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Here's a list of Surfrider Foundation's daily Coastal Factoids
since Aug. 13, 2001, sorted by date.
07/24/2008: Upsetting Everybody
07/23/2008: Study Points to Phosphorus As Key Trigger for Toxic Algae Blooms
07/22/2008: Protection Against the Sun -- It's Not Only Sunscreen
07/21/2008: Environmental Groups Sue to Force Numeric Limits on Nutrient Runoff Pollution in Florida
07/18/2008: Commercial Scale Tidal Power Now a Reality
07/17/2008: The Squandering of Ocean and Other Resources to Fuel Insatiable Consumption
07/16/2008: Bali's Best Surfing Reef Is Damaged by Grounded Illegal Fishing Ship
07/15/2008: Offshore Drilling Rigs on the Alabama Coast Pose Real Dangers to People Living Nearby
07/14/2008: Some Officials Are Calling for a New 'Earth Systems Science Agency'
07/11/2008: Mark Twain (Almost) Surfing in Hawaii
07/10/2008: Grass Roots Means Solving Problems Yourselves
07/09/2008: Seagrass and Salt Marsh Coastal Ecosystems Receive Scant Attention by the Media
07/08/2008: U.S. Coral Reefs Continue Their Decline
07/07/2008: Report Concludes That Red Tide Along Florida's Northeast Coast Caused Human Illnesses
07/03/2008: Again, Leaky Septic Tanks Are Polluting Coastal Waters
07/02/2008: For Over 30 Years, Jimmy Carter's Been Fighting Against Bad Projects Proposed by the Army Corps of Engineers
07/01/2008: 'The Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2008' Is Introduced in Congress
06/30/2008: Restore the Long Beach (CA) Shore and Improve Water Quality -- Sink the Breakwater!
06/27/2008: Big Wind Farm Planned for 12 Miles Off of Rehoboth Beach, DE
06/26/2008: Supreme Court Reduces Oil Spill Deterrence by Their Exxon Valdez Decision
06/25/2008: Coastal Armoring Is Not the Solution
06/24/2008: Finally, Some Real Progress on Florida Everglades Restoration
06/23/2008: Issues in Tamarindo, Costa Rica
06/20/2008: JUNE 20th ONLY -- JOIN SURFRIDER with the INTERNATIONAL SURFING DAY special
06/19/2008: Almost 5,000 Sewage Spills Totaling Over 16 Million Gallons Just in California Last Year
06/18/2008: We Already Have Metrics -- We Need To Act
06/17/2008: Exfoliating Soaps Are Adding Plastic Particles to Our Oceans and Waterways
06/16/2008: EPA's Updated Action Plan to Reduce the Gulf of Mexico 'Dead Zone' Is Toothless, Underfunded, and Relies on Polluters Voluntarily Reducing Nutrient Runoff
06/13/2008: Human Survival Should Trump Economic Growth
06/12/2008: South Carolina Governor Asks President Bush to Declare an Offshore National Monument
06/11/2008: Cuba's Relatively Well Preserved Coast
06/10/2008: EPA Weakens Clean Water Act Again in Allowing Polluted Water Transfers to Cleaner Bodies of Water
06/09/2008: China Is Copying the Coastal Environmental Mistakes Made in the Past by Industrializing Nations
06/06/2008: EU's Highest Court Stands Firm Against Shipping Industries' Attempts to Invalidate Ocean Pollution Laws
06/05/2008: Federal Court Rules Massachusetts Highway Dept Must Clean Up Its Polluted Runoff
06/04/2008: Both Arctic Ice Melt and Ocean Acidification Are Happening Much Faster Than Previously Predicted
06/03/2008: Almost 200 Countries Agree to Stop Harmful Plans to Grow Algae to Absorb Carbon
06/02/2008: Asbestos Contamination at Illinois Beach State Park
05/30/2008: Help Save Upham Beach in Florida!
05/29/2008: Navy Sonar Continues to Injure and Kill Whales and Other Marine Mammals
05/28/2008: Iceland to Resume Whaling
05/27/2008: Enviro Groups Sue to Keep Jet Skis Out of Our National Parks
05/23/2008: EPA Again Delays Improving Polluted Runoff Regulations for the Construction Industry
05/22/2008: Suspected Long Term Leaks of Uranium, Arsenic and Fluorides into Lake Ontario at Port Hope
05/21/2008: Training the Grassroots Activists
05/20/2008: Vancouver Island Surf Break Threatened
05/09/2008: Not Many Public Beach Access Points Along the Louisiana Coast
05/08/2008: The Sun's Tidal Influence Is Half That of the Moon
05/07/2008: Florida Government Approves $300 Million for Land Acquisition and Protection Program
05/06/2008: Algae Blooms Plague Florida Bay
05/05/2008: Fertilizers Used for Corn Based Biofuels Contribute to Coastal 'Dead Zones'
05/02/2008: Waterborne Chemical Contaminants from Industrial Farm Animal Production
05/01/2008: EPA's New Handbook for Developing Watershed Plans -- Public Comments Welcome
04/29/2008: Surfrider Foundation Is a Grassroots Organization
04/28/2008: Smithsonian's New Emphasis on the Oceans
04/25/2008: $20 Million for Beach/Waterfront Access in North Carolina
04/24/2008: Drawbacks of Current Beach Water Quality Testing for Enterococcus Bacteria
04/23/2008: Crisis from Lack of Investment in Municipal Waste-Water Systems
04/22/2008: 182 Pounds of Trash Per Beach Mile
04/21/2008: Throw the Big Fish Back?
04/18/2008: Public Access to Beaches in Georgia
04/17/2008: Pump Don't Dump Campaign in Florida
04/16/2008: More Plastic Litter on British Beaches Than Ever Before
04/15/2008: Recent Trends in U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions
04/14/2008: Coastal Salt Air May Exacerbate Air Pollution
04/11/2008: NY State Says 'No' to Long Island Sound LNG Project
04/10/2008: It's Even Worse Than We Thought
04/09/2008: Swedish Pointbreak Under Threat
04/08/2008: EPA and NOAA Approve Coastal Nonpoint Programs for SC and FL
04/07/2008: Surfrider Foundation Cape Fear Chapter $33 Campaign for 'Access 33'
04/04/2008: Texas Coast Low Oxygen Dead Zone
04/03/2008: Help Keep Inland Litter Off Our Beaches
04/02/2008: Causes of Beach Advisories and Closures Due to Water Pollution
04/01/2008: Ocean's Least Productive Areas Are Expanding Relatively Quickly
03/31/2008: We're Inside That Ocean, Tuned into the Environment
03/28/2008: New Design for Cargo Ships Could Eliminate Ballast Tanks
03/27/2008: NOAA's Accepting Comments on Revised Draft Framework for Marine Protected Areas
03/26/2008: An Example of Surfrider Foundation's Grassroots Activism by the Ventura Chapter
03/25/2008: Federal Agency Approves LNG Terminal in Long Island Sound
03/21/2008: Broken Promises by the Army Corps
03/20/2008: World's Biggest Tidal Energy Project Planned Off S. Korean Coast
03/19/2008: Keeping Alive Our Inborn Sense of Wonder
03/18/2008: The Folly of Building Coastal Structures in Areas of Rising Sea Levels
03/17/2008: Restore the Shore in Long Beach, CA
03/14/2008: ANWR, America's Greatest Coastal Wilderness, Is Targeted by Oil Drillers Yet Again
03/13/2008: Wave Powered Boat
03/12/2008: More Reason to Move Transportation Infrastructure Away from the Beach When Possible
03/11/2008: Martin County, on Florida's Coast, Is Doing Well in Conservation Goals
03/10/2008: EPA's New VOLUNTARY Plan to Significantly Reduce Pollution at Coastal Ports Is Guaranteed to Fail
03/07/2008: Coral Reefs Are Magical
03/06/2008: Bottom Trawling Is So Bad That Its Effects Are Visible from Space
03/05/2008: Exponential Growth of Plastic and Other Debris in Our Oceans
03/04/2008: Marine Invasive Species Mostly Brought by Shipping and Aquaculture
03/03/2008: Courts Again Rule to Limit Navy Sonar That Harms Marine Mammals
02/28/2008: For 25 Coastal States/Territories, Surfrider's STATE OF THE BEACH Publication Reports on 8 Beach Health Indicators
02/27/2008: Polluting Pays When Fine Is Less Than Cost of Compliance
02/26/2008: For Preserving Our Oceans' Health, Time Is of the Essence
02/25/2008: Best Way to Save the Montauk Lighthouse Is to Move It Inland
02/21/2008: Southeast Florida Pumps Massive Amounts of Insufficiently Treated Sewage into Local Coastal Waters
02/20/2008: EPA's Best Management Practices for Reducing Polluted Urban Runoff
02/19/2008: Low Oxygen Dead Zones Are the New 'Normal' Off Northwest Pacific Coast
02/18/2008: What Is Surfrider Foundation Doing with Your Donated Dollars?
02/14/2008: Kiribati Creates World's Largest Marine Protected Area
02/13/2008: Only One Human Fatality from Shark Attacks in 2007
02/12/2008: Best Surf Travel in the World Could Be to Your Local Beach
02/11/2008: Bush's Proposed 2009 Budget Full of Decreased Funding for Clean Water Programs
02/08/2008: Inspiring Others for Ocean Conservation
02/07/2008: San Onofre State Beach Saved... for Now
02/06/2008: Win, Lose, Or Draw, We Made History with Big Turnout at CA Coastal Commission Meeting
02/05/2008: Washed Off Sunscreen Killing Coral?
02/04/2008: Scientists Expect a Big Sea Level Rise During This Century
01/31/2008: Natural Oil Seepage to Blame for Recent Oil-Afflicted Beaches in Central/Northern California
01/30/2008: More New Beach Closures from San Francisco Bay's November Cosco Busan Oil Spill
01/29/2008: Bondi Beach Put on Australia's National Heritage List
01/28/2008: Massive Water Pollution from U.S. Methods Associated with Meat Production
01/25/2008: Only an Estimated 150 Vaquita Porpoises Remain in Gulf of California
01/24/2008: Helping Improve Beach Water Quality -- Another Reason Not to Drive
01/23/2008: BEACH Act Funding at Lowest Level Ever for 2008
01/22/2008: Surfrider Kauai Chapter's Volunteer Net Patrol
01/18/2008: As Black Abalone Goes, So Goes Our Ocean...
01/17/2008: President Bush's Exemption to Allow Navy to Kill Whales and Other Marine Mammals
01/16/2008: Australia Aims to Stop Japanese Whale Hunting in Whale Sanctuary
01/15/2008: Research Indicates Ocean Fertilization Schemes May Be Ineffective at Reducing Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Levels
01/14/2008: Florida Dumps Lots of Insufficiently Treated Sewage into Popular Coastal Waters
01/11/2008: Connecticut Governor Opposes LNG facility in Long Island Sound
01/10/2008: Corn Ethanol Production's Exacerbating the Runoff That Feeds the Dead Zone at Mouth of Mississippi River
01/09/2008: Low Impact Development to Help Reduce Runoff Pollution
01/08/2008: Judge Rules Navy Must Take Some Precautions for Whales and Other Marine Mammals
01/07/2008: Yet Another Huge Oil Spill from a Single-Hulled Tanker
01/04/2008: A Wave Breaks When ...
01/03/2008: Oil Slick Hits Argentina's Patagonia Beaches
01/02/2008: Reducing Ocean Dumping through Water Reclamation
12/31/2007: Surfrider Foundation 2007 Accomplishments Thanks to Your Support
12/27/2007: Naples, FL Finally Gives Attention to Polluted Runoff
12/26/2007: Another Way to Walk on Water
12/21/2007: EPA Proposes More Exemptions for Factory Farms
12/20/2007: Not Enough Public Beach Access in Florida
12/19/2007: Rash of Oil Tanker Mishaps Continues
12/18/2007: Federal Government Agencies Affecting the Coast
12/17/2007: The Larger, Longer, and Slower Kelvin Waves
12/14/2007: The Destroyers
12/13/2007: Studying Rogue Light Waves Helps Understanding of Rogue Ocean Waves
12/12/2007: NOAA Releases Report on Deep Sea Coral Ecosystems
12/11/2007: Where the Funds Came from to Preserve Pupukea-Paumalu on the North Shore of Oahu
12/10/2007: Looooove to surf, boogie board, swim and play on the beach!
12/07/2007: Not Again! Oil Tanker Spill Off South Korea Coast
12/06/2007: Argentinean Protests Continue Against Uruguayan Pulp Mill Now in Operation
12/05/2007: What? North Carolina May Allow Developers to Build Even Closer to the Encroaching Shoreline
12/04/2007: Another Artificial Reef Gone Awry
12/03/2007: New Bio-Diesel Program in San Francisco Reduces Water Pollution, Too
11/30/2007: Surfrider Foundation Strives to Be Accurate and Nonpartisan
11/29/2007: EPA Wants Public Input on Proposed Air Pollution Regulations for Large Diesel Ship Engines
11/28/2007: Human Health Advisory from Red Tide in Santa Cruz, CA
11/27/2007: Requirements for an Adequate Global Ocean Observation System
11/26/2007: Building a Global Ocean Observing System
11/21/2007: Ancient Sea Scorpion Was Huge
11/20/2007: Bunker Fuel Is Cheap for Shipping Companies, But Costly for Society
11/19/2007: Sitting by the (Oil Smeared) Dock of the Bay
11/16/2007: Precautionary Principle and Ecosystem Approach
11/15/2007: Offshore Wind Farm Assessment Study To Be Done For New Jersey
11/14/2007: The Quiet Eco Disasters: Spills from Oil Pipelines and Oil Facilities
11/13/2007: Beautiful Beaches Hit by San Francisco Bay Oil Spill
11/12/2007: Marine Mammals Rescue People?
11/09/2007: Bad Oil Spill by Cosco Busan in San Francisco Coastal Waters
11/08/2007: Throwing Money Into the Sea
11/07/2007: Evidence That Whales Have Complex Conversations
11/06/2007: Ocean Acidification from Increased CO2 May Devastate Shellfish and Coral
11/05/2007: Say What? We Need to Kill Marine Mammals to Help Offset Columbia River Dams' Killing of Salmon?
11/02/2007: Motorized Racing on Coastal Sand Dunes Is Anything But Low-Impact
11/01/2007: Canada's Creating a Large Marine Protected Area in Lake Superior
10/31/2007: The Most Infamous Pirate
10/30/2007: Global Framework Needed for Ocean Protection
10/29/2007: 405 Year Old Clam Found -- Longest Lived Animal
10/26/2007: Property Owners in San Clemente, Home of Surfrider Foundation Headquarters, Vote in a Landslide to Continue the CLEAN OCEAN Fee
10/25/2007: Someone Had to Fight for the Reef's Survival
10/24/2007: Puerto Rico's Northeast Ecological Corridor To Be Preserved
10/23/2007: Oceans May Be Absorbing Much Less Carbon Dioxide
10/22/2007: Planned Retreat from the Beach Can Work
10/19/2007: Give Public Comment on West Coast Governors' Ocean Health Action Plan
10/18/2007: Stormwater Management Must Be a Forethought, Not an Afterthought
10/17/2007: Sewage Treatment Coming to North Shore, Oahu?
10/16/2007: Repeated Violations, Little Enforcement and Paltry Fines for Clean Water Act Violators
10/15/2007: Beach Water Pollution Worsening in Greece
10/12/2007: Marine and Terrestrial Protected Areas Go Hand in Hand
10/11/2007: U.S. Dept of Interior Ignores Marine Mammal Population Decreases
10/10/2007: Beach 'Erosion' Is Somewhat of a Misnomer, As Beach Sand Is Always Moving
10/09/2007: China to Start Requiring Environmental Impact Reports for All Construction Projects in Coastal Zone
10/08/2007: Australia Gives Green Light To Tasmanian Pulp Mill
10/05/2007: Plastic "Mermaid Tears" Mar United Kingdom Beaches
10/04/2007: Mussels Show What Contaminants Are in Coastal Waters
10/02/2007: Retreat from the Beach Makes a Lot of Sense
10/01/2007: EPA Both Extends Compliance Deadline And Proposes Weakening of Oil Spill Prevention Regulations
09/28/2007: Report Recommends Denying Certification of Toll Road Through San Onofre
09/27/2007: Ship Strikes Are Killing Blue Whales Off Southern California Coast
09/26/2007: Green Roofs Mean Less Polluted Runoff
09/25/2007: Ecosystem Approach
09/24/2007: We Need More Marine Protected Areas
09/21/2007: Severe Melting This Year of Arctic Ice -- And That Can Affect Ocean Currents
09/20/2007: You Take It Personally
09/19/2007: Judge Orders Bad Army Corps Mississippi Flood Control Project To Be Stopped
09/18/2007: Attempt to Create New Jersey Coastal and Ocean Protection Council
09/17/2007: World Water Monitoring Day in the Period from Sept. 18 to Oct. 18
09/14/2007: Restoration of the Great Lakes Would Be a Good Investment
09/13/2007: Sinking Pacific Island of Tuvalu Urges Nations to Cut Global Warming Emissions
09/12/2007: Surfrider Foundation Closely Monitors Beach Health Indicators
09/11/2007: La Nina Conditions Forecast for Upcoming Months
09/10/2007: Libya Announces Regionally-Planned, Sustainable Coastal Development Project
09/07/2007: There's No Excuse Not to Fully Treat Sewage Anymore
09/06/2007: EPA Sued Over Failure to Implement Ship Pollution
09/05/2007: Invasive Algae Is Smothering Costa Rican Reef
09/04/2007: NOAA Is Helping Remove Small, Obsolete Dams
08/31/2007: Grease Down the Drain Can Block Sewer Pipes
08/29/2007: Corn Based Biofuels, Polluted Runoff, and Dead Zones
08/28/2007: Sunscreens To Have a UVA Radiation Rating in Addition to UVB Rating
08/27/2007: Coast Guard Should Be Defending the Law, Not a Supreme Court Defying Superferry
08/24/2007: Arctic Sea Ice Is Melting More Than Ever And That Can Impact Ocean Currents
08/23/2007: Court Thwarts Efforts By Shipping Companies to Delay Ballast Water Regulations
08/22/2007: We CAN Reverse the Environmental Degradation Occurring in the Oceans
08/21/2007: Dredging Sink Hole Causes 2.5 Billion Gallon a Day Water Loss from 2 Great Lakes
08/17/2007: Beach Closures Cause Economic Losses, Too
08/16/2007: Ocean Acidification Is a Serious Threat
08/15/2007: Protecting Our Coastal Waters... Or Not!
08/14/2007: Surf Can Help
08/13/2007: 800 U.S. Cities Still Have Outdated Combined Storm Water and Sewage Systems
08/10/2007: Inordinate Amount of Pollution from Ships Is Fouling Coastal Areas
08/09/2007: Exposure to Polluted Beach Water Can Make You Sick
08/08/2007: Navy Refuses to Relocate Sonar Practice Range to Prevent Whale and Marine Mammal Deaths
08/07/2007: Army Corps Really Messed Up This Surf City, NJ Beach Fill Project
08/06/2007: Increasing Pollution Flowing into Chinese Coastal Waters
08/03/2007: After 6 Years of Court Defeats, Bush Administration Gives Up Attacking the Dolphin-Safe Label for Tuna
08/02/2007: Oil Spill Cleanup Chemicals May Be Deadly for Coral
08/01/2007: Old, Large Ships Are a Big Disposal Problem
07/31/2007: Local Beach Brings Joy to Gaza Surfers
07/30/2007: Enforcement of Clean Water Act Laws Especially Weak Under the Bush Administration
07/27/2007: Haven't You Heard? The Ocean Is Not a Dump!
07/26/2007: Oregon's Marmot and Little Sandy Dams Are Being Removed
07/25/2007: Restore the Shore in Long Beach, CA -- Sink the Obsolete Breakwater!
07/24/2007: National Park Service Defends ORV Use at the Expense of the Sensitive Beach Environment of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore
07/23/2007: All Sea Turtle Species Are Endangered or Threatened
07/20/2007: Underhanded Move by Fisheries Service to Curtail Public Comment on Navy Sonar in Oceans
07/19/2007: Attacks on Clean Water Act Have Reached a Crescendo
07/18/2007: With Clean Water Act Waiver, BP to Increase Toxic Dumping in Lake Michigan
07/17/2007: Many New Jersey Beach Access Fees Increase
07/16/2007: Coastal Oil Spill Hits Ibiza Nature Reserve
07/13/2007: Artificial Reefs Can Cause Problems
07/12/2007: Lush, Green Lawns Are Not Environmentally Friendly
07/11/2007: What's Polluting the Oceans? Look Inland
07/10/2007: Ocean Friendly Garden
07/09/2007: Sink the Useless Long Beach, CA Breakwater!
07/06/2007: Three Years after the Ocean Reports, Still No Big Oceans Bill from the Federal Government
07/05/2007: Bill Introduced in the House Would Provide Some Much Needed Strengthening of BEACH Act
07/03/2007: San Diego's Point Loma Treatment Plant Is Last Big Holdout Dumping Sewage into Coastal Waters
07/02/2007: Complaining's Not Enough
06/29/2007: Desalination Is Not a Solution to Global Water Scarcity
06/28/2007: Point Judith Park in Rhode Island to Get Permanent Protection
06/27/2007: Chronic Under Funding of the BEACH Act by Congress
06/26/2007: North Carolina Beaches Will Retreat Relatively Quickly in the Decades Ahead
06/25/2007: Report: Climate Change Threatens UK Surf Spots
06/22/2007: Coastal Armoring Reduces Beach's Biodiversity
06/21/2007: The Ocean Begins at Your Front Door
06/20/2007: EPA Solicits Public Comment on Regulating Ballast Water and Other Maritime Vessel Discharges
06/19/2007: New Water Quality Testing Techniques Are Good, But Expensive
06/18/2007: Great Lakes Beaches Still Have Very High Numbers of Beach Closures
06/15/2007: The Health of Our Beaches Suffers from Bad Urban Planning
06/14/2007: Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Is Still Getting Bigger
06/13/2007: Are We Contributing to the Awful Red Tides?
06/12/2007: Island Vacation Green Travel Tips
06/11/2007: All of Europe's Seas Are Being Degraded
06/08/2007: June 8 Is World Ocean Day
06/07/2007: More Environmentally Friendly Materials Used Lately by Some Surfboard Producers
06/05/2007: California Coastal Commission's Been Downsizing For Over 25 Years
06/04/2007: Shoreline Armoring's Incompatible with a Healthy Beach Ecosystem
06/01/2007: Are President Bush's Intentions to Undermine or to Support Efforts to Reduce Global Warming?
05/31/2007: EPA Spins Beach Water Quality Report as Showing "Progress"
05/30/2007: Global Warming Emissions Are Accelerating Worldwide
05/29/2007: The Beach -- Good for Mind and Body
05/25/2007: If Eliminating Fishing Subsidies Is Too Hard, Pay Them NOT to Fish
05/24/2007: NOAA Predicts Active Atlantic Hurricane Season
05/22/2007: Plastics in the Ocean -- It's a Bigger Problem Than Is Commonly Thought
05/21/2007: Some Ocean Regions Can't Absorb Any More Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide
05/18/2007: May 18 Is Endangered Species Day
05/17/2007: U.S. Senate Bill Introduced to Improve Coastal Monitoring
05/16/2007: U.S. Justice Department Wants Young Eco-Activists Who Damaged Only Property to Be Labelled As Terrorists Because They 'Tried to Change Government Policy'
05/15/2007: EPA Delays Implementation of More Clean Water Laws, This Time for Oil Spill Prevention and Control
05/14/2007: Bush Administration Makes Big Announcement on Coral Reef Conservation, But Funding Commitment Is Conspicuously Absent
05/10/2007: Now's a Critical Time for Coral Reefs
05/09/2007: Oil-Filled Shipwreck To Be Finally Removed from Washington Beach
05/08/2007: Bill Introduced in the House to Stop Harmful "Fill" Dumping in Waterways
05/07/2007: EPA Delays Polluted Runoff Laws for Factory Farms for the Umpteenth Time
05/04/2007: Arctic Sea Ice Melting Much Faster Than Computer Models Predict
05/03/2007: Bush Administration Keeps Pushing Hard for Expanded Offshore Drilling
05/02/2007: Yet Again, Wal-Mart Fined for Stormwater Runoff Violations
05/01/2007: European Union Will No Longer Allow Single-Hulled Oil Tankers
04/30/2007: Court Rebuffs Bush Administration's Latest Attempt to Weaken Dolphin-Safe Labeling Laws
04/27/2007: Toxic Algae's Killing Birds and Sealife in Southern California
04/26/2007: 270 Acres of Coastal Land in Northeast Puerto Rico to Be Bought and Preserved
04/25/2007: Oil Spills' Bad Effects on Beach Ecosystems Can Last for Several Decades
04/24/2007: EPA Unveils New Open Source Watershed Management Program
04/21/2007: One in Four People Live Close to the Coast Below 100 Feet Above Sea Level
04/20/2007: Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Proposed for Endangered Species Listing
04/19/2007: Netherlands' First Offshore Wind Farm Opens
04/18/2007: Global Warming Isn't Just an Environmental Issue
04/16/2007: Criteria for Establishing Marine Reserves
04/13/2007: Scarce Funding to Date for Coastal Wetlands Restoration Along the Gulf Coast
04/12/2007: We Need More Marine Protected Areas
04/11/2007: Possible La Niņa Conditions Starting in Late Spring and Early Summer
04/10/2007: U.S. Military Dumped Chemical Weapons in Many Places Off the Popular South Shore Coast of Oahu
04/06/2007: Carwash Runoff
04/05/2007: Coastal Wetlands Are Immensely Valuable and Increasingly So As Global Warming Increases
04/04/2007: Even Insurance Commissioners Say Governments Shouldn't Subsidize Coastal Homeowners' Insurance
04/03/2007: Town of Gizo in Solomon Islands Hit Hard by Tsunami
04/02/2007: Supreme Court Rules That Federal Government's Duty Is To Regulate Global Warming Emissions from Cars
03/30/2007: Momentum Building for Removing Obsolete Dams
03/29/2007: Navy Still Refuses to Take Easy Measures to Stop Killing Whales and Dolphins
03/28/2007: Tuscan Surf Town in Italy Besmirched by Oil Spill
03/27/2007: ExxonMobil's Character
03/26/2007: New Evidence on Global Warming's Effects on Ocean Currents
03/23/2007: Alaska's Aleutian Coast Is Still Alarmingly Unprepared for Oil Tanker Mishaps
03/22/2007: In Draft Report Released in March 2007, US Gov't Rates Coastal Waters as Fair to Poor
03/21/2007: Rivers of Urban Runoff Pollution: Our Roads
03/20/2007: Two Elwha River Dams to Be Removed
03/19/2007: Court Upholds Clean Water Act Laws for Mining Waste Dumping
03/16/2007: Big Cuts in NOAA's Marine Sanctuary Program Budget
03/15/2007: Proposed Liquified Natural Gas Facility by Coronado Islands Is Canceled
03/14/2007: Sea Level Rise Seems to Be Accelerating
03/13/2007: Keep Cars Off Our Beaches, Please
03/12/2007: Green Sand Beach on the Big Island of Hawaii
03/09/2007: Bush Administration's Proposed Sewage Treatment Infrastructure Budget Cuts Bad News for Coastal Water Quality
03/08/2007: Let's Not Allow a Toll Road Highway to Irrevocably Alter the San Onofre Experience
03/07/2007: Let the Local Politicians Know You Care About the Beach
03/05/2007: Low Impact Surfing, Worthy of Emulation
03/02/2007: World Bank to Help the Coastal Environment for a Change
03/01/2007: The Oceans: A Place to Play, Work, Rest, and Discover
02/28/2007: Humans' Effects on the Oceans Are Changing the Dynamics of Disease
02/27/2007: The Oceans Are Becoming a 'Microbial Soup'
02/26/2007: Fish, Coral and Marine Mammals Are Dying While Bacteria, Algae, and Jellyfish Thrive
02/23/2007: Colorful Hawaiian Beaches
02/21/2007: The Other CO2 Problem
02/20/2007: A Beach Manifesto
02/16/2007: Navy Rejects Lawful Orders to Reduce Marine Mammal Killings
02/15/2007: Perils of Basing Nature Conservation on Economic Benefits
02/14/2007: How Come All Coastal Waters Nationwide Aren't 'No Discharge Areas' Like in New Hampshire?
02/13/2007: CO2 Storage under the Seabed Gets OK -- No One Responsible for Leaks and Monitoring
02/12/2007: Beach Fill Not a Solution to Decades of Bad Decisions
02/09/2007: Dirty Secrets of the International Aquarium Industry
02/07/2007: Aging Sewage Infrastructure Means More Pollution Leaking into Coastal Waters
02/06/2007: The Beach as the 'Great Leveler' in Brazil
02/05/2007: Too Much Harmful Beach Grooming in SoCal
02/02/2007: 20th Anniversary of the National Estuary Program
02/01/2007: The Ocean Revolution's Coming from the Bottom Up
01/31/2007: 'Hepatitis A' in Coastal Waters After Rains in Imperial Beach, CA
01/30/2007: U.S. Government Gets a 'C-" on Ocean Policy Report Card for 2006
01/29/2007: UN Report: We're Locked in to 1,000 Years of Sea Level Rise
01/26/2007: The Dreaded 301(h) Waiver to the Clean Water Act
01/25/2007: Tsunami's Speed
01/24/2007: Navy: It's Either Us (Navy Sailors) or Them (Marine Mammals)
01/23/2007: Florida Government Mistakenly Tries to Legislate Away Hurricane Risk
01/22/2007: Standing Up Against Costly Beach Fill
01/19/2007: Out of Control Off-Road Vehicles at Cape Hatteras National Seashore
01/18/2007: The Ocean as a Huge Periodic Table
01/17/2007: Estrogen Hormones in Waters Downstream from Treatment Plants
01/16/2007: Coastal Environment Getting Worse in China
01/12/2007: Increasing Eutrophication Is Impacting Coastal Water Quality on East Coast
01/11/2007: 2006 the Warmest Year on Record for the USA
01/10/2007: More Than 3 Beach Trips Annually On Average For Every American
01/09/2007: Fish Have As Good a Nose As Anybody
01/08/2007: Surfboarding in an Aircraft Carrier
01/05/2007: Farm Animal Manure Is a Big Water Quality Issue
01/04/2007: Too Easy to Build Ugly Seawalls in Florida
01/03/2007: Hopefully Some Protection Soon for the Imperiled Atlantic White Marlin
12/29/2006: Moving Pictures of Live, Giant Squid
12/28/2006: Ruptured Pipeline Causes Oil Slick Off the Texas Gulf Coast
12/27/2006: A Striking Shorefront Anomaly at the Expense of Its Neighbors
12/21/2006: Coast Guard Withdraws Great Lakes Plan for 2500 Square Mile Live-Firing Zone
12/20/2006: Keep the Sand Flowing
12/19/2006: Feared Extinction of the White-Fin Dolphin
12/18/2006: Bad Precedent of Allowing Vehicles on Beach in a National Park
12/15/2006: Recognizing the Impossibility of Preserving Oceanfront Structures
12/14/2006: Still So Much to Discover in the Oceans
12/12/2006: Too Much Sewage Is Getting Dumped in New York City Waterways
12/11/2006: Current Ocean Water Testing Has Big Drawbacks
12/08/2006: New Zealand Moves to Protect Great Whites
12/07/2006: UN Declares 2007 As the Year of the Dolphin
12/06/2006: National Park Service Announces Ocean Park Stewardship Plan
12/05/2006: Some of the Negative Effects from Jetskis
12/04/2006: El Niño Weakened Atlantic Hurricane Season
12/01/2006: Surfers and Divers at Greater Risk from Polluted Waters
11/30/2006: The Predictions Are Now Happening
11/29/2006: Appalling Sewage Situation in the Great Lakes
11/28/2006: Alternative Energy and the Coastal Environment
11/27/2006: Surfrider Foundation's South Bay (CA) Chapter Is Firing on All Cylinders
11/22/2006: Another Weakening of the Clean Water Act by the EPA
11/21/2006: Surfrider Foundation Oahu Chapter's Been Active in 2006
11/20/2006: It Is More Sensible to Move Inland the Montauk Point Lighthouse
11/17/2006: U.S. Coastal Counties Contain Over Half of U.S. Population
11/16/2006: If You Are Going to Eat Seafood, Do It Right
11/15/2006: USA Ranks Close to Last in Climate Change Efforts
11/14/2006: Longest Coastlines by Country
11/13/2006: Continuing El Nino into Spring 2007
11/09/2006: Typical Ocean Water Monitoring Only Tests for Bacteria
11/08/2006: Surfrider Foundation Continues to Work Hard for Public Beach Access
11/07/2006: Plastics in All of the Oceans
11/06/2006: Ocean Acidification from Our Carbon Dioxide Emissions
11/03/2006: U.S.' Methyl Bromide Production and Use Are Undercutting the Montreal Protocol
11/02/2006: It's Not Too Late to Reverse the Precipitous Decline of Marine Biodiversity
11/01/2006: Splendid, Diverse Coast of Washington State
10/31/2006: Surfrider's 2006 State of the Beach Report's Featured Indicator: Shoreline Structures
10/30/2006: Unsustainable Beach Fill Projects
10/27/2006: In an Ideal Beach World...
10/26/2006: Retreat from the Beach in Ventura, CA Is a Model Approach
10/25/2006: Big Pulp Mill's Black Wastewater Is Discharged Less Than 1 Mile Offshore in Oregon
10/24/2006: Schwarzenegger On the Fence About Offshore LNG Terminals
10/23/2006: Florida -- the Capital of Algal Blooms
10/20/2006: Biggest Ozone Hole Ever Over Antarctica
10/19/2006: The Primary Reason Why the Army Corps of Engineers Needs Reform
10/18/2006: Mighty Phytoplankton
10/17/2006: The World's Moving towards an Ecosystems Based Approach to Managing the Environment
10/16/2006: US Coast Guard to Create 34 Live Fire Zones in Great Lakes
10/13/2006: Scientific Panel Urges an End to Hardening of Sheltered Coastal Shores
10/12/2006: Eastern Pacific 'Garbage Patch' Gyre near the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Marine National Monument
10/11/2006: Builders/Developers' and Cities' Attempt to Repeal California's Polluted Runoff Regulations Fails
10/10/2006: 'Indicator' Mollusks Show Decreased Levels of Toxins
10/09/2006: Surfrider Foundation San Diego Chapter's Success in Schools
10/06/2006: What Is El Niño?
10/05/2006: Disturbing Finds of Male Fish with Female Characteristics in SoCal Ocean Waters
10/04/2006: 80% of Marine Pollution Comes from the Land
10/03/2006: New Jersey Beach Sweeps in Honor of Surfrider Member Daniel Clune
10/02/2006: Ecosystem-Based Oceans Management
09/29/2006: Florida's Real Estate Mentality Trumps Hurricane Mentality
09/28/2006: No New Shoreline Structures
09/27/2006: Oregon's Exemplary Beach Access
09/26/2006: Being Effective and Weathering Personal Attacks
09/25/2006: What State Is Your Beach In?
09/22/2006: Identifying and Solving Beach Health Problems Requires Looking at the Big Picture
09/21/2006: Our Beaches Are Facing Serious Problems
09/20/2006: Raw Sewage Dumped in Canadian Waterways
09/19/2006: Threats to the Vitality of Our Ocean Dependent States
09/18/2006: Clean Water at Beaches Is a Fundamental Right
09/15/2006: The Ocean Is Becoming a Lot Noisier
09/14/2006: Invasive, Tropical Lionfish in Long Island Sound
09/13/2006: Surfer Fashion Looking to Get More Environmentally Friendly
09/12/2006: Proposed Sea Wall along the Beach in Rincon, PR
09/11/2006: Purpose of Clean Water Paddle for the Coastal Bend Chapter
09/08/2006: Tropical Storm Florence Sending a Large, Dangerous Swell Towards East Coast U.S.
09/07/2006: We Need to Recognize Threats Early
09/06/2006: Ice Core Samples Show Earth's CO2 Levels Highest in 800,000 Years
09/05/2006: Aging California Coastal Nuclear Plants Are Starting to Fail
09/01/2006: Shoreline Retreat of 6 Feet Per Year
08/31/2006: Beach Music
08/30/2006: Ocean's Energy
08/29/2006: Beach Water Quality Standards Need Updating
08/28/2006: We Can't Take for Granted the Continued Success of the Montreal Protocol
08/25/2006: More Trouble for Caribbean Coral Reefs
08/23/2006: Preserving the Coast in Maine, While There's Still Time
08/22/2006: Future Hurricane Could Cause Very High Storm Surges for NYC and Long Island
08/21/2006: Not Just Caring, But Doing Something About It
08/17/2006: Rising Sea Levels Are the Elephant in Florida's Living Room
08/16/2006: Marine Conservation Needs to Catch Up with Land Conservation
08/15/2006: Our Fragmented Governance of the Coast and Ocean
08/14/2006: 'Sudden Wetland Dieback' in Coastal Saltwater Marshes in New England
08/11/2006: 99.7% Drop in Caribbean Sea Turtle Populations
08/10/2006: Long Term Investments and Shoreline Property
08/09/2006: I Love the Ocean... So I Support Surfrider
08/08/2006: U.S. Federal Government Dithers While Urgent Action's Needed for Oceans
08/07/2006: Raw Sewage in the Great Lakes on the International Border
08/04/2006: Big Increase in Funding for Sewage Treatment Infrastructure Needed
08/03/2006: Increased Beach Water Quality Closings and Warnings in 2005
08/02/2006: So Much Still Undiscovered in the Oceans
07/31/2006: Water Conservation Is a Better Choice than a New Huntington Beach Desalination Plant
07/28/2006: Oil Coats Lebanon's Beaches
07/27/2006: Dead Zone Off Oregon Coast Is Expanding
07/26/2006: Less Boat Engine Air Pollution Will Result in Cleaner Air and Better Ocean Water Quality
07/25/2006: Too Many Government Insurance Subsidies for Coastal Development in Flood Zones
07/24/2006: Hormones and Antibiotics in Our Waterways
07/21/2006: Global Warming -- It's a Scientific Reality
07/20/2006: Why We Need to Reduce Polluted Runoff
07/19/2006: NOAA's Addressing the Marine Debris Problem in Hawaii
07/17/2006: It Just Keeps Getting Warmer
07/14/2006: Thank You Again, Pearl Jam
07/13/2006: Drift Nets -- the Walls of Death
07/12/2006: Correlation between Impervious Surfaces and Microbial Pollution
07/11/2006: Rogue Waves More Frequent Than Thought
07/10/2006: Southwest Florida Coral Reefs in Trouble
07/07/2006: We Need an Ocean Revolution
07/06/2006: Gaping Loophole in New Factory Farm Waste Regulations
07/05/2006: At Last Moment, Judge Stops Navy's Use of Loud Sonar Next to New Hawaiian Marine Reserve
06/30/2006: Still the Masses Come
06/29/2006: Navy to Blast New NW Hawaiian Islands Marine Reserve with Ultra-Loud Sonar
06/27/2006: Finally, Sewage Infrastructure Improvements Coming to Puerto Rico
06/26/2006: The Whole Ball of Wax
06/23/2006: National Academy of Sciences' Latest Global Warming Report
06/22/2006: Hey, Quiet It Down and Stop Hurting Our Marine Mammals!
06/21/2006: Ocean Acidification's Bad News for Our Coral Reefs
06/20/2006: Combo Beach Remover: Rising Sea Levels and Sea Walls
06/19/2006: The Supreme Court Decision on the Clean Water Act Could Have Been Much Worse
06/16/2006: Why the Surfrider Foundation Is Appealing the Solana Beach Ruling
06/15/2006: Plastics: The Scourge of Beaches Everywhere
06/14/2006: The Joint Ocean Commission Initiative
06/13/2006: It's Really About Our Oceans, Waves, and Beaches
06/12/2006: U.S. Military's Dumping of Chemical Weapons in the Oceans Was More Prevalent Than Previously Thought
06/09/2006: Establishment of Marine Protected Areas Is Gathering Momentum
06/08/2006: Keeping Pharmaceuticals Out of Wastewater and Away from Coastal Waters
06/07/2006: Health Conscious, Savvy Beachgoers
06/06/2006: Protect Marine Resources Best with Marine Reserves
06/05/2006: President Bush Says He Appreciates Our Type of Work
06/02/2006: Beach Sand Can Contain Harmful Bacteria Longer Than Near-Shore Waters
06/01/2006: Florida Taxpayers Are Subsidizing Vulnerable Coastal Construction
05/31/2006: Everyone's Affected by the Ocean
05/30/2006: Florida's Beach Water Quality Needs Improvement
05/29/2006: Why Beach Fill Projects Are Opposed by Locals
05/25/2006: A Lot More Could Be Done to Protect Beachgoers from Contaminated Beach Water
05/24/2006: Deadly Seiche Wave of 1954 in Lake Michigan
05/23/2006: Bill Clinton: We Must 'Get Off Our Butts' and Do Something About Global Warming
05/22/2006: Offshore Oil Wells Conflict with Coastal Tourism
05/19/2006: Long Beach, NJ to Designate 7 Summer Surfing Areas
05/18/2006: Balancing Sun Protection for Our Skin
05/17/2006: Global Warming Is Already Damaging Our Beloved Coral Reefs
05/16/2006: 17 Years Later, 6 Miles of Shoreline Still Fouled by Exxon Valdez Spill
05/15/2006: Supreme Court Upholds States' Right for Regulating Dams
05/12/2006: How Many Hours Are Sunscreens Effective?
05/11/2006: Construction Companies Are Damaging Puerto Rico's Coral Reefs with Sediment-Laden Runoff
05/10/2006: May 11 is "Endangered Species Day"
05/09/2006: Amazing Dolphins
05/08/2006: Why Did It Take So Long to Assess Our Streams?
05/05/2006: More New Species Discovered in Ocean Depths
05/04/2006: El Niño and La Niña and Atlantic Ocean Hurricanes
05/03/2006: Pacific Ocean Tsunami Warning System Still Not Up to Par
05/02/2006: More Whale Strandings Linked to Navy Sonar
05/01/2006: Look Outside
04/28/2006: A High Environmental Cost from Ocean Fish Farms
04/27/2006: Plastic In the Ocean Doesn't Go Away
04/26/2006: Hawaii, After the 50+ Million Gallon Sewage Spill into Waikiki
04/25/2006: 17 Teaspoons of Chemicals for 1 Non-Organic, Cotton T-Shirt
04/24/2006: Proposed Northwestern Hawaiian Islands National Marine Sanctuary
04/21/2006: Are Big Ports and Adjacent Beaches 'Diesel Death Zones?'
04/20/2006: Non-Native Iguanas Taking Over Florida Barrier Island
04/19/2006: Sewage Outfalls in Southeast Florida Coastal Waters
04/18/2006: Vacuuming Invasive Algae in Kaneohe Bay on Oahu
04/17/2006: Ocean Dumping, the London Convention, and the 1996 Protocol
04/14/2006: American Public Is Cognizant of Global Warming Really Happening
04/13/2006: Help from the Ocean for Fighting Antibiotic Resistant Staph
04/11/2006: Unprecedented Die-Off of Caribbean Coral Reefs
04/10/2006: Congress Stops Proposed Offshore Wind Farm for Nantucket Sound
04/07/2006: Coastal Oil Spills Affect People's Health, Too
04/05/2006: Increasing Ocean Acidity and Carbon Dioxide Can Cause Big Problems
04/04/2006: Increased Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Is Acidifying the Oceans
04/03/2006: Only 13% of U.S. Ocean Fish Stocks Are 'Healthy'
03/31/2006: Bad Beach Fill Pollutes the Local Marine Environment in Florida
03/30/2006: We're Losing, Not Gaining Wetlands
03/29/2006: Increasingly Common Red Tides
03/28/2006: Exxon Still Won't Pay Punitive Fine for Valdez Spill
03/27/2006: Where's the Law Enforcement for Water Polluters?
03/24/2006: California Attorney General's Office Against Proposed Highway through San Onofre State Beach
03/23/2006: Over 9 Million Gallons of Oil Spilled in Gulf of Mexico After Hurricanes Katrina and Rita
03/22/2006: Ocean Debris Tracking Buoys Deployed
03/21/2006: Great White Sharks Can Cross Oceans
03/20/2006: Study Shows the Obvious: Personal Watercraft Negatively Impact the Coastal Environment
03/17/2006: We Need More Ocean Protection
03/16/2006: Federal Budget Cuts Target Environmental Programs Again
03/15/2006: Don't Dump in Our Great Lakes!
03/14/2006: Mounting Evidence of Red Tides' Harmful Effects on People
03/13/2006: 500 Oil Spills Annually in Existing North Slope Alaska Oil Fields
03/10/2006: Sharks: We're Still Finding Out Who's Out There
03/08/2006: It's Time to Act to Save the World's Fisheries
03/07/2006: Future Global Warming Could Be Much Worse Than Previously Predicted
03/06/2006: Big Push Right Now to Expand Offshore Oil/Gas Drilling
03/03/2006: Continental Maritime Wins Water Quality Award
03/02/2006: Can't We Stop Highly Destructive Drift-gillnet and Longline Fishing?
03/01/2006: Endangered Sea Turtles
02/28/2006: Toxic Barrels in Sabine National Wildlife Refuge on Louisiana Coast
02/27/2006: 225 Acre Coastal Parcel on Hawaii's Big Island Bought for Preservation from Developers
02/24/2006: The Hurricane-Climate Connection
02/23/2006: Who Says Florida Red Tides Aren't Harmful to People?
02/22/2006: Lots of Maui Sand Going to Honolulu Construction Sites
02/21/2006: Fate of Clean Water Act in Supreme Court's Hands Now
02/17/2006: The 1 Million Gallon Murphy Oil Spill in New Orleans
02/16/2006: Deal Made to Protect Vast Expanse of Coastal Rainforest in Northwest Canada
02/15/2006: Incredible Biodiversity at the Saba Bank Coral Atoll in the Caribbean
02/14/2006: President Nixon on Saving Endangered Species, Like Those at San Onofre
02/13/2006: Fewer Grey Whales in Mexico's Lagoons This Winter
02/10/2006: Only 300 Right Whales Left -- They Need Some Coast Guard Help
02/09/2006: Burning Coal Puts Mercury in Our Fish
02/08/2006: Again, Backup Generators' Failure to Blame for Big Sewage Spill
02/07/2006: Mexico Outlaws Import/Export of Marine Mammals
02/06/2006: Will Government Wake Up and Deal with Oceans' Crisis?
02/03/2006: Oceans Dominate Earth's Systems
02/02/2006: Little Known, Massive Oil Spill in Gulf
02/01/2006: Lots of Pollution from Seaports
01/31/2006: Japanese Research Ship CHIKYU: $500 Million and 210 Yards Long
01/30/2006: Gulf Hurricanes Really Changed Things
01/27/2006: Study: Sea Level Rise Will Continue
01/26/2006: Why Enviros Oppose Judge Alito's Nomination
01/25/2006: Plankton At Risk from Global Warming
01/24/2006: Once Again, Learning the Hard Way
01/23/2006: EPA Asking for Comments on Draft Watershed Management Handbook
01/19/2006: Don't Take More (from the Ocean) Than You Need
01/18/2006: 10,000 Pounds of Diatoms for 1 Pound of Tuna
01/17/2006: How Can This -- 2 Million Gallon Sewage Spill -- Happen?
01/13/2006: Mechanical Cleaning of the Beach Is Problematic
01/12/2006: On the Beach? Tread Lightly
01/10/2006: Acting Against Invasive Coastal Species
01/09/2006: Bleak Future Not Only for the Maldives
01/06/2006: EPA's BEACON Water Quality Site Showing Historical Data Has Big Flaws
01/05/2006: There Are Problems Everywhere
01/04/2006: USA's Increasing, Not Decreasing, Global Warming Emissions
01/03/2006: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands -- America's Galapagos
12/30/2005: We Need More Action NOW to Help Our Oceans, Coasts, and Great Lakes
12/29/2005: Inadequately Treated Sewage in Our Waters Poses a Significant Human Health Threat
12/28/2005: Ronald Reagan Wanted to Preserve and Protect San Onofre State Beach
12/27/2005: Moving Low-Lying Seaside Communities Inland After Katrina
12/22/2005: The ANWR Environmental Battle's Never Over
12/21/2005: Big One Year Increase in U.S. Global Warming Emissions
12/20/2005: International Ocean Census Project Now Halfway Finished
12/19/2005: The Great Lakes Need Active Cleanup, Not More Photo Ops and Jabber
12/15/2005: There's No Need to Wreck Coastal Habitat to Secure the Border
12/14/2005: We Need to Prioritize Spending
12/13/2005: Coastal Access Is a Problem in Maine
12/12/2005: We Need to Find Out the Sources of Water Pollution at Our Beaches
12/09/2005: CA Attorney General Categorically Opposed to Proposed Highway through San Onofre State Beach
12/08/2005: The Best Mud Beaches
12/07/2005: What Is the Kyoto Protocol?
12/06/2005: Hurricane Frequency and the 2005 Season
12/05/2005: That's Not Good for Lake Erie's Beaches
12/02/2005: Huge Bycatch Waste by U.S. Shrimp Industry
12/01/2005: Gulf Stream Current to Europe Is Slowing Down
11/30/2005: Lessons in Surviving a Tsunami
11/29/2005: Rising Sea Levels Forcing Abandonment of Islands
11/28/2005: Origins of Coast Guard
11/23/2005: Residents Will Pay to Reduce Polluted Runoff from Flowing to Our Beaches
11/22/2005: It's Not Very Appealing to Put a Highway through a State Park
11/21/2005: Federal Flood Insurance Promotes Coastal Development
11/18/2005: Stay Far Away from the NOAA Ocean Buoys!
11/17/2005: Dolphin Hunting in Japan
11/16/2005: Benjamin Franklin, America's Famous Swimmer
11/15/2005: Too Much Sewage Dumping in Southern California's Offshore Waters
11/14/2005: Where Did the Army Dump Chemical Weapons Off Oahu's South Shore?
11/11/2005: Drilling in ANWR May Be Reinserted in Final Budget Bill
11/10/2005: Beaches Are Ever-Changing, Restless Armies of Sand Particles
11/09/2005: Ventura County Cutting Back on Beach Water Testing Due to Insufficient Funding
11/08/2005: Army Doesn't Know the Locations of Half of Its Chemical Weapons Dumpsites Offshore
11/07/2005: U.S. Army Dumped Huge Quantities of Chemical and Radioactive Waste into Our Oceans
11/04/2005: Katrina and Rita Tore Through and Submerged over 100 Square Miles of Coastal Wetlands
11/03/2005: Sea Walls Are Accelerating Beach Erosion
11/02/2005: Are You Waiting To Do Something About Global Warming?
11/01/2005: The Titanic Had Everything Under the Sun Except a Sufficient Number of Lifeboats
10/31/2005: Surfrider Foundation's Beach Preservation Policy
10/28/2005: Hopes for Worldwide Network of Marine Parks
10/27/2005: U.S. House Committee Approves Ending Drilling Moratorium in Offshore Waters
10/26/2005: If Surfers Don't Save Trestles, Who Will?
10/25/2005: Public Not Well Informed about the Health of Our Beaches
10/24/2005: Surfrider Foundation's Water Quality Goals for Monitoring
10/20/2005: Our Legacy to Our Great Great Grandchildren
10/19/2005: Wilma, the Most Intense Atlantic Storm Ever
10/18/2005: Water Pollution Is Top Environmental Priority
10/17/2005: Majority of Americans Are Sympathetic to Environmental Concerns
10/14/2005: Oil Companies Pushing Hard for Increasing Coastal Drilling
10/12/2005: Astounding Great White Shark
10/11/2005: Vince Is First Tropical Storm to Reach Spain and Portugal
10/10/2005: Army Corps Proposal to Armor Many San Diego County Beaches
10/07/2005: Shoreline Structures Are Problematic
10/06/2005: Surfrider Foundation Beach Access Goals
10/05/2005: Dam Removal: Restoring Ecosystems and Beach Sand
10/04/2005: 8 Million Gallons of Oil Spills in Waterways in Southeastern Louisiana after Katrina
10/03/2005: Canada Lobbies US Federal Government Against Drilling in ANWR
09/30/2005: Coral Bleaching in the Caribbean
09/29/2005: UN Declares Mexican Coastal Area a World Heritage Site
09/28/2005: Bush Administration Now Citing Hurricanes as Excuse to Push for Oil and Gas Drilling in Coastal Waters and ANWR
09/27/2005: New York and New England Can Get Hit Hard by Hurricanes, Too
09/26/2005: Buildup of Heat in the World's Oceans
09/23/2005: Don't Expect Anyone to Do the Job for You
09/22/2005: Big Sewage Problems in Puerto Rico
09/21/2005: Finally Some Bans on Highly Destructive Bottom Trawling
09/20/2005: Bill Introduced to Weaken Drastically the Endangered Species Act
09/19/2005: Estuaries (2 of 2): Cultural Benefits of Estuaries
09/16/2005: Estuaries (1 of 2): What Is an Estuary?
09/15/2005: Appreciating the Physical Processes of the Shore
09/14/2005: Slowing Down Beach Sand Loss in Hawaii
09/13/2005: Evidence Indicates Global Warming Makes Hurricanes More Powerful
09/12/2005: Devastation on the Mississippi Coast
09/09/2005: Depth of Water Always Changing in the Surf Zone
09/08/2005: Removing Nature's Coastal Storm Protections
09/07/2005: Major New Force Causing Marine Extinctions
09/06/2005: Coastal Jetties Rob Sand from Peter to Pay Paul
09/01/2005: They Need to Know You Care
08/31/2005: Undermining the Fundamental Framework of Living Systems?
08/30/2005: Huge Disaster from Hurricane Katrina
08/29/2005: Stay Away from the Gulf Coastal Area for a Several Days
08/26/2005: Commercial Fishing Is the 3rd Most Dangerous Occupation in the U.S.
08/25/2005: What Is a Beach?
08/24/2005: The Spectrum of Waves
08/23/2005: Red Tide Is Killing Marine Life Off the Gulf Coast of Florida
08/22/2005: Recent, Harmful Coral Bleaching Generally Attributed by Scientists to Global Warming
08/19/2005: STATE OF THE BEACH: Widespread Water Quality, Coastal Access, Erosion Response and Beach Ecology Concerns
08/18/2005: When Are U.S. Politicians Going to Wake Up about Global Warming?
08/17/2005: Cutting Back on 'Critical Habitat' for West Coast Salmon
08/16/2005: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands No Longer Safe from Invasive Species
08/15/2005: Mega Port Planned for Northern Baja
08/12/2005: Lost Fishing Gear in the Oceans Is Typically Not Biodegradable
08/11/2005: Sea Otters Need to Do It Again
08/10/2005: Beach Water Pollution May Be Worse during New and Full Moons
08/09/2005: Strong Protection for Georgia's Coastal Islands
08/08/2005: Very Large Waves Generated by Hurricane Ivan Last September
08/04/2005: The Circular Life Cycle of Florida Turtles
08/03/2005: Beach Access Is Plentiful in Oregon, Scarce in Maine
08/02/2005: The BAD: Ocean Outfalls for Sewage in California
08/01/2005: Greatest Threat to Coasts and Oceans
07/29/2005: What Happens When We Insist on Building Very Close to the Water's Edge
07/27/2005: Get Informed about Your Local Beach
07/26/2005: America's Surrounded by and Reliant on the Oceans
07/25/2005: Excerpt from Surfrider Foundation's Upcoming State of the Beach 2005 Report
07/22/2005: Costly Beach Fill for Whom at Whose Expense?
07/21/2005: EPA Seeks Comments on Pesticide Review Process
07/20/2005: Toxic Algae Sickens Beachgoers in Italy
07/19/2005: State of California Sues Trancas Property Owners Association for Bulldozing Beach Sand
07/18/2005: Very Long Sea Floor Rupture from the Earthquake that Caused the Big Tsunami
07/15/2005: Beach Fill -- At What Cost and to Whose Benefit
07/14/2005: Indian River Lagoon in Florida Is Losing Its Dolphins
07/13/2005: Fisheries Agency Delays Congressionally-Mandated Report as Fish Populations Continue to Decline
07/12/2005: High Water Temps in the Great Lakes, Too
07/11/2005: Effects of Rising Temperatures: Alaskan Coast Experiencing Lots of Forest Fires
07/08/2005: Sea Level Rise Is Accelerating
07/07/2005: Hundreds of Seabirds Dying on East Coast
07/06/2005: Biodegradable Balloons Are Harmful to Sealife Who Eat Them
07/05/2005: Proposed US-Mexico Gargantuan, Coastal Border Barrier Is Overkill and Harmful to Local Coastal Environment
07/01/2005: Indisputable, Increasing Acidity of Oceans from CO2 Emissions
06/30/2005: Discarded Pharmaceuticals Endangering Aquatic Life and People?
06/29/2005: Large Cruise Ships Are Big Coastal Water Polluters
06/28/2005: Big Problems with Army Corps' Beach Fill Plan for Long Beach, NY
06/27/2005: Oceans Are an Untapped Reservoir of Possible Medicines
06/24/2005: Record Levels of Toxins in Shell Fish in Maine from Current Red Tide
06/23/2005: Designing Fish Farms So That Marine Ecosystems Are Not Harmed
06/22/2005: Japan Loses Vote to Increase Whaling
06/21/2005: Congress Is Deliberating The Clean Cruise Ship Act of 2005
06/20/2005: Trawl Fishing Banned in Large Area Off West Coast
06/17/2005: Why Do So Few Americans Pay Heed to Global Warming?
06/16/2005: Importance of Water Quality and Beach Access in New England
06/15/2005: Large Multinational Companies Urge Action on Global Warming
06/14/2005: Bad Coastal Development Can Worsen Tsunami's Destruction (2 of 2)
06/13/2005: Bad Coastal Development Can Worsen Tsunami's Destruction (1 of 2)
06/10/2005: Florida Red Tides Are Toxic to Marine Mammals
06/09/2005: Rip Currents (3 of 3)
06/08/2005: Rip Currents (2 of 3)
06/07/2005: Rip Currents (1 of 3)
06/06/2005: Rock Jetties at the Beach Implicated in Swimmer's Deaths
06/03/2005: UN Warns that Caribbean Is Not Prepared For Hurricanes
06/02/2005: Ten Beautiful Places without Jetskis
06/01/2005: Navy Cleanup of Waterfront Bases Often Inadequate
05/31/2005: After 22 Years, Finally Beach Access
05/27/2005: Almost 4 Beach Trips Annually on Average for Every American
05/26/2005: Big Population Decline for the Red Knot Shore Bird
05/25/2005: EPA Retreats on Sewage Blending and Dumping Proposal
05/24/2005: Some of the Many Symptoms Associated with Swimming in Polluted Ocean Water
05/23/2005: Massive Amounts of DDT and PCBs Still Plague Coastal Waters off the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Califoria
05/20/2005: America's Rivers Now Getting More Polluted after Decades of Improvement
05/19/2005: Huge Sewage Infrastructure Investment Needs
05/18/2005: Watershed Restoration Can Be Effective Even in High Density Urban Areas
05/17/2005: Why Louisiana's Coast Is Retreating Inland Fast
05/16/2005: Louisiana's Coast Is Retreating Inland Fast
05/12/2005: Delaware's Surf Spots
05/11/2005: Scientists Find Marine Organism That Uses Cadmium
05/10/2005: There Is No Effective Mitigation for Highway Building in San Onofre State Beach
05/09/2005: Wonderful Hawaii
05/06/2005: UN Considering Longline Fishing Moratorium in the Pacific Ocean
05/05/2005: Too Much Secondary Treated Sewage Dumped Too Close to Shore in California
05/04/2005: The Mighty Tuna
05/03/2005: Middle of Long Island Sound Proposed as LNG Terminal Site
05/02/2005: Annual California Mussel Quarantine, May 1 to October 31
04/28/2005: Preserving Important Parts of the Waterfront for Our Great-Grandchildren's Great-Grandchildren
04/27/2005: Red Tide In Southwest Florida Difficult To Deal With
04/25/2005: Staghorn and Elkhorn Corals To Be Proposed For Listing Under U.S. Endangered Species Act
04/22/2005: Estimated 250,000 Seal Pups Killed in Canada This Spring
04/21/2005: New Computer Model for USA Hurricane Predictions
04/20/2005: Ships' Ballast Tanks Often Carry Deadly Organisms
04/19/2005: 70 Feet High Rogue Wave Strikes Cruise Liner Off Florida Coast
04/18/2005: This Time, Private Money and Influence Can't Stop Public Beach Access in Malibu
04/15/2005: Offshore Drilling Moratorium Expires in 2012
04/14/2005: Drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge Would Undermine Protection for All Our Wildlife Refuges
04/13/2005: Future Oil/Gas Offshore Drilling Threatens Florida Coast
04/11/2005: Military Bungling Cleanup of Closed, Coastal Military Bases
04/08/2005: Top Predator Fish Populations Are Plummeting
04/07/2005: Manatee Rights
04/05/2005: Research Links Farm Runoff to Algal Blooms
04/04/2005: Different Beaches Are Made of Different Kinds of Materials
03/31/2005: The Most Valuable Capital Assets
03/29/2005: Overfishing on a Global Scale
03/28/2005: The Bountiful, Giving Ocean
03/25/2005: The Ocean Is Most Unpredictable
03/23/2005: Too Much Noise in the Oceans
03/22/2005: Sound Travels 5 Times Faster in Water Than Air
03/21/2005: Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Explodes Upon Contact with Water
03/18/2005: Hidden Strategy to Open Offshore Drilling
03/17/2005: Congress Poised to Allow Drilling in America's Greatest Coastal Wilderness
03/16/2005: Jet Skis - Don't Use Them
03/14/2005: Don't Turn Your Back on the Ocean
03/11/2005: EPA's Proposed Sewage-Blending-and-Discharge Proposal Is a Weakening of the Clean Water Act
03/10/2005: Much More Investment in Sewer and Water Infrastructure Needed
03/09/2005: Ships' Protection Against Lightning
03/07/2005: Enviro Groups Sue Over Rancho Mission Viejo in SoCal
03/04/2005: NYC's Newton Creek Needs Restoration Regardless of Olympics
03/03/2005: U.S. Coastal Population Keeps Growing
03/02/2005: Hydroelectric Dams Produce Lots of Greenhouse Gases
03/01/2005: The World's Ice Is Melting Fast -- and Raising Sea Levels
02/28/2005: New Tidepool Protection Officer for Laguna Beach, CA
02/24/2005: Natural Coastlines Helped Protect Against Tsunami's Wrath
02/23/2005: 135 Members of Congress Sign Letter Against EPA's Relaxing of Sewage Dumping Laws
02/22/2005: No Room for Doubt: Ocean's Getting Warmer and People Are to Blame
02/21/2005: Ocean Warming Strongly Linked to Global Warming Emissions
02/18/2005: Very Big Alaska Oil Spill in Coastal Wildlife Refuge
02/17/2005: New Highway through San Onofre State Beach Is Highly Inappropriate, Says the CA Attorney General
02/15/2005: Coastal Trash Legislation Introduced in the Senate
02/14/2005: Equality Among Surfers
02/11/2005: Pew Fellowship to Help Establish Marine Protected Areas in the Solomon Islands
02/10/2005: Bush's Proposed 2006 Budget Has Draconian Cuts in Beach Water Quality Related Programs
02/08/2005: US Tsunami Warning System Needs Big Repairs
02/07/2005: International Scientists Are Calling for a Moratorium on Long Line Fishing to Save the Pacific Leatherback Turtle
02/04/2005: EPA Wants to Weaken the Clean Water Act Again
02/02/2005: Some Beach Water Quality Hotspots in Puerto Rico
01/31/2005: Davidson Seamount Off the Big Sur Coast
01/28/2005: Erroneously Referred to as Tidal Waves
01/26/2005: Hawaii's Seasons
01/25/2005: Surfrider Foundation Chapters Getting It Done
01/24/2005: Spitzer Helping Defend Clean Water Act from Army Corps of Engineers
01/21/2005: False Sense of Security in Florida
01/19/2005: Two Year Plan to Upgrade the U.S. Tsunami Detection System
01/18/2005: The Jet Ski, Spewing Nauseating Fumes Since 1970
01/17/2005: The Water Skee
01/13/2005: Surfers Make the Best Lifeguards in Hawaii?
01/11/2005: Blending Sewage and Then Discharging It Into Waterways
01/10/2005: Coastal Mangrove Forests and Coral Reefs Help Reduce Tsunami Damage
01/07/2005: Recent, Heavy, West Coast Rains Not from the El Nino
01/06/2005: Jack London's Advice on the Royal Sport of Surf-Riding
01/05/2005: Coral Reef 250 Feet Deep Found Off Florida Coast
01/04/2005: Way Too Many Sewage Overflows in the USA
01/03/2005: Seabirds Eating Balloons
12/30/2004: Time Between the Earthquake Happening and the Subsequent Tsunami Reaching the Coasts
12/28/2004: Defense Department Wants More Environmental Exemptions
12/26/2004: Hypoxia - the Depletion of Oxygen in Bottom Waters
12/23/2004: Stop the Climate Experiment
12/22/2004: Plastic in the Oceans Is a HUGE Problem
12/21/2004: Research Indicates Sharks Can Detect Magnetic Fields
12/20/2004: Sharks Do Get Cancer
12/17/2004: Upsetting the Natural Balance in Lake Michigan
12/16/2004: Untreated Sewage Causes Lots of Illnesses
12/15/2004: New EPA Rules to Allow More Insufficiently Treated Sewage To Be Dumped in Coastal Waters
12/14/2004: Cruise Operator Carnival Guilty Again for Illegal Sewage Discharges
12/13/2004: Florida's Very Large Algal Bloom
12/10/2004: Lone Whale Singing Like No Other
12/09/2004: Longline Fishing Is Decimating Pacific Leatherback Turtles
12/08/2004: Symbolic Sea Turtles
12/07/2004: Congress Tries to Block States' Decision Making Powers on Coastal LNG Plant Sitings
12/06/2004: Sea Level's Risen 3 Inches in the Past 20 Years
12/03/2004: Incredibly Destructive Shallow Longline Fishing in the Pacific Ocean
12/02/2004: Rumours on the Bush Administration and Upcoming Ocean Policy
11/30/2004: Lots of Beach Trips in the U.S.
11/29/2004: Overwhelmed Combined Sewer Systems a BIG Problem
11/24/2004: The Sea and the Shore and the Origins of the Public Trust Doctrine
11/23/2004: Swimming Back and Forth Across the Oceans
11/22/2004: Military Use of Loud Sonar in Our Oceans
11/19/2004: Miami Beach -- The EndPoint
11/18/2004: The Laggards in Fighting Global Warming
11/17/2004: Tsunamis
11/16/2004: Reinventing Ourselves at the Beach
11/11/2004: Republican Gains in the Senate Mean America's Greatest Coastal Wilderness Is Threatened
11/10/2004: Seabirds Getting Sick from Eating Plastic in the Oceans
11/09/2004: Dredging the Lower Snake River's Not a Good Idea
11/08/2004: Overfishing of Just One Fish Species Can Profoundly Alter an Entire Marine Ecosystem
11/05/2004: Capable Grassroots Organizations
11/04/2004: Causes of Getting Sick from Swimming in Polluted Water
11/02/2004: European Parliament Passes Resolution Against Harmful Son | |