"How Terrestrial Turds Lead to Marine Maladies"
"Diseases from land animals are killing marine mammals at an alarming rate. Can we stem the flow of feces?"
"Diseases from land animals are killing marine mammals at an alarming rate. Can we stem the flow of feces?"
"The Supreme Court has rebuffed a plea by the state of Alaska to revisit a federal veto of a massive mine, an attempt by oil companies to extract themselves from a climate lawsuit and a petition from West Coast farmers seeking more water from the Klamath River Basin."
"From a ship in the Labrador Sea, scientists are tracking how gases move through global waters – a rare natural phenomenon that may be crucial to the management of the climate crisis".
"Rising temperatures have spurred an influx of beavers to Alaska and northern Canada ‘on a huge scale’".
"It’s not just toxic chemical waste and mysterious barrels that litter the seafloor off the coast of Los Angeles. Oceanographers have now discovered what appears to be a massive dumping ground of military weaponry."
"The recovery of seagrass, the manatees’ favorite food, in Mosquito Lagoon means that an emergency hand-feeding program that has kept many of the starving aquatic animals alive over the last two winters can be discontinued, at least temporarily."
"A recent study from The Environmental Working Group found that just one serving of fish can be equivalent to a month of drinking water contaminated with 48 parts per trillion of the common chemical PFOS."
"For the first time in the United States, turbines are sending electricity to the grid from the sites of two large offshore wind farms."
"As the developing world witnesses a boom in road building, a movement to retrofit existing roads is gathering steam. Using embankments, channels, and dikes, so-called “green roads” help control floods, harvest excess water for use in irrigation, and slash maintenance costs."
"The vestiges of an ancient forest tell the story of just how bad things are at the drought-stricken Panama Canal."