News tagged with excess nutrients

Acid rain poses a previously unrecognized threat to Great Lakes sugar maples

(PhysOrg.com) -- The number of sugar maples in Upper Great Lakes forests is likely to decline in coming decades, according to University of Michigan ecologists and their colleagues, due to a previously unrecognized ...

Biology / Ecology

created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Mississippi mud: More water behind river's sediment rise

(PhysOrg.com) -- During the past several decades, upper Midwest state and local agencies have spent hundreds of millions of dollars on extraordinary conservation efforts to prevent the Upper Mississippi River ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 1

New study provides global analysis of seagrass extinction risk

A team of 21 researchers from 11 nations, including professor Robert "JJ" Orth of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, has completed the first-ever study of the risk of extinction for individual seagrass ...

Biology / Ecology

created May 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Algal turf scrubbers clean water with sunlight

An article published in the June issue of BioScience describes the early scale-up stage of a new biotechnology with environmental benefits and possible commercial potential. Algal turf scrubbers are field-sized, water-treatment system ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ultra-fine coatings on sediment grains influence nitrate and sulfate storage in soil

Tiny sediment grains are covered with a very fine-grained, complex mixture of minerals in an open fabric that results in a large surface area in contact with water between the grains. Scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0