Troubled Waters opens at U By The Minnesota Daily4 October 2010To Larkin McPhee, two filled premieres of "Troubled Waters: A Mississippi River Story" on Sunday offered a "silver lining" to several weeks of controversy. Nearly 650 people saw the documentary at the University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History. McPhee — the film’s writer, [...]

Wind offers reprieve to struggling, dying fish in Hood Canal dead zone By Craig Welch, Seattle Times29 Sep 2010 Normally bottom-dwelling quillback rockfish (top) and a few yellowtail rockfish hover near the surface of Hood Canal, while a stressed sunflower star (left) spreads its webbing; both scenes attributed to a lack of oxygen.   Wolf [...]

World's rivers in crisis, scientists report By Journal SentinelSept. 29, 2010 A lifeless "dead zone" the size of Massachusetts in the Gulf of Mexico. Excessive irrigation. Mercury and pesticides in fish. Declining river water quality. For the first time, scientists from around the world have assessed how the most critical threats to rivers affect people [...]