ScienceDaily (Sep. 8, 2010) — NOAA’s Fisheries Service has designated the eastern North Pacific basking shark, a “species of concern” because it has suffered a dramatic decline in population despite decreasing fishing pressure. The label “species of concern” may be given to a species when there are concerns regarding the population status. The eastern Pacific […]
Wind-whipped flames swept through at least three Detroit neighborhoods, destroying dozens of homes, including many that were vacant, officials said. By JEFF KAROUB, Associated Press WriterWednesday, September 8, 2010 at 6:49 AM DETROIT — Wind-whipped flames swept through at least three Detroit neighborhoods, destroying dozens of homes, including many that were vacant, officials said. A […]
By MARK BALLARD AND AMY WOLD, Advocate staff writersPublished: Sep 5, 2010 – Page: 1A Gov. Bobby Jindal’s controversial project to build sand barriers in the Gulf of Mexico to block oil from invading Louisiana’s marshes is reaching a critical juncture. As Jindal attempts to get permits to expand the project — plus more funding […]
By Marcia GoodrichSeptember 7, 2010 12:23 PM September 2, 2010 — Something has been eating Charlie Kerfoot’s doughnut, and all fingers point to a European mollusk about the size of a fat lima bean. No one knew about the doughnut in southern Lake Michigan, much less the mollusk, until Michigan Technological University biologist W. […]
The filling of Lake Mead (green) was initiated in 1935, and that of Lake Powell (blue) in 1963. In 1999, the lakes were nearly full, but by 2007, the lakes had lost nearly half of their storage water after the worst drought in 100 years. The Colorado River system supplies water to over 30 million […]
A decline in bees and global warming are having a damaging effect on the pollination of plants, new research claims. By Richard Alleyne, Science CorrespondentPublished: 5:30AM BST 06 Sep 2010 Researchers have found that pollination levels of some plants have dropped by up to 50 per cent in the last two decades. The “pollination deficit” […]
NBC Philadelphia reports that tens of thousands of dead menhaden fish washed ashore Wednesday on a New Jersey beach along Delaware Bay. The incident is strikingly similar to an occurrence from Monday, when thousands of dead menhaden also washed ashore over 200 miles away in Fairhaven, MA (see video HERE). N.J. Department of Environmental Protection […]
This paper explores how climate change has affected Vermont in recent decades using long-term datasets: specifically the impact on freeze dates, the length of the growing season, the frozen duration of its small lakes, and the onset of spring. The freeze period in Vermont has got shorter, and the growing season for frost-sensitive plants has […]
By Mike Lee, UNION-TRIBUNEFriday, September 3, 2010 at 10:03 a.m. Dead zones increased dramatically in U.S. waters over the past 50 years, threatening ecosystems and fisheries nationwide, according to a sweeping report Friday by the federal Office of Science and Technology Policy. The multiagency assessment said that incidents of hypoxia — a condition in which […]
During the past 50 years, sea level has risen up to 8 inches or more along some coastal areas of the United States, and has fallen in other locations. The amount of relative sea-level rise experienced along different parts of the U.S. coast depends on the changes in elevation of the land that occur as […]
