Editor’s Note: This post comes from Daily Post, Nigeria Online. The author, Abah John Abah, is a sailor/geologist and public interest commentator on energy and environment resides in Lagos, Nigeria. The Neptune911 editorial staff has highlighted portions of this… Read More ›
Rivers to the Sea
Louisiana’s Dead Zones Linked to Iowa Farm Runoff
From the Des Moines Register Click this link for a video where environmental reporter Perry Beeman explores Iowa’s fertilizer runoff and Louisiana’s fisheries: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20121029/NEWS/310290013/Dead-zone-s-size-tied-tightly-to-water-levels?archive&nclick_check=1 The Gulf of Mexico dead zone changes by the year, even by the hour. Its… Read More ›
47% Of Beach Pollution From Ag & Rain Runoff
By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles TimesJune 27, 2012 Beaches across the nation continue to be fouled by sewage and storm water pollution that puts swimmers at risk of getting sick, according to a report by an environmental group. The Natural… Read More ›
Blame It On Laguna Beach
By Charmaine Coimbra Blame it on my summers in Laguna Beach. From here on out, that’s my answer to, “But there are so many other pressing challenges to tackle other than plastics in the ocean.” Those two weeks away from… Read More ›
World Oceans Day, June 8
A Message From World Oceans Day. org: June 8, 2012 is World Oceans Day, a day when people around the globe come together to celebrate our ocean and take action to protect it. And with good cause! The ocean not… Read More ›
Ohio River Most Polluted Waterway in U.S.
From Mother Jones If you are a fly-fisher, a rafter, or heck, just a person who drinks water, here is some troubling news: Our waterways are in rough shape. An eye-opening new report (PDF) from Environment America Research and Policy… Read More ›
More Plastic Debris than Plankton in the Gyres?
By Charmaine Coimbra There’s a worldwide movement to ban the one use plastic bag. It’s up for vote in my neck of the woods. I’ve read some wild letters to the editor about why the plastic bag is good for… Read More ›
Getting to Know Mama–The California Gray Whale in Klamath River
Editor’s Note: December 29, 2011: Scroll to bottom for story update From the San Luis Tribune http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2011/09/03/1742473/mama-whale-klamath-river.html By Julia Hickey | jhickey@thetribunenews.com Julia Hickey The Tribune Morro Bay resident Ashala Tylor’s intimate photographs of “Mama” — the gray whale that… Read More ›
Eels Suffocating Near Gulf Dead Zone
From Science News In June, scientists predicted that the Gulf of Mexico’s annual dead zone — a subsea region where the water contains too little oxygen to support life — might develop into the biggest ever. In fact, that… Read More ›
Marine Mammal Entanglement Up Close & Personal
By Charmaine Coimbra This year I’ve been up close and personal with marine entanglement. A near-handful of northern elephant seals that hauled out to molt at Piedras Blancas, where I volunteer as a docent, arrived with strapping bands around their necks. If the straps… Read More ›
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