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• Less Hypoxia along Gulf Coast–But…

  By Charmaine Coimbra on August 1, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “As discussed in the press release, there still remains a need to reduce the nutrient load entering the Gulf of Mexico and the smaller observed size was likely a result of storm and wind conditions and are not necessarily an indication of a long-term decrease in hypoxia area,” said Keeley Belva, a spokeswoman for the National Ocean Service.

• Data Show Ocean Monuments Make a Positive Difference for Fishing

  By Charmaine Coimbra on August 1, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The commercial fishing industry had opposed the creation of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, saying that prohibiting commercial fishing in the two areas would cripple the industry. But according to Brad Sewell, oceans attorney with the Natural Resources Defense Council, two years after designating those protected areas, the numbers tell a different story.

• Plastic, Cigarette Butts Pollute Swiss Rivers & Lakes

  By Charmaine Coimbra on July 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  The study, which took a “citizen science” approach to data collection, is the first of its kind in Switzerland. More than 150 trained volunteers participated. In total, they examined 95,971 pieces of litter collected on the shores of Swiss rivers and lakes.

• What Lives in Gulf of Mexico 7 Years Past Deepwater Horizon Explosion?

  By Charmaine Coimbra on July 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  One surprise in their findings, Murawski said, was that the part of the gulf with the lowest diversity of fish species is the area of the gulf with the greatest number of offshore oil rigs.

  “They’ve had 50 to 60 years of oil development there,” he said. “So that may be one of the at-risk areas” in case of a future oil spill. A disaster like Deepwater Horizon could more easily wipe out the fish living there to the point where they could not bounce back, he explained.

• Intense Heat Feeds Lake Algal Bloom Early

  By Charmaine Coimbra on July 6, 2018 • ( 0 )

  Intense heat has caused algal blooms to form in western Lake Erie much sooner than normal. Though toxin levels are not yet known, officials are issuing their standard advice to stay away from all scums floating on the lake surface…. Read More ›

• Harmful Bacteria Pollutes Urban Waterways

  By Charmaine Coimbra on July 5, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

      DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As someone who has spent countless hours rowing along the Des Moines River, Tonya Logan appreciates the city’s vision to create a whitewater course that would draw kayakers to the Iowa capital. But… Read More ›

• Sea Lion Kill Bill Approved

  By Charmaine Coimbra on June 28, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  “What we currently have on the Columbia River is an ecosystem seriously out of balance,” said Herrera Beutler, who believes the bill is necessary to save fish runs on the brink of extinction.

• Less than 500 North Atlantic Right Whales Remain

  By Charmaine Coimbra on June 12, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  Last year saw an alarming dieoff of North Atlantic right whales, something researchers refer as an “unusual mortality event.” Their carcasses littered the shores of the east coast—12 in Canada and 5 in the United States. Necropsies revealed that most of the animals died from blunt force trauma or entanglement issues. This brings the North Atlantic right whale’s fragile population to an estimated fewer than 500.

• Can Seismic Blasts for Oil Open Pandora’s Radioactive Box?

  By Charmaine Coimbra on June 11, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  For decades, the U.S. military routinely dumped thousands of tons of obsolete, excess and captured munitions into U.S. coastal waters, thinking the high seas were the best place for the materials to safely decompose. The Atomic Energy Commission likewise oversaw the ocean dumping of untold thousands of drums of low-level radioactive waste from the nation’s manufacturing, research, medical and military sectors.

• “Scientific” Whale Slaughter Takes 120 Pregnant Whales

  By Charmaine Coimbra on May 30, 2018 • ( 0 )

  

  More than 120 pregnant whales were slaughtered in the latest Japanese whale hunt in Antarctica’s Southern Ocean, new documents show, reigniting calls for Australia to step up efforts to stop the annual killing spree. A further 114 immature whales were… Read More ›

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