New map shows nutrient threat to coastal areas By Program #5459 of the Earth & Sky Radio SeriesEarth&Sky; February 2008with hosts Deborah Byrd, Joel Block,Lindsay Patterson and Jorge Salazar. For full story, and to listen or download, please go to: http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/52214/new-map-shows-nutrient-threat-to-coastal-areas In 2008, the World Resources Institute in Washington D.C. released a new map showing more [...]

Mindy Selman on agriculture and eutrophication By Clear Voices for Science PodcastEarth&Sky; 12 February 08To listen or download please go to: http://www.earthsky.org/clear-voices/52222/mindy-selman-on-agriculture-and-eutrophication Mindy Selman is a water quality expert at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C. She studies what scientists call “eutrophication” – the pollution of coastal areas from excess nutrients. Eutrophication can lead [...]

Indiana among worst contributors to Gulf 'dead zone' By WishTV8.comAssociated Press, Feb 4, 2008 INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - According to the U.S. Geological Survey, Indiana is among the worst pollutors of a nearly 8,000 square-mile patch in the Gulf of Mexico. The survey says Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio and Mississippi represent one [...]

Iowa helped create 'dead zone'; should help fix it By Marian Riggs GelbDesMoines Register; February 9, 2008http://www.desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802090305 As shown in a recent government study and noted in Philip Brasher's article, "U.S. Study Says Iowa Among Main Gulf Polluters," Iowa ranks high among nine states whose farm runoff creates the so-called dead zone in the Gulf [...]

Indiana among top Gulf polluters By Philip Brasherand Maureen Groppe, Gannett News ServiceThe Indianapolis Star, February 5, 2008http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080205/LOCAL/802050420 WASHINGTON -- Farms in Indiana and eight other states cause most of the pollution that creates a "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico, a new government study says. The study by the U.S. Geological Survey also [...]

Kentucky, Indiana blamed for polluting Gulf waters By James BruggersLouisville Courier - Journal, February 4, 2008http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008802040389 There's a Massachusetts-size "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico that's threatening a $6 billion fishing industry there -- and Indiana and Kentucky are getting some of the blame. Findings by the U.S. Geological Survey put the two states [...]

Officials can help solve dead-zone issueThe Daily Advertiser, Lafayette; 2 February 2008http://www.theadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200880201022 A battle could be brewing between fishermen and farmers over dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico. More than six years after a special task force pledged to reduce the zone to a quarter of its size by 2015, it is still growing. [...]

EDITORIAL: The nutrient nineTimes-Picayune; February 1, 2008http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-4/120184688377170.xml&coll=1 The Mississippi River drains a huge part of the country -- 31 states and two Canadian provinces -- but just nine states are responsible for most of the nutrient pollution that ends up in the Gulf of Mexico and causes the annual dead zone off Louisiana's coast.   [...]

Mapping Coastal Eutrophication By Garry PetersonResilience Science; Ecosystem services, Greenlash, Regime Shifts and Visualization; Jan 28, 2008For the Map and the full story, please go to: http://rs.resalliance.org/2008/01/28/mapping-coastal-eutrophication/ Current industrial agricultural practices produce a tradeoff between agricultural production and the quality of coastal ecosystems, because agricultural fertilizers that increase crop yields lead to the creation of [...]

Livestock Sector Drives Increasing Water Pollution By Lisa RaffenspergerWorld Resources Institute; Earth Trends Environmental Information; January 30, 2008For the full story, please go to:  http://earthtrends.wri.org/updates/node/279 Anyone who's ever seen a cow pasture would likely recognize some of the most immediate environmental impacts of large-scale livestock farming--trampled ground, eroded stream banks, lots of manure. However, a [...]