Issue Brief: Ocean Hypoxia – ‘Dead Zones’ 15 May 2013 Summary During the last few decades, anthropogenic inputs of excess nutrients into the coastal environment, from agricultural activities and wastewater, have dramatically increased the occurrence of coastal eutrophication and hypoxia…. Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Hypoxia’
Louisiana’s Dead Zones Linked to Iowa Farm Runoff
From the Des Moines Register Click this link for a video where environmental reporter Perry Beeman explores Iowa’s fertilizer runoff and Louisiana’s fisheries: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/article/20121029/NEWS/310290013/Dead-zone-s-size-tied-tightly-to-water-levels?archive&nclick_check=1 The Gulf of Mexico dead zone changes by the year, even by the hour. Its… Read More ›
47% Of Beach Pollution From Ag & Rain Runoff
By Tony Barboza, Los Angeles TimesJune 27, 2012 Beaches across the nation continue to be fouled by sewage and storm water pollution that puts swimmers at risk of getting sick, according to a report by an environmental group. The Natural… Read More ›
Is Leaking Methane From Arctic Sea More Than A Warning?
We have a new blog for the young children in your life: Neptune 911 For Kids. This fun blog features stories about ocean-hero kids, marine mammals, ways to save the ocean, and pages about the unique and weird creatures one… Read More ›
Stockholm Science Study Puts A Value On Oceans
From Planet Ark 3/23/12 The cost of damage to the world’s oceans from climate change could reach $2 trillion a year by 2100 if measures to cut greenhouse gas emissions are not stepped up, a study by marine experts said… Read More ›
Gulf Oil Spill is “A Tangled Web of Impact” 2-Years Later
Editor’s Note: Recent Updates on After Effects of BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Five articles follow. From Huffington Post: NEW ORLEANS (AP) — After months of laboratory work, scientists say they can definitively finger oil from BP’s… Read More ›
Gulf of Mexico Possible “Largest Dead Zone Ever”
From PBS News Hour A dead zone — already the size of the state of New Jersey — is growing in the Gulf of Mexico, fueled by nutrient runoff from the swollen Mississippi River. This year, with floodwaters from the… Read More ›
Meat, Farms, The Sea and Me
The treatment of factory farm animals is nightmarish enough, but their wastes grow into an environmental catastrophe that directly affects our seas
Gulf of Mexico-A Sea Under a Toxic Seige
Editor’s Note: As newsfeeds land in our inbox, the outlook for the Gulf Of Mexico environment seems bleak. Neptune 911 will reproduce on this page the latest reports September 10, 2010 From NPR: Scientists Find Thick Layer of Oil on… Read More ›
Waterway Sewage Deluge, Gulf Hypoxia, Hawaii’s Beaches Shrink
Excerpts from: As Sewers Fill, Waste Poisons Waterways By CHARLES DUHIGG http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/23/us/23sewer.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print …at Owls Head, a swimming pool’s worth of sewage and wastewater was soon rushing in every second. Warning horns began to blare. A little after 1 a.m., with… Read More ›
