The ocean is getting more acidic—what that actually means
ERIC NIILER / NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC - Grace Saba steadies herself on the back of a gently rocking boat as she and her crew slide a six-foot long yellow torpedo [go to article]
Could climate change erode real estate markets in coastal New Jersey?
TOM JOHNSON / NJ SPOTLIGHT - Rising sea levels threaten hundreds of thousands of homes and structures nationwide, with New Jersey ranking second only to Florida [go to article]
Why fecal bacteria sometimes takes over Jersey Shore beaches
RUSS ZIMMER / NBC 10 - The cloud of fecal bacteria that lingered off New Jersey beaches last week is a reminder of a grim truth on the Shore: The water [go to article]
Horseshoe crabs are spawning. Why it’s important we watch (and count)
CHRIS FRANKLIN / NJ.COM - As the sun lowered itself below the Delaware Bay horizon on an unusually cool Monday night in June, a group of people, some dressed in colorful [go to article]
Raw sewage exposure forces closure of Jersey Shore beach
AP / U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT - Officials say sewage overflow contaminated a New Jersey beach's water with unsafe levels of bacteria, forcing its closure [go to article]
Why New Jersey is leading the resistance to Trump’s offshore drilling plan
DARRYL FEARS / WASHINGTON POST - The Trump administration’s bid to expand offshore drilling sounds like a sweet deal when the oil and gas industry sells it: more jobs [go to article]
Shore towns ban plastic bags, say they dirty beaches, hurt wildlife
FRANK KUMMER / PHILLY.COM - Bob Schoelkopf took a hose and sprayed down a gray seal pup that remained quiet as two other seals bellowed [go to article]
Hurricane season: Are New Jersey beaches ready?
RUSS ZIMMER / APP.COM - Winter wasn't kind to Jersey Shore beaches. Taken together, four snowy coastal storms that ripped past New Jersey [go to article]
“Barely enough” horseshoe crab eggs for arriving red knots
MICHELLE BRUNETTI POST / PRESS OF ATLANTIC CITY - In the first week of the red knot stopover on Delaware Bay, there were just enough horseshoe crab eggs [go to article]
New Jersey shields its fragile shoreline ecosystems
KAT FRIEDRICH / CONSERVATION FINANCE NETWORK - Among the piping plovers and marsh grasses of New Jersey’s scenic coast, environmentalists and communities [go to article]
