Beneficial effects of Ike on dead zone dwindling

Beneficial effects of Ike on dead zone dwindling By Amy WoldOctober 8, 2008; 2theadvocate.comhttp://www.2theadvocate.com/news/30608169.html?index=1&c=ySometimes, hurricanes can do good. Hurricanes that roll through the Gulf of Mexico can raise oxygen levels in the “dead zone,” even if only temporarily helping the oxygen-starved areas.But as soon as the waters calm down, the oxygen levels go down, said [...]

2008-10-08T13:08:00+00:00October 8th, 2008|News|Comments Off on Beneficial effects of Ike on dead zone dwindling

Human culture creating water’s dead zones

Human culture creating water's dead zones By Jack Mahoney10/01/2008; Kennebec Journal; Maine It is estimated that 70 percent of the earth's surface is covered by water. Algae grow in both fresh and salt water. They are basic to the food chain of living organisms. They release vast amounts of oxygen through photosynthesis, which is necessary [...]

2008-10-06T08:32:00+00:00October 6th, 2008|News|Comments Off on Human culture creating water’s dead zones

Hurricane Ike further damages Texas’ fragile coastal ecosystem

Hurricane Ike further damages Texas' fragile coastal ecosystem By Randy Lee LoftisSeptember 17, 2008; The Dallas Morning Newshttp://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/fea/greenliving/stories/091708dntexikeeco.19d2dc7.html Hurricane Ike caused massive damage to Texas' coastal ecosystem that could take a generation to heal.  It was a violent dose of nature to a coast already hammered by decades of pollution, population growth and habitat loss. [...]

2008-10-03T13:43:00+00:00October 3rd, 2008|News|Comments Off on Hurricane Ike further damages Texas’ fragile coastal ecosystem

Tainted waters

Tainted waters By Rona CobellSeptember 28,2008; Baltimoresun.comhttp://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-te.md.rivers28sep28,0,1300510.story Despite a generation of efforts to clean up the Chesapeake, development and farming along Maryland's rivers still foul the bay BENEDICT - First of two partsWalter Boynton knows all there is to know about the Patuxent River - how to find its guts and marshes, where it shifts [...]

2017-01-17T09:22:23+00:00October 2nd, 2008|News|Comments Off on Tainted waters

Ocean “dead zones” spread, fish more at risk: study

Ocean "dead zones" spread, fish more at risk: study By Alister Doyle, Environment CorrespondentSeptember 29, 2008; Reuters UKhttp://uk.reuters.com/article/environmentNews/idUKTRE48S8FS20080929 OSLO (Reuters) - The number of polluted "dead zones" in the world's oceans is rising fast and coastal fish stocks are more vulnerable to collapse than previously feared, scientists said on Monday. The spread of "dead zones" [...]

2008-10-01T08:51:00+00:00October 1st, 2008|News|Comments Off on Ocean “dead zones” spread, fish more at risk: study

Critics ask why state failed to warn about toxic algae

Critics ask why state failed to warn about toxic algae By Perry BeemanSeptember 26, 2008; DesMoinesRegister.comhttp://search.desmoinesregister.com/sp?skin=100&aff=1117&keywords=Critics%20ask%20why%20state%20failed%20to%20warn%20about%20toxic%20algae An outbreak of toxic blue-green algae that threatened the health of Black Hawk Lake swimmers and Des Moines' drinking water 150 miles downstream drew little action from state environmental investigators, critics charged this week.The algae, or cyanobacteria, can cause [...]

2017-01-17T09:22:23+00:00September 27th, 2008|News|Comments Off on Critics ask why state failed to warn about toxic algae

World’s oceans could become “soupy swill”

World's oceans could become "soupy swill" By Elaine O'ConnorSeptember 13, 2008; The Province, Vancouver, BC http://www.canada.com/theprovince/story.html?id=4afe0ae4-f3aa-430e-93b3-3d07594802b3B.C. not immune to algae bloom outbreaks Saltspring Island resident Sally Cole got home from a sailing trip in August looking forward to a hot shower. But when she turned on her taps, all she got was slime. "It was [...]

2017-01-17T09:22:23+00:00September 14th, 2008|News|Comments Off on World’s oceans could become “soupy swill”

Dead zone now smaller after Gustav

Dead zone now smaller after Gustav By Justin FritscherSeptember 12, 2008; Jackson Gannet.com Hurricane Gustav decreased the size the dead zone, an area of oxygen-depleted water off the Louisiana coast that lacks marine life, a scientist said Friday. But it’s unclear by how much.When a large storm moves through a dead zone, it re-aerates the [...]

2008-09-12T13:39:00+00:00September 12th, 2008|News|Comments Off on Dead zone now smaller after Gustav

Beyond Carbon: Scientists Worry About Nitrogens Effects

Beyond Carbon: Scientists Worry About Nitrogens Effects By Richard MorganSeptember 2, 2008; The New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/science/02nitr.html?_r=1&oref=slogin TOOLIK FIELD STATION, Alaska — As Anne Giblin was lugging four-foot tubes of Arctic lakebed mud from her inflatable raft to her nearby lab this summer, she said, “Mud is a great storyteller.” Dr. Giblin, a senior scientist at [...]

2017-01-17T09:22:23+00:00September 6th, 2008|News|Comments Off on Beyond Carbon: Scientists Worry About Nitrogens Effects
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