15 tons of beach debris removed from coastal beaches
An army of more than 1,000 Washington Coast Cleanup volunteers removed an estimated 15 tons of debris from state Pacific Ocean beaches Saturday, as part of Earth Day activities that spanned the Olympic Peninsula.
Last year's cleanup in the same areas produced 13.5 tons of trash, said Jon Schmidt, Coast Savers program coordinator.
Schmidt said the final tally won't be available until May, when the last of the Dumpsters put near beaches for the cleanup have been emptied and the trash weighed.
A group of 25, including 14 Chimacum 4-H stewardship program members, with members of Port Townsend public works, the High Country Horsemen and U.S. Forest Service, cleaned three truckloads of trash from the Quilcene River watershed. Read more here http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130422/NEWS/304229989/15-tons-of-beach-debris-removed-from-coastal-beaches
Last year's cleanup in the same areas produced 13.5 tons of trash, said Jon Schmidt, Coast Savers program coordinator.
Schmidt said the final tally won't be available until May, when the last of the Dumpsters put near beaches for the cleanup have been emptied and the trash weighed.
A group of 25, including 14 Chimacum 4-H stewardship program members, with members of Port Townsend public works, the High Country Horsemen and U.S. Forest Service, cleaned three truckloads of trash from the Quilcene River watershed. Read more here http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20130422/NEWS/304229989/15-tons-of-beach-debris-removed-from-coastal-beaches
Erosion Forecast for moonstruck beaches
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Durban - Scientists are predicting that several Durban beaches and other parts of the KwaZulu-Natal coastline could be in for severe coastal erosion in the winter of 2015 because of the influence of the moon.
Writing in the latest South African Journal of Science, the researchers suggest that a phase of the moon known as the lunar perigee sub harmonic cycle will create far stronger gravity effects on the ocean, in so doing worsening normal winter coastal erosion at Umdloti, uMhlanga, Westbrook, eManzimtoti, Submarine Bay (near Scottburgh), Umkomaas and Trafalgar beaches.
Three South African researchers – Alan Smith, Lisa Guastella and Andrew Mather – and British oceanographer Ivan Haigh, said one of the most severe coastal erosion events was in March 2007 when an 18.6-year lunar nodal cycle coincided with a powerful cold front and equinox tides.
Read more here http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/erosion-forecast-for-moonstruck-beaches-1.1507961#.UX_3z6I3uHg
Writing in the latest South African Journal of Science, the researchers suggest that a phase of the moon known as the lunar perigee sub harmonic cycle will create far stronger gravity effects on the ocean, in so doing worsening normal winter coastal erosion at Umdloti, uMhlanga, Westbrook, eManzimtoti, Submarine Bay (near Scottburgh), Umkomaas and Trafalgar beaches.
Three South African researchers – Alan Smith, Lisa Guastella and Andrew Mather – and British oceanographer Ivan Haigh, said one of the most severe coastal erosion events was in March 2007 when an 18.6-year lunar nodal cycle coincided with a powerful cold front and equinox tides.
Read more here http://www.iol.co.za/scitech/science/environment/erosion-forecast-for-moonstruck-beaches-1.1507961#.UX_3z6I3uHg
Thousands of swarming sharks empty Florida beaches
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Thousands of sharks, heading north after migrating to the south for winter, prompted beach closures along South Florida's Atlantic coastline. NBC's Brian Williams reports.
Several beaches along South Florida's Atlantic coast line were closed after thousands of sharks were seen migrating in the waters.
The sharks were migrating from Boca Raton to Jupiter since the beginning of March, marine biologists told NBC Miami.
Read more here
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/07/17224379-thousands-of-swarming-sharks-empty-florida-beaches?lite
Several beaches along South Florida's Atlantic coast line were closed after thousands of sharks were seen migrating in the waters.
The sharks were migrating from Boca Raton to Jupiter since the beginning of March, marine biologists told NBC Miami.
Read more here
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/03/07/17224379-thousands-of-swarming-sharks-empty-florida-beaches?lite
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Last updated 4/30/13
Last updated 4/30/13