Welcome to my curation site for all things coastal management-related.
Here you will find an array of stories, media, factoids, and updates on current events spanning a range of coastal and marine issues. While we are interested in a great many things, most of these entries center upon efforts to restore coastal ecosystems and improve the management of these incredibly dynamic parts of our planet.
In particular, you will find postings here that reflect a deep, continuing interest in:
- coastal riparian restoration
- coastal wetland restoration
- the coastal imaginary
- deep sea mining
- plastic pollution (especially microplastic)
- subtidal reef restoration
- improved Coastal Zone Managment poilcies and proceedures
- coastal agriculture/food systems
- sustainable fisheries management
- working ports and harbors
- vibrant ocean economies
- marine ecology
- natural history
- coastal energy production
- oil spills
- water quality and ecotoxicology in the coastal zone
- historic coastal perspectives and our relationship to our world ocean
If you find my posts here of interest, you might also be interested in some of my other research, teaching, and updates elsewhere via my:
- YouTube Coastal-Related Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW7CGTK-1vA&list=PLvKr3ZQE4i36pubiq9RGBJo6GSRhEJPb9&pp=gAQBiAQB
- YouTube Disasters-Related Videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJDZnFl1qxk&list=PLvKr3ZQE4i350iUWqGB_2e49Mjm94L7mf&pp=gAQBiAQB
- Dr. A's lab home page: https://piratelab.org
- RestoringNOLA twiter feed (emphasizing Coastal Management in California and Louisiana): https://twitter.com/RestoringNOLA
Thanks for visiting. Please enjoy and let us know if we can answer any questions or be of help.
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PIRatE Lab
While there is no shortage of extreme sports documentaries out there, here is one example that I think well illustrates the power of new video imaging capabilities.
Setting aside the wisdom of riding on the knife-edge trails, riding bikes over fences, etc. this is clearly a powerful visual tour de force. UAVs clearly made this possible. They also made it possible to do this with less environmental impact (again setting aside the impacts associated with riding a bike in some of these sensitive communities) than would have happened with a helicopter: less sound, less fossil fuel consumptions, less disturbance to birds, etc.