A review of the available data shows that the oceanic dead zones that have plagued the Pacific Northwest are a relatively new phenomenon in the area and may be linked to global warming.
Map Shows Toll On World's Oceans
The first detailed map of the world’s oceans reveals the daunting fact that only 4% of oceans remain undamaged by human actions.
Rivers Form Larger Component Of Global Carbon Cycling Than Previously Thought
An associate professor from McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science is arguing that carbon processing in rivers is a bigger component of global carbon cycling than people previously thought.
Decline in Snowpack Is Blamed On Warming
A study published recently in the journal Science shows that anthropogenic climate change – not natural variability – is the cause of potentially disastrous changes in the Western United States’ hydrology.
Dutch Mull Ideas to Defend Coast From Rising Seas
Dutch water experts met on Monday to look at ways of protecting the nation’s fragile coast from rising sea levels, including one proposal to build man-made islands — one in the shape of a massive tulip.
Western Water Supplies Already Altered by Global Warming
Declining snowpack and dry rivers – caused largely by anthropogenic climate change – are drastically affecting water supplies in the arid western United States.
NASA Tsunami Research Makes Waves in Science Community
A surge of new NASA research on tsunamis has yielded an innovative method to improve existing tsunami warning systems, and a potentially groundbreaking new theory on the source of the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.
Seasonal Floods Begin Early in Southern Africa
Following early winter rains, the seasonal floods that normally occur in February or March in Mozambique came early this year in the region around the Buzi and Pungue Rivers.
EPA Halts River Clean-up Talks With Dow Chemical
Citing the company’s lack of action, the EPA has called off settlement negotiations with Dow Chemical company over the clean-up of major dioxin pollution in the Tittawabassee River near the company’s Midland, Michigan headquarters.
Invention Turns Toxic Waste into Electricity
Environmental engineers at Pennsylvania State University have developed a technology that could both clean contaminated water and produce energy in the process.