Ecosystems – Biology – Animals

United States: Water deficits to diminish in the SW, surpluses ahead for FL

United States: Water deficits to diminish in the Southwest, surpluses ahead for Florida The Big Picture The 12-month forecast indicates…

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NOAA: 40% of Lake Okeechobee covered in harmful algae

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates 40 percent of Lake Okeechobee is now covered in a harmful blue-green algae…

6 years ago

Derailed Train Spills 230,000 Gallons of Crude Into Flooded Iowa River

A train derailment spilled 230,000 gallons of crude oil into an already-flooded Iowa river Friday, endangering downstream drinking water, the…

6 years ago

Washington state to use dog to detect invasive mussels on boats

This photo provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows a group of zebra mussels. Government officials are cracking down…

6 years ago

Beekeeping preserves wetlands in Algeria

The Wetlands Complex of Guerbès-Sanhadja in Algeria. With an area of 42,100 hectares and 40 million m3 of water reserves…

6 years ago

River Revives After Largest Dam Removal in USA History

In August 2014, workers completed the largest dam removal project in U.S. history, as the final part of the 210-foot-high…

6 years ago

Nature is teaching … are we learning?

The three major challenges in the water sector can be summed up as too little, too much or too dirty.…

6 years ago

US Supreme Court: Washington must remove barriers to salmon migration

Photo: Melissa Erkel, a fish-passage biologist with the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, looks at a culvert along the…

6 years ago

Change in Water Storage Maps Added to Living Atlas

A new image service has been added to the Living Atlas of the World. It shows monthly change in water…

6 years ago

The Great Barrier Reef of the Americas: Coastal Lessons from the Past

This is part 1 of a two-part series concerning Richard Condrey and Natalie Peyronnin’s recent paper, “Using Louisiana’s coastal history…

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