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Making a Marsh out of a Mud Pile
By Erica Gies. In San Francisco Bay, scientists are looking for a better way to rebuild flagging marshland. The water in California’s San Francisco Bay could rise more than two meters by the year 2100. For the region’s tidal marshes and their inhabitants, such as the endangered Ridgway’s rail and the salt marsh… SEE MORE
A New Electric-Powered-Boat Speed Record
By Kevin Falvey. Princeton Electric Speedboating, in coordination with Flux Marine, achieved a record speed for an electric-powered boat. On October 26, 2023, a team of engineering students at Princeton University—Princeton Electric Speedboating—set a new world record of 114.20 mph for an electric-powered boat. The famed pro-outboard hydroplane Big Bird ran on… SEE MORE
Adult Fish Struggle to Bounce Back in Marine Protected Areas
By ecomagazine.com. Age matters when determining how to protect life in the ocean; every population needs a strong cohort of adults to produce the next generation. But many marine protected areas (MPAs) are falling short of their most basic purpose: to rebuild struggling fish populations. In a new study published… SEE MORE
A Dutch Architect’s Vision of Cities That Float on Water
By Kyle Chayka. In a corner of the Rijksmuseum hangs a seventeenth-century cityscape by the Dutch Golden Age painter Gerrit Berckheyde, “View of the Golden Bend in the Herengracht,” which depicts the construction of Baroque mansions along one of Amsterdam’s main canals. Handsome double-wide brick buildings line the Herengracht’s banks,… SEE MORE
High Tide Flooding Predictions for May 2024
By US Harbors. Coastal Flooding Outlook for May 2024 Per NOAA, mean sea level is typically higher in the late spring due to changing weather patterns and increasing water temperatures. That said, the outlook for tidal flooding this May is pretty contained, and is certainly less than we saw a… Learn More
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Making a Marsh out of a Mud Pile
By Erica Gies. In San Francisco Bay, scientists are looking for a better way to… More
High Tide Flooding Predictions for May 2024
By US Harbors. Coastal Flooding Outlook for May 2024 Per NOAA, mean sea level is… More
A New Electric-Powered-Boat Speed Record
By Kevin Falvey. Princeton Electric Speedboating, in coordination with Flux Marine, achieved a record speed… More
Adult Fish Struggle to Bounce Back in Marine Protected Areas
By ecomagazine.com. Age matters when determining how to protect life in the ocean; every population… More
A Dutch Architect’s Vision of Cities That Float on Water
By Kyle Chayka. In a corner of the Rijksmuseum hangs a seventeenth-century cityscape by the… More
NOAA Announces National Heat Forecast Tool: HeatRisk
By NOAA. NOAA is expanding the availability of a new experimental heat tool called HeatRisk… More
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The Hunt for an Elusive Florida Shipwreck That Killed 41 Enslaved People
By KARUNA EBERL. Searching for the slave ship Guerrero, the nonprofit Diving With a Purpose… More
California’s Salmon Season Faces Second Year Closure
By Carli Stewart. All commercial and recreational salmon fishing will be prohibited in California for… More
San Nicolas Island: Inspiration for "Island of the Blue Dolphins"
By Lesekker. FROM 1835 TO 1853, A Native American woman, stranded after the evacuation of her… More