NAZARE PORTUGAL OFF SHORE CANYON THREE TIMES DEEPER THAN THE GRAND - TOTAL MONSTER WAVES

EPIC QUEST TO CONQUER WORLDS BIGGEST WAVES by Paul Thuroux

Link to the full article from this month's Smithsonian Magazine.  The waves that are driven by encountering this extreme trench produce death defying waves for surfers brave or crazy enough to try them.  100 feet or more!

WHAT IS A REEF BALL?

REEF BALL FOUNDATION: RENEWING REEFS

EXCERPT: The Reef Ball Foundation is an international non-profit foundation whose mission is to rehabilitate and to protect our world's ocean ecosystems through the development and use of ecologically sound designed reefs and related systems. We emphasize on-going research, public education, community involvement, and reefs that promote and support natural species diversity and population density designed reefs and related ecosystems...

Lots of good pictures at the site!

SANDY NELSON : LET THERE BE DRUMS

CORAL TRIANGLE BIDIVERSITY THE MOST AMAZING ON EARTH - 75% KNOWN SPECIES

THE CORAL TRIANGLE MOST IMPORTANT : NHM

The Coral Triangle is a part of ocean spanning six million square kilometres, over Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, the Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste.

Although it's far less well-known than other places with abundant corals, like the Great Barrier Reef, the Coral Triangle is home to 30% of the world's reefs. In fact, when it comes to biodiversity, it is like nowhere else on Earth. More than 75% of the known coral species live there, as well as 37% of the world's coral reef fish.

It is home to six of the world's seven species of marine turtle, as well as blue whales, sperm whales, dolphins and dugongs.

SHORELINE MODELING REVEALS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BEACHES DISAPPEARING

USGS - SHORELINE MODELING REVEALS DISAPPEARING BEACHES

EXCERPT: Release Date: MARCH 27, 2017

Using a newly-developed computer model called “CoSMoS-COAST” (Coastal Storm Modeling System – Coastal One-line Assimilated Simulation Tool) scientists predict that with limited human intervention, 31 to 67 percent of Southern California beaches may become completely eroded (up to existing coastal infrastructure or sea-cliffs) by the year 2100 under scenarios of sea-level rise of one to two meters.