Faced with deregulation, increasing retail competition and pressures to keep boilers online, many coal-fired power generating stations have adopted business strategies centered on increasing unit ...

Soil degradation is gradually becoming a major challenge in the world, and one of the biggest drivers of it is the erosion of topsoil. Soil degradation might just be coming to a tipping point if ...

The State Government has guaranteed close to $100,000 to help design coastal erosion protection work at Old Bar Beach, east of Taree. The Minister for the Environment has guaranteed $89,000 to engage ...

New Jersey has refused North Wildwood's request to build a bulkhead to protect its shore town due to the absence of imminent danger, despite dune erosion. Mayor Patrick Rosenello plans to appeal in ...

Cherie Matherne looked out into Bayou Pointe au Chien, wide enough for several boats to pass through. In the distance, a stand of dead trees marked where saltwater comes and goes during storm-driven ...

>> WESH 2 NEWS CONTINUES. STEWART: YOU KNOW THE IMPACT TROPICAL STORMS IAN AND NICOLE HAD ON OUR BEACHES, PARTICULARLY IN VOLUSIA COUNTY WHERE POWERFUL SURF UNDERMINED HOMES. SUMMER: IN SOME AREAS, ...

Muskegon's Lake Michigan beach has taken a beating, with recent high water levels washing away so much of the shoreline the city piled it with dredged sand as a temporary fix. This remarkably warm, ...

Trees and other vegetation help absorb a surfeit of surface water, reducing the risk of erosion Residents near a cliff edge on the Isle of Sheppey that is falling into the sea are one step away from a ...

Abdullah Al Mamun, executive engineer of the Bagerhat Water Development Board, said initial work has begun to prevent erosion along roughly 1,000 metres of the most vulnerable sections Around 700 ...