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Nutrient Pollution Chokes Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
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Feb 19, 2009 |
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Protecting drinking water and preventing harmful coastal "dead zones", as well as eutrophication in many lakes, will require reducing both nitrogen and phosphorus pollution. Because streams and rivers are ...
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International experts weigh-in on harmful algal blooms
Jan 06, 2009 |
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Cambridge, Md. - An international group of scientists is linking nutrient pollution in the world's coastal seas to an increase in the number of harmful algal blooms reported in recent years. When harmful algal blooms (HAB's) ...
Researchers call for nitrogen and phosphorus reductions to combat eutrophication in aquatic systems
Feb 19, 2009 |
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An international group of scientists is renewing calls for policymakers to reduce both nitrogen and phosphorus when attempting to alleviate eutrophication - or nutrient pollution problems - in fresh and coastal waters. In ...
These shells don't clam up: Innovative technique to record human impact on coastal waters
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Dec 02, 2008 |
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With their sedentary lifestyles and filter-feeding habits, clams have been silent witnesses to the changes that humans have inflicted upon their waters. These clams are silent no more, as Dr. Ruth H. Carmichael ...
China: Millions of coastal acres polluted
Oct 13, 2006 |
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China's State Oceanic Administration said pollution contaminated about 34.5 million acres -- about 5 percent -- of China's coastal areas.
Coral Triangle could die by century's end: WWF
May 13, 2009 |
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Coral reefs could disappear entirely from the Coral Triangle region of the Pacific Ocean by the end of the century, threatening the food supply and livelihoods for about 100 million people, according to a ...
When accounting for the global nitrogen budget, don't forget fish
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jan 24, 2008 |
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Like bank accounts, the nutrient cycles that influence the natural world are regulated by inputs and outputs. If a routine withdrawal is overlooked, balance sheets become inaccurate. Over time, overlooked deductions can undermine ...
China: Will ensure stimulus protects environment
Jun 05, 2009 |
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(AP) -- China said Friday it will strictly monitor the government's economic stimulus package for projects that cause pollution, addressing worries that officials would ignore the environment in an effort to maintain China's ...
Scientists uncover new dolphin species in Australian waters
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Nov 21, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Marine mammal experts have uncovered a new species of dolphin in Australian waters, challenging existing knowledge about bottlenose dolphin classifications and highlighting the country's marine biodiversity.
New study ranks 'hotspots' of human impact on coastal areas
Jul 09, 2009 |
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(Santa Barbara, Calif.) -- Coastal marine ecosystems are at risk worldwide as a result of human activities, according to scientists at UC Santa Barbara who have recently published a study in the Journal of ...
Seagrass ecosystems at a 'global crisis'
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Dec 01, 2006 |
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An international team of scientists is calling for a targeted global conservation effort to preserve seagrasses and their ecological services for the world’s coastal ecosystems, according to an article published in the December ...
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