JAKARTA, Indonesia — Roads turned to murky brown rivers, homes were swept away by strong currents and bodies were pulled from mud during deadly flash floods and landslides after torrential rains hit West Sumatra in early March, marking one of the latest deadly natural disasters in Indonesia. Government officials blamed the floods on heavy rainfall, … Read more
Oceanfront homes on both coasts are in jeopardy of tumbling into the sea as erosion sucks the land out from under them. Kid Rock and Conair heiress Babe Rizzuto are among those whose homes in Jupiter Inlet Colony, Florida, lost land to the Atlantic Ocean. Rizzuto listed her home at 14 Ocean Drive for $22.5 … Read more
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When governments find themselves fighting the threat of coastal erosion, their default response tends to be pretty simple: If sand is disappearing from a beach, they pump in more sand to replace it. This strategy, known as “beach nourishment,” has become … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The return of sea otters and their voracious appetites has helped rescue a section of California marshland, a new study shows. Sea otters eat constantly and one of their favorite snacks is the striped shore crab. These crabs dig burrows and also nibble away roots of the marsh grass pickleweed that holds … Read more