Category: Salt water
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Hawai‘i Supreme Court Orders Halt of Commercial Aquarium Fishery
A school of juvenile parrotfishes, protected within the Kahekili Herbivore Fisheries Management Area, swims over the reef in spring of 2014, an optimistic sign signaling early stages of this reef’s recovery. Credit: Liz Foote Today, the Hawai‘i Supreme Court unanimously sided with citizens and conservation groups who have been fighting to protect the State’s coral…
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Meat industry blamed for largest-ever ‘dead zone’ in Gulf of Mexico
The global meat industry, already implicated in driving global warming and deforestation, has now been blamed for fueling what is expected to be the worst “dead zone” on record in the Gulf of Mexico. Toxins from manure and fertiliser pouring into waterways are exacerbating huge, harmful algal blooms that create oxygen-deprived stretches of the gulf,…
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West Coast Ocean Acidification Rates Among Highest In World
The United States is stepping away from the Paris Climate Agreement, but the consequences of climate change will be more difficult to leave behind. Take ocean acidification, a major emerging threat to West Coast fisheries. Researchers at Oregon State University have recorded some of the highest levels of ocean acidification in the world – and…
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Satellite Snafu Masked True Sea Level Rise for Decades
Credit: Joe Raedle Getty Images The numbers didn’t add up. Even as Earth grew warmer and glaciers and ice sheets thawed , decades of satellite data seemed to show that the rate of sea-level rise was holding steady—or even declining. Now, after puzzling over this discrepancy for years, scientists have identified its source: a problem…
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The Effect of Clean Water on the Economy
Water pollution, chemical spills, and algae blooms can wreak havoc on a community, not only by affecting the water supply and animal populations but also through many seemingly unrelated industries that tend to suffer with “dirty” water. Keeping our water clean through regulations like the Clean Water Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act directly…
