Oceans

The city of Santa Monica has just unveiled its first segment of green street, one where rainwater runoff seeps into porous pavement and landscaping.

A Russian manufacturer has announced plans to build a nuclear energy plant on a floating platform near the Bering Sea.

Researchers at Duke University are advising Congress to develop zoning rules for the oceans that will guide where offshore energy generation can and should occur.

New updates to the online visualization program Google Earth add oceans to the image-based virtual version of the planet.

A popular swimming area at the San Diego area beach of La Jolla has been overrun by seals, making swimming unsafe. Many community members want the seals out, but animal rights activists say they should be allowed to stay.

Royal Caribbean is building the world's largest cruise ship, which will be a city in its own right with seven different neighborhoods and a central public space/urban park.

Offshore drilling company StatoilHydro is finding a new way to get energy at sea- with large-scale wind turbines.

The Bush Administration is reportedly considering the creation of some of the world's large marine reserves by using the presidential powers granted by the Antiquities Act of 1906.