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USD students partner with San Diego to boost Think Blue initiative

January 7, 2023 By sdcnews

By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–To bolster public understanding of the importance of stormwater services to San Diego’s quality of life, the City of San Diego’s Stormwater Department partnered with the University of San Diego (USD) on a student-driven project with teams competing to create the best marketing campaign to enhance the Think Blue San Diego public […]

Filed Under: Environment, Ocean Tagged With: Environment, Ocean

San Diego offers the public to learn about marine Environment for World Oceans Day

June 7, 2022 By sdcnews

San Diego, CA–Ahead of World Oceans Day this Wednesday, the City of San Diego is encouraging the public to learn about local coastal waters through a series of videos that describe the diverse work of its Ocean Monitoring Program in studying the effects of regional wastewater treatment processes on the marine environment. The videos look […]

Filed Under: Environment, Ocean Tagged With: Environment, Ocean

Cardiff State Beach honored with the Best Restored Beach Award

May 22, 2020 By sdcnews

ENCINITAS–The American Shore and Beach Preservation Association announced May 18 that the Cardiff State Beach Living Shoreline project in Encinitas won the top honor for the 2020 Best Restored Beach Award.  By utilizing recovered and imported rock materials, dredged sand from the San Elijo Lagoon inlet and locally sourced coastal plants, this dune creation project […]

Filed Under: Environment, Ocean Tagged With: Conservation, Environment, Ocean

Oceanside to celebrate Earth Month online

April 13, 2020 By sdcnews

OCEANSIDE–The City of Oceanside’s Earth Month celebration has moved online this year, offering participants the opportunity to practice sustainability efforts while at home.  The month-long celebration will include environmentally focused activities for all ages, art and video contests, and a virtual Earth Festival featuring local, environmentally-conscious businesses.  Community members can visit www.greenoceanside.org and click on […]

Filed Under: Environment, Ocean, Recycling, Water Tagged With: Local news, North County

Singaporean shipping company fined $1.65 million for concealing illegal discharges of oily water

March 22, 2020 By sdcnews

Unix Line PTE Ltd., a Singapore-based shipping company, was sentenced Friday in federal court before U.S. District Court Judge Jon S. Tigar in Oakland, California, after previously pleading guilty to a violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships.   Unix Line PTE Ltd. was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,650,000.00, placed on […]

Filed Under: Environment, Ocean

New study reveals important yet unprotected global ocean areas

November 1, 2019 By sdcnews

(Newswise)–The largest synthesis of important marine areas conducted to date reveals that a large portion of earth’s oceans are considered important and are good candidates for protection. A first of its kind, the study was conducted by a multidisciplinary team of researchers including Ellen Pikitch, PhD, and Christine Santora of Stony Brook University and Dr. […]

Filed Under: Environment, Ocean Tagged With: Environment, Ocean

County uses test to check beach water quality

August 30, 2019 By sdcnews

SAN DIEGO–This Labor Day weekend, local beachgoers can feel more confident about frolicking in the ocean, thanks to a couple of enhancements to the County’s beach water testing program. San Diego County’s Department of Environmental Health (DEH) now has a testing tool that allows officials to alert beachgoers faster than ever before when the water […]

Filed Under: Environment, Ocean Tagged With: Environment, Ocean

Mysterious Holes In Antarctic Sea Ice Explained By Years Of Robotic Data

June 13, 2019 By sdcnews

(Newswise)–The winter ice on the surface of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea occasionally forms an enormous hole. A hole that appeared in 2016 and 2017 drew intense curiosity from scientists and reporters. Though even bigger gaps had formed decades before, this was the first time oceanographers had a chance to truly monitor the unexpected gap in Antarctic […]

Filed Under: Environment, Ocean Tagged With: Environment

County Board Of Supervisors Approve Water Testing Funding

March 14, 2019 By sdcnews

SAN DIEGO–San Diego County’s Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to authorize the County’s Department of Environmental Health to carry out an agreement with the state for $348,000 to help fund the County’s beach water quality program. The County’s beach water quality program protects residents and visitors year-round by testing and evaluating water conditions for harmful […]

Filed Under: Environment, Ocean Tagged With: Environment, Ocean

Biggest Extinction In Earth’s History Caused By Global Warming Leaving Ocean Animals Gasping For Breath

December 12, 2018 By sdcnews

(Newswise)–The largest extinction in Earth’s history marked the end of the Permian period, some 252 million years ago. Long before dinosaurs, our planet was populated with plants and animals that were mostly obliterated after a series of massive volcanic eruptions in Siberia. Fossils in ancient seafloor rocks display a thriving and diverse marine ecosystem, then […]

Filed Under: Environment, Ocean Tagged With: global warming, Ocean

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