California’s Vanishing Coast Pits Oceanfront Homeowners Against the Fight to Save Public Beaches
A dramatic battle is unfolding along California’s coastline as powerful waves, severe erosion and rising water threaten expensive oceanfront homes, forcing residents and government officials to confront a difficult question: how far should California go to protect private property when the structures built to save homes can accelerate the disappearance of public beaches? The conflict […]
Man rescued from partially submerged boat after more than 24 hours at sea off coast of Florida
A man has been rescued from a partially submerged boat after more than 24 hours at sea off the coast of Florida. Charles Gregory, 25, went missing 12 miles offshore after he set out in a 12ft jon boat on Friday, the US Coast Guard said. His family reported him missing later that day after […]
Shark attacks fisherman on kayak off Hawaii coast
This is the heart-stopping moment a fisherman is attacked by a tiger shark while out at sea in his kayak. Footage shows the shark charging at Scott Haraguchi’s kayak off the coast of Windward Oahu in Hawaii. But quick-thinking Mr Haraguchi manages to scare away the shark using his foot. “(I) didn’t realize I took […]
A 1,500-pound great white shark named “Breton” is currently swimming off the coast of North Carolina
As spring takes over the beaches of the Outer Banks, in North Carolina, it is possible to find an aquatic friend that was sighted off the coast: it is a great white shark named Breton. Breton is one of dozens of sharks being tracked by OCEARCH, a nonprofit marine research group that provides open-source data […]
