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Scientists analyze Hurricane Ike's effects on waterways, fish contamination
Jul 07, 2009 |
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A long-term environmental research project being conducted at the University of Houston may offer important information about the effects of Hurricane Ike on pollution levels and help regulators determine whether existing ...
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Survey reveals extent of Hurricane Ike's underwater damage to galveston
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 30, 2008 |
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Conducting a rapid response research mission after Hurricane Ike, scientists at The University of Texas at Austin surveyed the inlet between Galveston Bay and the Gulf of Mexico, discovering the hurricane significantly reshaped ...
Bays on US Gulf Coast vulnerable to flooding
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Oct 02, 2008 |
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The most comprehensive geological review ever undertaken of the upper U.S. Gulf Coast suggests that a combination of rising seas and dammed rivers could flood large swaths of wetlands this century in one or more bays from ...
From grass to water, Chesapeake Bay experts differ on meaning of 'clean'
Sep 29, 2009 |
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After a recent rain, Baltimore's Inner Harbor is clogged with an eclectic combination of garbage -- soda bottles and a large purple ball, sticks and dirt, candy wrappers and a hollowed-out television.
Nearly 1 million gallons of runoff, raw sewage spills into San Francisco Bay
Feb 25, 2009 |
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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 ...
NOAA deploys new 'smart buoy' off Annapolis
Nov 11, 2009 |
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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 ...
First sea trials for deep-ocean robotic DNA lab
May 07, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- In late April 2009, a team of MBARI researchers tested the world's only deep-sea robotic DNA lab beneath the waters of Monterey Bay.
New vaccine to fight multiple vaccine strains
Medicine & Health / Medications
Aug 21, 2008 |
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A universal vaccine effective against several strains of influenza has passed its first phase of testing, according to Dr. Christine Turley of the University of Texas at Galveston.
Two-pronged protein attack could be source of SARS virulence
Oct 29, 2009 |
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Ever since the previously unknown SARS virus emerged from southern China in 2003, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston virologists have focused on finding the source of the pathogen's virulence — its ability to ...
'Hydropalooza' provides deeper understanding of Alaska's Kachemak Bay
Aug 13, 2009 |
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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.
Mercury contamination found in stranded Victorian dolphins
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Jun 10, 2008 |
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Monash University research into heavy metal contaminant levels in dolphins from Port Phillip Bay and the Gippsland Lakes has revealed high mercury levels may be a contributing factor to dolphin deaths.
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