News articles tagged with 'coast'
68 percent of New England and Mid-Atlantic beaches eroding
— 24 Feb 2011 19:08 | EnvironmentAn assessment of coastal change over the past 150 years has found 68 percent of beaches in the New England and Mid-Atlantic region are eroding, according to a U.S. Geological Survey…
Decline of West Coast fog brought higher coastal temperatures last 60 years
— 14 Dec 2010 19:09 | EnvironmentFog is a common feature along the West Coast during the summer, but a University of Washington scientist has found that summertime coastal fog has declined since 1950 while coastal…
UH geologists find parts of Northwest Houston sinking rapidly
— 29 Sep 2010 17:41 | Geology and palaeontologyA large section of northwestern Harris County - particularly the Jersey Village area - is sinking rapidly, according to a University of Houston (UH) geologist who has analysed GPS data…
NASA eyes Karl, now a hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico
— 17 Sep 2010 09:14 | EnvironmentNASA's Aqua and TRMM satellites have been watching Karl's clouds and rainfall as he moved across Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula and into the Gulf of Mexico today, powering up into a hurricane…
Tracking marine animal travel
— 1 Sep 2010 09:44 | BiologyScientists are gaining a deeper understanding of marine mammal travel patterns using a large-scale tracking network. A new PLoS collection, created in conjunction with the Pacific Ocean…
Tropical Depression 2-E struggling, while Tropical Storm Blas is born
— 18 Jun 2010 14:11 | EnvironmentNASA infrared satellite imagery captured two tropical depressions in the Eastern Pacific Ocean today, as one struggles to survive and the other powered up into Tropical Storm Blas…
Scientists locate oil plume extending toward Dry Tortugas
— 14 Jun 2010 16:23 | EnvironmentA team of dedicated South Florida researchers from the University of Miami's Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies (CIMAS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric…
Odds are about 1-in-3 that a mega-earthquake will hit the Northwest in the next 50 years
— 25 May 2010 10:31 | Geology and palaeontologyThe major earthquakes that devastated Chile earlier this year and which triggered the catastrophic Indonesian tsunami of 2004 are more than just a distinct possibility to strike the…
Caution required for Gulf oil spill clean-up
— 5 May 2010 10:18 | EnvironmentWith millions of gallons crude oil being spewed into the Gulf of Mexico from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the focus now is on shutting down the leak. However, in the cleanup efforts…
Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico nears the coast
— 1 May 2010 10:51 | EnvironmentIn this latest image acquired by ESA's Envisat on Thursday at 16:23 UTC, oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico can be seen as a dark blue swirl advancing toward the Louisiana…