Category Archives: Coastal Issues

GOMI drifter tracking – a TREPA assisted project

The annual Gulf of Maine Institute Summer Workshop was held at Acadia University in Wolfville from June 30 – July 6. One of the theme projects built two Ocean Drifters, construction of which was partly supported by a donation from … Continue reading

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TREPA supports “Drifter” project

Little is known about the action of surface currents in the Gulf of Maine. Mostly, an object has been dropped at one location and picked up at another but the path of the item is not known. Students teams with … Continue reading

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Living Shorelines Workshop

Living Shorelines: An Applied Workshop on Coastal Erosion The Ecology Action Centre invites you to attend “Living Shorelines: An Applied Workshop on Coastal Erosion” on March 18th in Truro, Nova Scotia. This practical workshop is intended to help practitioners (contractors, … Continue reading

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Climate Data Center records

The following map is one of the more telling ones we have seen related to global warming. Of particular note for us in Nova Scotia is the large area of Record Warmest that sits over the central and eastern United … Continue reading

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On Coastal Policy

Op-Ed in Chronicle-Herald, Saturday June 23, 2012 by Jennifer Graham, coastal co-ordinator, Ecology Action Centre. Coast is clear, or should be, of unsuitable development Summertime in Nova Scotia. The many Nova Scotians who love the coast rush there to see what’s … Continue reading

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