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In search of perfect waves, surfers travel all around the world and engage with thousands of coastal communities all-year-round. The concept of surf economics - also known as surfonomics - has been used by environmental, surf-related non-governmental organizations (NGO) like Save The Waves Coalition and Surfrider Foundation to evaluate economic benefits derived from surfing. The analysis always takes into consideration the increasing number of harmful coastal developments and pollution events that threaten surf spots. Surf economics quantifies the economic benefits that surf tourism brings to...

March 12, 2021 | Surfing Surfing is a free recreational outdoor activity with approximately 35 million participants worldwide. In search of perfect waves, surfers travel all around the world and engage with thousands of coastal communities all-year-round. The concept of surf economics - also known as surfonomics - has been used by environmental, surf-related non-governmental organizations (NGO) like Save The Waves Coalition and Surfrider Foundation to evaluate economic benefits derived from surfing. The analysis always takes into consideration the increasing number of harmful coastal developm...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Nature has always been a source of artistic inspiration and materials, and variation, both across species and within species, an important contributor to art and culture. This painting illustrates intraspecific... view more  Credit: Simone Des Roches The rapid loss of variation within species is a hidden biodiversity crisis, according to the authors of a new study looking at how this variation supports essential ecological functions and the benefits nature provides for people. Published March 1 in Nature Ecology and Evolution, the study highlights the need to better...

The mission to map the world's ocean floors Seabeds hold the key to our understanding of climate change, but remain largely undocumented. Carl Court/Getty Images The ocean covers 71 per cent of the earth’s surface, but it is still something we know relatively little about. An oft-cited statistic in ocean science is that over 80 per cent of the ocean floor, an area roughly twice the surface area of Mars, is unmapped. This is surprising when you think about all the industries that depend on accurate information about the ocean, from shipping and coastguards to offshore win...