U-M aquatic ecologist Scavia named new Graham Institute director By Media-Newswire.com01/12/2009http://media-newswire.com/release_1083701.htmlScavia, a professor of natural resources and environment and director of the Michigan Sea Grant Program, has studied the Great Lakes and other coastal ecosystems for more than three decades. He joined the U-M faculty in 2004 after serving as chief scientist for the U.S. [...]
Ethanol Is a Disaster, But What About Other Biofuels? By Jenna ScatenaJanuary 12, 2009; AlterNethttp://www.alternet.org/environment/118436/ethanol_is_a_disaster,_but_what_about_other_biofuels/?page=1 In the midst of corn ethanol's failing, researchers may have found a new hope for biofuel -- just in time. A recent television ad features an animated corn stalk saying in a nasally, child-like voice: "Ethanol decreases carbon emission by [...]
Study: High winds could cause dead ocean zones By Suzanne Bohan01/11/2009; The Herald, Monterey Countyhttp://www.montereyherald.com/search/ci_11428626?IADID=Search-www.montereyherald.com-www.montereyherald.com California's winds have grown in strength in the past 30 years The specter of an ocean floor littered with dead shellfish, rock fish, sea stars and other marine life off the Oregon coast spurred Mark Snyder, a climate change expert, [...]
Q&A: Hurricanes affect dead zone in Gulf of Mexico By Times staffDecember 30, 2008; St. Petersburg Timeshttp://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/article952672.ece Hurricanes affect dead zone Did this year's hurricane season affect the oxygen-depleted "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico? "Most certainly," says Steve DiMarco, a Texas A&M University oceanography professor who for 16 years has studied the Gulf [...]
Chesapeake Bay cleanup effort languishes By David A. FahrentholdDecember 27, 2008; The Washington Post http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28397801/ After 25 years and almost $6 billion spent, government misses deadlines Despite 25 years and almost $6 billion, the government campaign to clean up the Chesapeake Bay has failed to meet its deadlines. A tour of the Chesapeake and its [...]
EDITORIAL: A scientist in charge By The Times-PicayuneDecember 26, 2008 http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1230272520195690.xml&coll=1 President-elect Barack Obama has made several high-level appointments that could impact our region -- including naming New Orleans native Lisa Jackson to head the Environmental Protection Agency. But Ms. Jackson won't be the only official in the incoming administration with a strong knowledge of [...]
EDITORIAL: A strategy for the dead zone By The Times-PicayuneDecember 26, 2008 http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/editorials/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1230272514195690.xml&coll=1 Little progress has been made in curbing nutrient pollution that causes the Gulf of Mexico dead zone, and a National Research Council report blames a lack of coordination among federal agencies and states. The criticism is on target. No single agency is [...]
Report sounds alarm on Gulf of Mexico dead zone By Chris KirkhamDecember 22, 2008; The Times-Picayunehttp://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1229926823221940.xml&coll=1 After years of piecemeal efforts to reduce Mississippi River pollution that leads to the Gulf of Mexico's annual "dead zone" disturbance, the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Agriculture Department need to take quick action in pinpointing and reducing [...]
Again, it's time to kill the dead zone By Houma Courier, OpinionDecember 15, 2008http://www.houmatoday.com/article/20081215/OPINION/812159969/1030?Title=Again__it_s_time_to_kill_the_dead_zone In June, we urged federal environmental agencies to take immediate action to stop the pollution that travels down the Mississippi River into the Gulf of Mexico, depriving thousands of miles of water along Louisiana’s coast of the oxygen needed to support [...]
New Initiative Focuses on Water Quality Improvement in the Mississippi River Basin and Gulf of MexicoDecember 8, 2008; St. Louis; PRNewswire-FirstCallhttp://monsanto.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&item=668 - Monsanto Company launches new effort to help reduce nutrients and sediments in agricultural runoff by partnering with The Nature Conservancy, Iowa Soybean Association, Delta Wildlife and The National Audubon Society on conservation projects [...]
