Study: Development Endangers Coastal Bays
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Maryland's coastal bays support a wide range of aquatic life but are threatened by intense development pressures, according to the first comprehensive study of the chain of shallow bays that separate Ocean City and Assateague Island from the mainland.
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By Mary Landers, Savannah Morning News, Ga.  Sep. 14--A proposed deepening of the Savannah Harbor won't substantially  worsen the effects of a hurricane storm surge on the river, according to a  U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study.
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Property owners faced off against conservationists at a legislative hearing to reconsider new rules that restrict development near shorelines where sandpipers, plovers and other migrating birds feed and rest.
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Much of the Welsh coastline is threatened by erosion and flooding in the near future,  the National Trust says.
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By Contra Costa Times, Walnut Creek, Calif.  Feb. 19--FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, government officials, farmers and environmentalists have been trying to find a way of prevent dangerous agricultural runoff from polluting the Delta and other state waterways.
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Rising seas, an inevitable result of global warming, will almost certainly inundate those important historical sites located along coastlines. And at this point, there's very little to be done about it.
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. _ At the Golden Gate, the sea is rising.  In the Sierra Nevada, the snowpack is shrinking.  These developments, attributable to a warming climate, threaten one of California's most indispensable resources: water.
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By Rex Springston and Peter Hardin, Richmond Times-Dispatch  Feb. 12--Bigger dead zones in the Chesapeake Bay. Weed-infested forests. Sick fish.   This is scientist Roger Mann's vision of a Virginia afflicted by global warming.   Stressed, dying trees. Forest fires.
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By Melanie Marquez, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Dec. 14--BRADENTON -- Concerns from a local environmental group didn't keep the Bradenton City Council from adopting amendments Wednesday that define how many units can be built along parts of the city's shorelines.
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Rising sea levels are threatening parts of the Giant's Causeway and other NI coastal areas.
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By Kathy Marks  The Great Barrier Reef, already under threat from global warming, is also being affected by pollutants and pesticides from the land carried into the sea by flooded rivers, satellite images show.
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By The Stamford Advocate, Conn.  Dec. 19--It is undeniable that setbacks occur in efforts to promote a healthy Long Island Sound environment. But experience has shown that the dedication of people and resources can help this vital resource continue to rebound and improve.
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By Todd B. Bates, Asbury Park Press, N.J.  Mar. 4--Bulkheads, roads and other development limit nearly one third of  the area in New Jersey where tidal salt marshes could "retreat" as the sea  level rises, according to a new study and one of its Rutgers University  authors.
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A plan to create fish refuges off the South Carolina coast sparked a clash between fishermen and conservationists.
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Waves and sharks aren't the only dangers at the beach. More than two dozen young people have been killed over the last decade when sand holes collapsed on them, report father-and-son doctors who have made warning of the risk their personal campaign.
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Overfishing by subsidized European fleets off the coast of West Africa is hurting local fisheries and forcing people to slaughter wildlife to get enough to eat, researchers said on Thursday.
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Wrecks and abandoned munitions around the British coast risk exploding unpredictably, an expert says.