ScienceDaily (June 22, 2010) — A team of scientists from the University of Nevada, Reno, DRI, Arizona State University and University of California, Davis has returned from a two-week expedition to Guatemala’s tropical high-mountain Lake Atitlan, where they are working to find solutions to the algae blooms that have assailed the ecosystem and the drinking […]
BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 23 June 2010 at 13:24:00 Disclosure forms from 2008 reveal Louisiana district judge held shares in Transocean, Halliburton and a host of oil firms The judge who yesterday overturned the Obama administration’s six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico previously held shares in Transocean and a […]
By John Flesher of The Associated Press Published: Tuesday, June 22, 2010, 6:46 PM A marine scientist says underwater oil plumes in the Gulf of Mexico are reducing oxygen in some areas, but the drop-off isn’t steep enough to endanger marine life just yet. Samantha Joye of the University of Georgia said Tuesday that water […]
By Debora MacKenzie14:31 23 June 2010 The floating nurseries of the Gulf of Mexico are in the wrong place at the wrong time. Home to the larvae of more than 120 species of fish, the nurseries congregate along the US coast – precisely where the Deepwater Horizon oil slick is wreaking havoc. Ecologists in the […]
By Marla Cone and Environmental Health News, June 21, 2010 High levels of brominated flame retardants can alter pregnant women’s thyroid hormones, which are critical to a baby’s growth and brain development, according to a California study published Monday. The study is considered important because it is the first human research showing a link between […]
By Michael TennesenJune 21, 2010 The acid rain scourge of the ’70s and ’80s that killed trees and fish and even dissolved parts of statues on Washington, D.C.’s National Mall is back. But unlike the first round, in which sulfur emissions from power plants mixed with rain to create sulfuric acid, the current problem […]
Source: Tuoi treMonday, 21/06/2010 (GMT+7) VietNamNet Bridge – Shrimp prices have spiked since the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but Mekong Delta production is at a cyclical low. CEO Le Van Quang of Minh Phu Seafood Company says there’s been a surge in demand by US shrimp importers since the oil spill disaster cratered Gulf […]
By Scott C. Doney Abstract: Climate change, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, excess nutrient inputs, and pollution in its many forms are fundamentally altering the chemistry of the ocean, often on a global scale and, in some cases, at rates greatly exceeding those in the historical and recent geological record. Major observed trends include a shift […]
You should submit your apology to BP. You can submit videos, photos, quotes, whatever you want, as long as you apologize for the thing you did to BP. Did you eat all BP’s cheetos? Did you forget to fill up their tank the last time you borrowed their car? Let it all out. Make amends. […]
By Kelly Lynch, CNNJune 17, 2010 — Updated 0058 GMT (0858 HKT) (CNN) — The Deepwater Horizon oil spill has already claimed many victims — from pelicans to oyster beds and precious marshland. But there may be one more: a species only just recently discovered. Scientifically known as halieutichthys aculeatus, it is not a thing […]
