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Longfin smelt not endangered in California, regulators say

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Longfin smelt in the San Francisco Bay-Delta do not warrant protection under the federal endangered species law, regulators said Wednesday.


NOAA deploys new 'smart buoy' off Annapolis

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

NOAA deployed the seventh in a series of "smart buoys" to monitor weather conditions and water quality in the Chesapeake Bay today. The buoy, located at the mouth of Severn River near Annapolis, Md., will be used by commercial ...


Nearly 1 million gallons of runoff, raw sewage spills into San Francisco Bay

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 25, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Signs were posted at several shorelines and parks in Richmond, Calif., warning that water might be contaminated with harmful bacteria after nearly 1 million gallons of runoff and raw sewage overflowed and spilled into San ...


Tropical Storm Laurence set for second Australian landfall

Tropical Storm Laurence set for second Australian landfall

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tropical Storm Laurence tracked through Darwin Australia this weekend before sliding back into the Timor Sea and now Laurence is forecast to make a second landfall in Australia. Laurence is forecast to make ...


Dutch help California's Bay Area plan for sea level rise

Space & Earth / Environment

created Sep 22, 2009 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1

How to plan for sea level rise, a still-abstract concept for many Californians, drew serious consideration from engineers, designers and urban planners from Holland and the U.S. at a symposium held on Monday.


Sea otters pushed out of bay habitat

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created Apr 09, 2007 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0

Alaska's sea otters are in peril after a cold winter on the Alaskan Peninsula has frozen them out of their bay habitat.


An Earth Day Perspective: NASA Satellites Aid in Chesapeake Bay Recovery

An Earth Day Perspective: NASA Satellites Aid in Chesapeake Bay Recovery

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 22, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

From the distant reaches of the universe, to black holes and Saturn’s rings, NASA explores some of the most far-out parts of space. But NASA also does research much closer to home. In fact, NASA Earth Science ...


'Hydropalooza' provides deeper understanding of Alaska's Kachemak Bay

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created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

NOAA ships and scientists have returned to Alaska's Kachemak Bay to kick off year two of Hydropalooza — a NOAA-led project to develop the most detailed seafloor and coastline maps ever generated of the area.


Contamination under boats no worse than elsewhere in California bay, study says

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created Mar 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A yearlong federal study has determined levels of contaminated sediment found under obsolete, rotting government ships anchored in Suisun Bay, in central California, are no higher than those found elsewhere in local waters, ...


Two of the whales were already dead and the rest were in such poor condition they would need to be put down

Nine rescued whales beach again in Australia

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

All but one of the 10 whales that survived a mass beaching on Australia's west coast were Wednesday believed to have come back ashore and were unlikely to survive, authorities said.



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