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Scotland's beaches appear to be 'shrinking.'
2013-07-28 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Scotsman: GET down to the beach today whatever the weather and while you still can Scotlands beaches appear to be shrinking. A new study has found that the low tide mark is moving closer to land at a much quicker rate than the high tide mark, effectively causing the beach in between to reduce in size as sediment is lost. Detailed surveys at a test site in the Clyde estuary revealed that sections of the shoreline have been eroded at an average rate of more than a metre per year since 1940. Experts at...
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3 Tinian beaches red-flagged
2013-07-14 16:25:23| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Division of Environmental Quality has red-flagged the Unai Masalok, Unai Dandkolo, and Leprosarium Beach on Tinian and is advising the public not to fish or swim within 300 feet of these locations for the next 48 hours or until otherwise notified.
Eight Saipan beaches red-flagged
2013-07-10 19:53:45| Waste Management - Topix.net
The Division of Environmental Quality has red-flagged eight beach sites on Saipan and is advising the public not to fish or swim within 300 feet of these locations for the next 48 hours or until otherwise notified.
Chinese beaches overwhelmed by algae in pictures
2013-07-04 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The seas of China have been hit by their largest ever growth of algae. A large quantity of non-poisonous green seaweed, enteromorpha prolifera, hit the Qingdao coast in recent days. More than 20,000 tons of such seaweed has been removed from the city's beaches
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To Rebuild NYC's Beaches, A Native Plant Savings And Loan
2013-06-19 22:33:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Across the New York region, people are still working to rebuild homes and businesses after the havoc wrought by Hurricane Sandy. But the storm also devastated the dunes and native flora of New York's beaches. When the city replants grasses on those dunes, it will be able to draw on seeds from precisely the grasses that used to thrive there. That's because of a very special kind of bank: a seed bank run by the Greenbelt Native Plant Center on Staten Island. Heather Lea Liljengren has been a seed...
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