas generally defined as coastal. And because of global warming, they may be at risk of losing up to 50 percent more of their freshwater supplies than previously predicted, according to a...
- Research articles 2008-02-01
- Predicting the Next Storm Surge Flood
- Rapid Prototype Development of a Regional Capability to Address A National Problem On August 29, 2005, hurricane Katrina became the worst natural disaster in the recent history of the United Stales and was indelibly etched in the memories of its citizens. The costliest and one of the deadliest...
- Research articles 2007-08-01
- Tipped-over Mars could explain ocean riddle, say scientists
- PARIS AFP — Scientists firing the latest salvo of opinions over the mystery of Mars' water say they have new evidence to back the theory that a mighty ocean once washed over much of the Red Planet's surface. The theory -- derived from photos snapped by orbiters and geological...
- Research articles 2007-06-13
- Seven Years Later: A BROWNFIELDS RESTORATION
- Providence Rhode Island's Save The Bay sets up a financial process to convert the once-contaminated shoreline into a lovely Sunshine Island. FOR AS LONG as Rhode Islanders can remember, Sunshine Island was a dump, literally. The dump abutted a shipyard and a sewage treatment center that, before modernization,...
- Research articles 2007-03-01
- Shoreline licensing info from the Maryland DNR
- The Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Wildlife and Heritage Service announced that shoreline license applications are now being accepted from riparian waterfront property owners. Anyone owning riparian property, or persons who have the permission of the riparian property owner, may license their shoreline for the purpose of establishing stationary blinds...
- Research articles 2007-03-31
- Japanese ship locates stricken Philippine tanker
- ILOILO, Philippines AFP — A Japanese survey ship has located the remains of a sunken tanker three weeks after it went down in rough seas causing the Philippines' worst ever oil spill, the coastguard said. The Shinsei Maru arrived at the port of Iloilo Wednesday night and at first light...
- Research articles 2006-08-31
- Mayday - Fishing Vessel in Distress.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-7 August 2006-UK Government: Mayday - Fishing Vessel in DistressC1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:06082006 A small fishing vessel was 30 yards from the shoreline when the skipper made an emergency 'MAYDAY' call to Aberdeen Coastguard, stating his gear had been...
- Research articles 2006-08-07
- LifeStyle
- Don't head to the beach without checking out these ideas for maximizing your sun-and-surf experience - from a novel way to push your gear across the dunes to some comfy places to relax. - Grace Bonney Shadylace umbrella When there's no shade to sit under, this...
- Research articles 2006-06-09
- $17 Million Contract Awarded to Create Lousiana Storm Buffer
- BATON ROUGE, Louisiana ENS — --> The NOAA Restoration Center and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources have awarded a $17.7 million wetlands restoration contract that will protect and create 1,400 acres of wetlands in Lafourche Parish to buffer the coastline against future storms. Wetlands and coastal marshes provide...
- Research articles 2006-04-13
- Sea snail killers.(Periwinkles)
- Periwinkles, the spiral-shelled snails commonly found along rocky U.S. shorelines, play a primary role in the unprecedented disappearance of salt marsh in the southeastern states, according to research published in Science. Based on extensive field studies, the work challenges six decades of...
- Research articles 2006-02-01
- Lake fix garners kudos at Morton.(News)
- Byline: Amy Boerema Daily Herald Staff Writer Meadow Lake is breathing new life these days. The five-acre lake at Morton Arboretum recently underwent a restoration to stabilize its shoreline and improve water quality. The project appears to be a success....
- Research articles 2005-12-07
- MacArthur back home after round-the-world epic
- FALMOUTH, England AFP — Ellen MacArthur was triumphantly back home after smashing the record for the fastest person to sail single-handedly around the world non-stop. Thousands of admirers lined the Channel shoreline and scores of small boats bobbed in the water to give the yachtswoman a heroine's welcome following...
- Research articles 2005-02-08
- Nordic nations ring in New Year in mourning as thousands feared dead
- STOCKHOLM AFP — Four Nordic nations were set to ring in the New Year in shock and mourning, faced with their deadliest catastrophe in modern times as people sat glued to news reports from Asia where thousands of their loved ones are feared dead. "Never has the step into...
- Research articles 2004-12-31
- Brady's Bunch.(People & Players)
- Byline: James Brady The New York Post reports Strawberry's found God again. Was laying on hands in church the other Sunday in West Palm. The next drug bust can be expected anytime now. Why Conde Nast Traveler is a must read. While...
- Research articles 2004-09-06
- For sale: unusual property. Must like concrete
- LONDON AFP ? It could best be described as compact, but how many other potential homes are impervious to machine gun fire? In one of the more unusual property sales seen for some time, a World War II pillbox on a picturesque island in southwest England is being auctioned...
- Research articles 2004-08-26
- Soundings
- * Navy Awards $79 Million Contract for Littoral Combat Ship. The U.S. Navy recently awarded a team that includes Austal USA (Mobile, Alabama) and General Dynamics-Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine), a $79 million contract to develop a final design for the littoral combat ship LCS, along with options to build...
- Research articles 2004-07-01
- "Blob monsters" of the sea are just remains of whales
- PARIS AFP ? One of the myths of the sea has been skewered by gene researchers, who say that huge "blobs" of weird tissue that have washed up on shorelines and sparked tales of sea monsters are in fact the remains of whales. A 13-tonne lump of boneless tissue...
- Research articles 2004-06-23
- Major Renovation Planned for Arlington, Mass., Park.
- By David Desjardins, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jun. 6--ARLINGTON, Mass. -- Spy Pond Park, one of Arlington's prime recreation spots and a popular rest stop along the Minuteman Bikeway, will get a major facelift starting in the fall. ...
- Research articles 2004-06-06
- Thousands take to streets to protest HK harbour reclamation
- HONG KONG AFP ? Thousands of chanting protesters lined Hong Kong's harbour in a protest at government plans to reclaim more of the city's famous waterway. But while the huge turnout heartened anti-reclamation campaign leaders, they warned that a shortage of cash could scupper efforts to halt the plans...
- Research articles 2004-03-21
- Erie County, N.Y., to Lead Effort to Redevelopment Former Bethlehem Steel Site.
- The Buffalo News, N.Y. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 13--The former Bethlehem Steel complex in Lackawanna still produces superlatives. It was one of the largest steelmakers -- and one of the dirtiest polluters. Now it stands as one of the Northeast's biggest...
- Research articles 2003-10-13
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