From state mines to gulf dead zone: the trail of Florida phosphate By Craig PittmanFebruary 2, 2009; St. Petersburg Timeshttp://www.tampabay.com/news/environment/water/article972491.ece For a good example of the law of unintended consequences, look no further than the nationwide push to promote ethanol. Ten years ago, federal officials became concerned that a common gasoline additive called MTBE, which [...]
GreenLands-BlueWaters: Mississippi River and Gulf of Mexico Hypoxia By Webcast Presentation by US EPA Region 7 Water Division; Author and Presenter: Nancy RabalaisFebruary 3, 2009 http://accordent.powerstream.net/008/00136/greenlands-bluewaters/
Kentucky said to help feed Gulf area 'dead zone' By Andy MeadJanuary 22, 2009; Lexington Herald-Leaderhttp://www.kentucky.com/news/state/story/667006.html Kentucky is a significant contributor to a large dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, according to the keynote speaker at a weekend conference on water quality. Jon Devine, an attorney with the environmental organization Natural Resources Defense Council, [...]
Runoff Aids Some Egyptian Fisheries, Study Says By Andrew C. RevkinJanuary 19, 2009; The New York Timeshttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/20/world/africa/20nile.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=Nile&st=cse In many coastal regions, runoff from farms and sewers has caused widespread deaths of marine life. But fisheries off Egypt’s Mediterranean coast appear to be thriving from a similar nutrient-laden brew, scientists reported Monday. The fisheries had been [...]
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 [...]