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Black carbon a powerful climate pollutant

15 January, 2013 : - ENVIRONMENT: Emitted by diesel engines, brick kilns and wood-fired cook stoves, black carbon, the soot produced by burning fossil fuels and biomass, is a more potent atmospheric pollutant than previously thought, according to a four-year international study released on this week. Black carbo…
Surfers call on Trinidad & Tobago Gov't

14 January, 2013 : - ENVIRONMENT: This morning massive waves greater than 20 feet tall battered the North Coasts of Trinidad & Tobago, reeking havoc on this countries beaches and causing serious property damage to the public. At the time of writing, at least 7 fishing boats and one sailing yacht have been de…
Pennywise singer joins Surfrider board

14 January, 2013 : - ENVIRONMENT: Pennywise frontman and 'Punk Rock Dad' author Jim Lindberg can add another line to his expanding resume – Surfrider Foundation board member. Surfrider Foundation’s Board of Directors recently appointed Jim to serve on the board for a two-year term, during which he wi…
Won't you stay longer? Adios el Niño

10 January, 2013 : - ENVIRONMENT: ENSO-neutral conditions continued during December 2012. Equatorial sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies were positive in the western Pacific, near zero in the central Pacific, and slightly negative in much of the eastern Pacific. This SST anomaly pattern is also reflected in the N…
Narelle churns up seas, dust in Western Australia

10 January, 2013 : - TROPICS: As of Thursday morning, Jan. 10 at 1500 UTC, Tropical Cyclone Narelle (08S) was centered near 15.4 south and 115.4 east, or about 505 miles north-northeast of Learmonth, Australia. Movement was to the south-southwest at 8 mph. Maximum sustained winds were near 85 mph with gusts to 1…
Sonamu upgraded to a Severe Tropical Storm

5 January, 2013 : - TROPICS: Sonamu has been upgraded to a Severe Tropical Storm by the Japan Meteorological Agency. The storm continues to move across the South China Sea staying south of Vietnam. While the system has intensified, it is still encountering moderate to strong wind shear which is leaving the low-l…
Whales shift shipping lanes in California

3 January, 2013 : - ENVIRONMENT: Several endangered whale species may get a new lease on life when some cargo shipping lanes off the California coast are shifted next year. Routes due to be changed by June 2013 are used by ocean-going cargo vessels, tugboats and automobile carriers near San Francisco Bay, the Ch…
Shark nets nixed before Cyclone Freda

3 January, 2013 : - SHARKS: Shark nets along four Sunshine Coast beaches have been removed in anticipation of six-metre waves set to be whipped up by ex-tropical Cyclone Freda at the weekend. The nets at Caloundra, Mooloolaba, Coolum and Rainbow Beach were removed yesterday. Fisheries Queensland Shark Control Pr…
Wandering Ways: Irish shark found in Africa

2 January, 2013 : - SHARKS: A five metre basking shark that spends its summers in Lough Foyle and near Malin Head has been detected off the western coast of Africa. The shark has been discovered near Senegal, over 3,000 miles away. It is the first time it has been confirmed where the animals travel to for the no…
Tropical Cyclone Dumile Ramps Up

1 January, 2013 : - TROPICS: Tropical Cyclone Dumile is gathering steam over the western South Indian Ocean. Madagascar & Mauritius will be watching the storm's progress. Dumile a moderate tropical storm on Tuesday, was beginning to veer southward a few hundred miles east of northern Madagascar, and nearly 600 mi…
Cyclone Freda reaches New Caledonia

31 December, 2012 : - TROPICS: Pacific Tropical Cyclone Freda has pummelled New Caledonia after causing extensive flooding in the Solomon Islands. Fiji Metservice reports Freda had been upgraded to a Category 4 storm but had reached its maximum intensity. Maximum significant wave height was 40 feet. Freda (…
Ocean heat wave may spur shark activity

24 December, 2012 : - SHARKS: A rare ocean heat wave may to be blame for the recent spike in deadly shark attacks in western Australia. Scientists are suggesting that a 5-degree rise in water temperature last summer may have sparked the increase in shark activity. When ocean temperatures rise, pockets of cold wa…
Antarctica warms quicker than predicted

24 December, 2012 : - ENVIRONMENT: West Antarctica is warming almost twice as fast as previously believed, adding to concerns a thaw would add to sea level rise. Annual average temperatures at the Byrd research station in West Antarctica had risen 2.4 degrees Celsius (4.3F) since the 1950s, three times the globa…