Ecosystems – Biology – Animals

Gulf Coast Oil Spill May Be Largest Since 2010 BP Disaster

LLOG reports as much as 9,350* barrels spilled last week Release dwarfed by multimillion-barrel Deepwater Horizon spill *Updated figures given…

7 years ago

Plant roots go to extreme lengths to find water

Understanding how plants will survive and adapt to climate change is crucial as they provide oxygen and take in carbon…

7 years ago

Coca-Cola Sucks Wells Dry in Chiapas, Forcing Residents to Buy Water

Photo Credit: Art Konovalov / Shutterstock.com The water is disappearing in San Felipe Ecatepec, an Indigenous town three miles outside…

7 years ago

Water shortages can destroy cultures: Interplay between society and hydrological effects

The demise of the Maya civilization Something really drastic must have happened to end the Classic Maya Period in the…

7 years ago

Gil Smart: What’s behind push for deep injection wells near Lake Okeechobee?

When it comes to preventing discharges from Lake Okeechobee, shouldn't every option be on the table? Or are some options…

7 years ago

How large-scale water cycles influence earthquakes in California

A new study shows how seasonal changes in large-scale water cycles in California influence small-scale quake activity. It confirms that…

7 years ago

Louisiana floods: Tool Lets You See Flood Risk to Your Home

Want to know more about flood risk in your own backyard, zeroing in on your very address? Want to know…

7 years ago

Acidified Ocean Water Widespread Along North American West Coast

photo: Tidepool organisms are threatened by acidification. (Credit: Jane Lubchenco) A three-year survey of the California Current System along the…

7 years ago

Louisiana Legislature Approves 2017 Coastal Master Plan

Conservation groups praise it as “a plan we can all be proud of” and “one we need implemented quickly” FOR…

7 years ago

Coke and Pepsi, gardening together in Mexico’s mountains to preserve urban water

The Nature Conservancy hopes to plant perhaps 100,000 native agave and pine trees in the forests around Monterrey, Mexico’s third-largest…

7 years ago