Paige McCartney (The Nassau Guardian) quotes a recently released World Bank report on marine litter concentration in the Caribbean: The marine litter concentration in The Bahamas and the rest of the Caribbean is nearly three times the global average. The world average for litter concentration stands at 573 pieces of plastic or waste items per […]
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“As new disease wipes out Caribbean coral, scientists tear up reefs to stop the spread.” In this article from September 26, Lucas Jackson and Chris Prentice (Reuters) report on the urgent efforts of scientists to save coral reefs in St. Thomas (U.S. Virgin Islands) from fast-moving, lethal disease: Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease. Off the […]
via As new disease wipes out Caribbean coral, scientists tear up reefs. . . — Repeating Islands
A report from the Associated Press. Everton Simpson squints at the Caribbean from his motorboat, scanning the dazzling bands of color for hints of what lies beneath. Emerald green indicates sandy bottoms. Sapphire blue lies above seagrass meadows. And deep indigo marks coral reefs. That’s where he’s headed. He steers the boat to an unmarked […]
via Coral Gardeners Bring Back Jamaica’s Reefs, Piece by Piece — Repeating Islands
To quote The Tico Times and AFP, Costa Rica recently passed a “watered-down” anti-plastics law that that regulates the use of plastics in a limited way. Environmentalists argue that this is only a prohibition on plastic straws. The Costa Rican congress approved this week a project that regulates the use of plastics, but authorities and […]
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Christopher Jobson Landscape photographer Timothy Corbin recently captured some stunning photos of ice-laden tress on the shore of Lake Ontario. It’s amazing is to see the evidence of what must have been hours of violent waves creating layers of ice that now hover over water or ice that’s now perfectly serene. You can see a […]
Maria Bakkalapulo (The Guardian) writes about the effects of climate change, natural disasters, and looming “sand wars.” The sun is out, as usual, in the town of Surfside. Less than 10 miles north of Miami’s world-famous South Beach, just a square mile in size with a population near 6,000, it’s a typically prosperous American seaside community. […]
via ‘Sand wars’: the battle to replenish Florida’s beaches amid climate crisis — Repeating Islands
The Guardian’s Neil Tweedie reports on how the insatiable demand of the global building boom has unleashed an illegal market in sand. He writes that “Gangs are now stealing pristine beaches to order and paradise islands are being dredged and sold to the construction industry.” This is a serious concern at the local and global […]
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