A study published in the journal Limnology and Oceanography looked at production declines at an Oregon oyster hatchery and carbon dioxide, which causes acidification of seawater.
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Apr 13
Apr 13
Green Blog: Study Links Raised Carbon Dioxide Levels to Oyster Die-Offs
A study published in the journal Limnology and Oceanography looked at production declines at an Oregon oyster hatchery and carbon dioxide, which causes acidification of seawater.
Read the rest of this entry »Apr 09
Green Blog: The Bluefin Tuna: What’s to Be Done?
Conservation measures that have been put into place are widely flouted, with a huge black market in the fish making a mockery of international protection efforts.
Read the rest of this entry »Apr 05
Green Blog: On Our Radar: Floating Architecture
With the Netherlands leading the way, architects and city planners explore ways that mankind and rising waters can co-exist.
Read the rest of this entry »Mar 24
Green Blog: A Shorebird, a Crab and a Call to Action
The red knot always fills up on horseshoe crab eggs in Delaware Bay before completing its annual migration from Argentina to the Arctic. But in recent years, there haven’t been enough eggs to go around.
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Green Blog: Ancient Hawaiians Caught More By Fishing Less
Their secret? Strict enforcement of fishing bans, restrictions on certain species and gear, and catch limits, so that populations could be replenished.
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Green Blog: On Our Radar: Polluted Rivers
Industrial facilities continue to dump millions of pounds of toxic chemicals into American rivers, lakes and streams every year, federal figures show.
Read the rest of this entry »Mar 14
Green Blog: Marine Invaders, Coming to a Coast Near You
Nemesis, a new Web site introduced by the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, tracks the spread of hundreds of invasive coastal species.
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Green Blog: On Our Radar: Saluting a Colossus of Chemistry
F. Sherwood Rowland, who endured relentless challenges for warning that chlorofluorocarbons were depleting the ozone layer, is dead at 84.
Read the rest of this entry »Mar 07
