Pollution wreaks havoc on corals' immune systems
Fighting infections is hard. It's even harder for corals also grappling with pollution.
Environment
Sep 10, 2020
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The mighty Nile, threatened by waste, warming, mega-dam
Early one morning in Cairo, volunteers paddle their kayaks across the Nile, fishing out garbage from the mighty waterway that gave birth to Egyptian civilisation but now faces multiple threats.
Environment
Mar 20, 2020
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Image: Lake George, Uganda
World Wetlands Day is celebrated internationally each year on 2 February. It marks the anniversary of the signing of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance, known as the Ramsar Convention, in Ramsar, Iran, ...
Environment
Jan 31, 2020
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Wetlands will keep up with sea level rise to offset climate change
Coastal wetlands provide stunning views and are hosts to a vast array of biodiversity. But they also provide another service to the warming Earth: they capture carbon from the atmosphere and sequester it in their sediment ...
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2019
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New danger for corals in warming oceans: Metal pollution
Metal copper from agricultural runoff and marine paint leaching from boat hulls poses an emerging threat to soft coral sea fans in the waters around Puerto Rico.
Environment
Nov 19, 2019
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Land management practices to reduce nitrogen load may be affected by climate changes
Nitrogen from agricultural production is a major cause of pollution in the Mississippi River Basin and contributes to large dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico.
Environment
Oct 19, 2019
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Data confirms growing dead zone in Chesapeake Bay
Maryland scientists have been warning of a growing "dead zone" in the Chesapeake Bay. Now the numbers are in, confirming their dire warnings were correct.
Environment
Aug 16, 2019
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There's a giant dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico thanks in large part to pollution from Chicago
Just off the coast of Louisiana, where the Mississippi River lets out into the Gulf of Mexico, an enormous algae bloom, fueled by fertilizer from Midwestern farm fields and urban sewage, creates an area so devoid of oxygen ...
Environment
Jun 19, 2019
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Lake Erie's toxic algae blooms: Why is the water turning green?
Since the late 1990s, Lake Erie has been plagued with blooms of toxic algae that turn its waters a bright blue-green. These harmful algae blooms are made up of cyanobacteria that produce the liver toxin microcystin.
Environment
Apr 9, 2019
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Study suggests humans are now producing more chemical waste than can be tested
A team of experts convened by Professor Sir Charles Godfray of the Oxford Martin School has found evidence that suggests humans are dumping more chemical waste into the environment than can be tested for its impact. In their ...
