Gulf Wildlife 'Dead Zone' Keeps Growing By By Jennifer ViegasMay 7, 2010, MSN NBCScientists worry that oil spill will make zone even wider An over 7,000-square-mile wildlife "dead zone" located in the center of the Gulf of Mexico has grown from being a curiosity to a colossus over the past two decades, according to the [...]
Giant Plumes of Oil Found Forming Under Gulf of Mexico By By JUSTIN GILLISMay 15, 2010 , NY Times Scientists are finding enormous oil plumes in the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico, including one as large as 10 miles long, 3 miles wide and 300 feet thick in spots. The discovery is fresh evidence [...]
Factbox: Oil spill adds to environment insults on US Gulf Coast By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent, REUTERS, WASHINGTONFri May 7, 2010 10:56am EDT Sun, May 2 2010 (Reuters) - The BP oil spill is the latest in a series of environmental insults to the U.S. Gulf Coast, from wetlands eradication to flood control measures that [...]
How Will the Gulf's Dead Zone Impact the Oil Spill? By AnimalTourismFriday, April 30, 2010 The Gulf's Dead Zone is about 6,000 to 7,000 square miles, one of the biggest in the world, Microbial Life Educational Resources of Carleton College says. It's caused by fertilizer run-off in the Mississippi overfeeding algae. Phytoplankton gobble up the [...]
COASTAL BAYS Oil is the Gulf's most unwelcome guest By Cristy Layton May 11, 2010, Delmarva Daily TimesTwo days before the 40th anniversary f Earth Day, the BP Deepwater Horizontal exploration oil rig platform, 41 miles off the coast of Louisiana, exploded and sank into the Gulf of Mexico. The incident cost 11 human lives, [...]
Pigs modified to excrete less phosphorus win limited approval in Canada. By Anne MinardMarch 30, 2010; National Geographic NewsGenetically altered "Enviropigs" can pass on greener genes to their offspring. Photograph by Cecil W. Forsberg Move over, bacon. Here comes something greener. A genetically engineered pig recently approved for limited production in Canada makes [...]
First-Ever Animals Found Living Without Oxygen in Marine Dead Zone By Brian Merchant, Brooklyn, New York 04. 8.10; Science & Technology Photos via the BBC Life Will Find a Way . . . You're likely familiar with the ever-growing marine dead zones, areas in the ocean where no life was believed possible due to depleting [...]
Environmental groups seek fix for Gulf dead zone By Nikki Buskey , Staff Writer, Houma CourierWednesday, March 31, 2010 at 12:05 p.m. The Environmental Law and Policy Center and the Mississippi River Collaborative released a joint report this week called “Cultivating Clean Water.” The report examines the effectiveness of state regulatory programs that control agricultural pollution [...]
Regulators Ramp Up Plans For Nutrient Limits In Mississippi River StatesMarch 17th; Inside EPA EPA and state officials are ramping up their efforts to craft strict numeric nutrient limits for waters that flow into the Mississippi River, clearing the way for broader adoption of the risk-based water quality criteria along the lines of a controversial [...]
Midwest flooding could affect local area By John DeSantis ; Senior Staff WriterWednesday, March 17, 2010 at 1:15 p.m. Heavy rain and snow caused by this year’s El Nino have left a third of the nation at severe risk of flooding, officials with the National Weather Service and other NOAA agencies said during a teleconference [...]
