"What Lives in the Sea?"
Census of Marine Life scientists have released an inventory of species distribution and diversity in 25 key global ocean areas. Read summaries of the findings and view image and photo galleries.
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Water & Oceans
"Expectations rising — Progress on the Androscoggin River"
"Romeo Michaud looked at the Androscoggin River on Friday, remembering how he fished for hornpout as a boy. Over time, he and others stopped eating the fish they caught as the river became among the most polluted in the country."
Source: Lewiston Sun Journal, 08/16/2010
"For the Everglades, a Dream Loses Much of Its Grandeur"
"In the end, Gov. Charlie Crist’s effort to buy huge swaths of sugar company land for the Everglades restoration was just too much: too much money, too much land to handle, and too much of a fight with critics and the courts."
Source: NYTimes, 08/13/2010
EPA Offers Air, Water, Sediment, Waste Data from Gulf Oil Spill
Reporters can find most of the environmental monitoring data EPA has collected on one webpage in a form that can be queried or downloaded.
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Deep-Sixing the Facts? — Congress Blinds, Hamstrings Oil Spill Commission
Before leaving town for its August vacation, Congress stripped $12 million for the commission from an appropriations bill and denied that panel the subpoena power it needs to find out what happened or what should be done to prevent another spill.
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Fla. Scientists Say Obama Admin Tried To Squelch Oil Plume Findings
St. Petersburg Times' Craig Pittman reports the scientists' announcement in May that research boats had discovered a 6-mile long underwater oil plume was greeted with shushing from the Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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"Shrimp On Prozac Are None Too Cheerful"
Scientists are now studying the effects of Prozac in water on shrimp. After being secreted by humans, drugs like Prozac find their way through sewage systems and into waterways. Their effects on shrimp could be fatal.
Source: NPR, 08/11/2010
"FIFRA-Approved Pesticide Spraying Would Continue Under Senate Bill"
"Farmers and other pesticide users would not need to secure Clean Water Act (CWA) permits before spraying over water under Senate legislation offered late last week in response to a pivotal federal court ruling."
Source: Greenwire, 08/10/2010
"Looking for the Oil? NOAA Says It's Mostly Gone"
"With a startling report that some researchers call more spin than science, the government said Wednesday that the mess made by the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is mostly gone already."
Source: AP, 08/05/2010
Managing Stormwater: Key in Water Pollution, Beach Closures
Here's a roundup of recent developments and resources that can help you cover how local stormwater management fits into the regional and national picture, including the Natural Resources Defense Council's 20th annual beach report and the proposed Green Infrastructure for Clean Water Act of 2010.
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