A Watershed Moment: How Boston’s Charles River Went From Polluted to Pristine A pair of mute swans is nesting not far from downtown, and the new head of the EPA is promising "durable" rules to protect the habitat. [...]
Dead turtles and waves of plastic show Sri Lankan ship disaster's deep ramifications By Helen Regan and Chandler Thornton, CNN – Jul 25, 2021 For almost two weeks, a thick, black smudge stained the sky off Sri [...]
Thousands of dead fish have washed up on Florida's beaches — and officials say to expect even more unless a state of emergency is declared By Cheryl Teh – Jul 21, 2021 Red tide [...]
Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources United Nations The ocean drives global systems that make the Earth habitable for humankind. Our rainwater, drinking water, weather, climate, coastlines, much [...]
FERAL HOGS ARE CONTRIBUTING HUGELY TO CLIMATE CHANGE, EXPERTS SAY GLOBALLY, FERAL HOGS EMIT MORE CARBON DIOXIDE THAN 1 MILLION CARS. By DAN ROBITZSKI – Jul 20, 2021 Photo by Francesco Ungaro in Pexels [...]
Top US scientist on melting glaciers: ‘I’ve gone from being an ecologist to a coroner’ Jyoti Madhusoodanan – Jul 21, 2021 Diana Six’s love of the outdoors began before she could form words, run, [...]
On California’s Coast, Black Abalone, Already Vulnerable to Climate Change, are Increasingly Threatened by Wildfire In Big Sur, scientists are rescuing the abalone from landslides caused by the Dolan Fire, and moving them to safety in new neighborhoods [...]
1 Billion Sea Creatures Cooked To Death In Canada In Record Pacific Northwest Heat Wave “If we don’t like it, then we need to work harder to reduce emissions,” warned the University of British Columbia scientist who calculated [...]
Like in ‘Postapocalyptic Movies’: Heat Wave Killed Marine Wildlife en Masse An early estimate points to a huge die-off along the Pacific Coast, and scientists say rivers farther inland are warming to levels that could be lethal for [...]
'Unrecognizable.' Lake Mead, a lifeline for water in Los Angeles and the West, tips toward crisis Jaweed Kaleem, Thomas Curwen – Jul 11, 2021 A boater gets an up-close view of the "bathtub ring" [...]
