Gulf Coast energy, fishing industries should adapt now to climate change, new report says By Mark Schleifstein, The Times-Picayune6 June 2012 The energy and fishing industries along the Gulf of Mexico must begin now to adapt to the effects of climate change, including rising sea levels, more intense hurricanes, loss of coastal wetlands, and the biological effects of warmer water [...]
BLUE NOTES 99: Otter Ocean Policy, Plus Awards Auction, so Bayou something By David Helvarg, Blue Frontier Campaign Seaweed Rebel15 May 2012 Seaweed Spotlight A regular feature of Blue Notes where we shine the light on a group from the Blue Movement Directory in order to create a more self-aware and collaborative movement. This month we [...]
Suffocating waters By Cecile LeBlanc, Science News for Kids29 March 2012 This map shows dead zones (red) areas where excess nutrients might allow dead zones to develop (yellow). In some parts of the world, areas that had dead zones are getting better (green). Credit: R. Diaz, et al/World Resources Institute 2011 Take a deep breath [...]
NOAA Spring Flood Outlook and Hypoxia By NOAA15 March 2012Draining over 40% of the contiguous United States, precipitation patterns in the Mississippi River Basin have a impact on the delivery of nutrients to the Gulf of Mexico. High levels of these nutrients cause a large area of low-oxygen in the Gulf, known as the dead [...]
Environmental groups sue EPA over Gulf dead zone By David Bailey, Reuters14 March 2012 A crab, covered with oil, walks along an oil absorbent boom near roso-cane reeds at the South Pass of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, August 1, 2010. Credit: Reuters/Patrick Semansky/Pool In separate federal lawsuits filed Tuesday, the groups [...]
Louisiana's 2nd dead zone could stretch past Ala. By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY, ASSOCIATED PRESS8 February 2012NEW ORLEANS -- A new study finds that Louisiana's second Gulf of Mexico dead zone stretches at least from the Chandeleur Sound off Louisiana's coast to Alabama's Dauphin Island and could extend across Alabama's coast. John Lopez, executive director of the Lake [...]
Minnesota launches Mississippi River cleanup effort By JOSEPHINE MARCOTTY , Star Tribune17 January 2012 Drain tiles that lead from farm fields into ditches and then into the Minnesota River contribute to pollution. Photo by: Brian Peterson, Star Tribune. Minnesota will be the nation's first test site for a federal program designed to stem the flow [...]
Heinz Award bestowed on Dr. Nancy Rabalais By Holly HebertJanuary 2, 2012The 17th Heinz Awards, in memory of U.S. Senator John Heinz, celebrated the power of the individual, with a special focus on the environment. Dr. Nancy Rabalais, Executive Director of LUMCON and Professor, was one of nine awardees honored in a ceremony at the [...]
USDA program seeks to cut runoff, Gulf dead zone By Amy Wold, Advocate staff writer 8 November 2011Louisiana may not add a lot of nutrients to the annual low-oxygen dead zone that forms in the Gulf of Mexico every year, but the state can be part of the solution. A program started last year through [...]
Chesapeake Bay: Hope and hurdles By The Baltimore Sun7 November 2011The latest study on the health of the Chesapeake Bay has some encouraging news — offering signs that years of pollution-fighting efforts are having a positive effect. Now, it remains to be seen whether Congress is paying attention and can refrain from pulling the proverbial [...]