French tourists face six years in jail over claims they stole Sardinia sand

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Admin

Couple in hot water as Italian authorities get tough on issue blighting island for years

A pair of French tourists could face up to six years in jail after allegedly stealing 40kg (6st 3lbs) of sand from one of Sardinia’s pristine beaches.

Border police found the white sand, taken from Chia beach in the south of the Italian island, stashed into 14 large plastic bottles in the boot of the couple’s car. The pair were about to board a ferry for Toulon, in southern France, from Porto Torres.

Extreme weather has damaged nearly half Australia’s marine ecosystems since 2011

Posted on July 27, 2019 by Admin

CSIRO says dramatic climate events are compounding the effects of underlying global heating

Extreme climate events such as heatwaves, floods and drought damaged 45% of the marine ecosystems along Australia’s coast in a seven-year period, CSIRO research shows.

More than 8,000km of Australia’s coast was affected by extreme climate events from 2011 to 2017, and in some cases they caused irreversible changes to marine habitats.

Climate crisis: flooding threat ‘may force UK towns to be abandoned’

Posted on May 8, 2019 by Admin

Environment Agency calls for urgent action to protect country from river and coastal floods

Entire communities might need to be moved away from coasts and rivers as the UK takes urgent action to prepare for an average global temperature rise of 4C, the Environment Agency warned.

The agency said on Thursday that difficult decisions would have to be taken in the coming years to make sure the UK was resilient amid flooding that would not be held back by higher land defences.

Australia’s best beaches poll: vote for your top seaside spots #BestBeaches

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Admin

Cast your ballot to help determine Australia’s best regional, remote and metropolitan beaches. You can vote once per category.

Beaches have been categorised according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics remoteness region they are within. Can’t see your favourite? Suggest it below - if enough nominations are received, we will add it to the list