Dead zones threaten oceans By Stuart WakehamThursday, July 16, 2009. Atlantic Journal ConstitutionWhen you look in the waters of coastal Georgia and you see an ocean seemingly teeming with life, it is difficult to comprehend that large sections of the world’s oceans are considered “dead zones.” These are areas of the oceans where low levels [...]

'Hotspots' Of Human Impact on Coastal Areas Ranked By ScienceDailyJuly 9, 2009"Resource management and conservation in coastal waters must address a litany of impacts from human activities, from the land, such as urban runoff and other types of pollution, and from the sea," said Benjamin S. Halpern, first author, who is based at the National [...]

Bay pollution called human peril By By Timothy B. Wheeler Baltimore Sun reporterJuly 7, 2009The same pollution afflicting the Chesapeake Bay's fish and shellfish poses human health risks to people in the region, from bacteria and harmful algae in the water to contaminants in fish and drinking water, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation says.  In a report released today, [...]

Patents Hurricane Mitigation Devices For Gulf Of Mexico By John Laumer, Philadelphia07.11.09; Business & Politics (news)     Schematic drawing of hurricane mitigation concept. Image credit: patent filing Hurricanes are fed most of their energy from sun-heated ocean waters. When upper atmospheric air-flows are not too turbulent, hurricanes are able to add enough energy to send storm surges [...]

Frequency may signal early dead zone in bay By Ben RainesJuly 05, 2009; Press Register Mobile, Alabama PRESS-REGISTER If the frequency of Mobile Bay's famous jubilees are any indicator, the rivers that feed into the Mobile-Tensaw Delta are likely carrying one of the heaviest loads of fertilizers and other nutrients on record this year. That's [...]

A&M researchers find dead zone off island By Bronwyn TurnerJuly 4, 2009; The Daily News Galveston County The Daily News Published July 4, 2009 GALVESTON — Researchers from Texas A&M University have fired up a new monitoring system on an offshore wind platform and detected a new “dead zone” in the Gulf south of Galveston. [...]

Atchafalaya Flow Change Proposed By Richard BurgessJul 5, 2009; The Advocate A mass of concrete and floodgates near the head of the Atchafalaya River acts as a faucet of sorts to control how much water flows out of the Mississippi River into the vast Atchafalaya Basin swamp. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has kept [...]

Bay's geography means that not every pound of pollution needs a pound of cure By Karl BlankenshipJuly 1, 2009; Bay Journal When a pound of nitrogen washes off the streets of Bowie, MD, and into the Patuxent River, almost every ounce will end up in the Chesapeake's tidal waters. When a pound washes into the [...]

Time for action on dead zone By Daily CometMonday, June 22, 2009 Each year, we hear predictions about the size of the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico. And after each summer, scientists tell us how big the dead zone got to be. Unfortunately, we have never gotten to the point when we hear [...]

Gulf of Mexico 'dead zone' could become one of largest recorded By By Brant JamesJun 25, 2009 Scientists predict that the "dead zone" off the coast of Louisiana and Texas, where seasonal oxygen levels become insufficient to sustain animal life in deeper waters, could be one of the largest ever. Results of a first survey [...]