Tag: water
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New Report Examines Complex Threats Facing Our Oceans
By Adam Novak A new study, Valuing the Ocean from Stockholm Environment Institute, takes an in depth look at the various challenges that threaten the health and stability of our ocean’s health. The study has divided the threat to the oceans into six categories: acidification, warming, hypoxia, sea level rise, pollution, and the overuse of marine resources.…
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Pacific Ocean Warming at Fastest Rate in 10,000 Years
Just how rapid is the current rate of warming of the ocean? There is an interesting new article by Rosenthal and collaborators in the latest issue of the journal Science, “Pacific Ocean Heat Content During the Past 10,000 Years” that attempts to address this question. The article compares current rates of ocean warming with long-term paleoclimatic evidence from…
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Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Application Suspended for Insufficient Information
The U.S. Coast Guard just announced a 90-day hold on processing the proposed Liberty LNG Port Ambrose offshore deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility due to a lack of critically important information, several major application deficiencies and many unaddressed federal requirements. [caption id="attachment_310171" align="alignnone" width="500"] The U.S. Coast Guard cited more than 100 new “data…
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Toxic Algal Blooms Connected to Climate Change and Industrial Agriculture
Nutrient enrichment and climate change are posing yet another concern of growing importance—an apparent increase in the toxicity of some algal blooms in freshwater lakes and estuaries around the world, which threatens aquatic organisms, ecosystem health and human drinking water safety. As this nutrient enrichment, or “eutrophication” increases, so will the proportion of toxin-producing strains…
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Ottawa River Expedition Shines Spotlight on Dedicated Water Advocates
Alexandra Cousteau [caption id="attachment_307986" align="alignright" width="300"] After using a turbidity tube to test for water quality clarity, Alexandra Cousteau returns water to the river. She joined Ottawa Riverkeeper measuring water quality near Hull Marina.[/caption] Since arriving in Canada on Sept. 11 to film three documentaries about the Ottawa river as part of River Mission, a…