The USGS recently announced they are monitoring nitrates in real time to help study dead zones. What is a dead zone and why does it matter? A dead zone is an area of a water body that contains very …
Antarctica's New Mystery Carbon Sink
Captain Robert Falcon Scott, head of the second expedition to reach the South Pole, and who, with his team, died on his 1912. Living on for almost 100 years now are the specimens he collected along …
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Report: Toxins Found in Whales Bad News for Humans
Bad news and bad news for whales these days -- endangered baby whales are dying from the BP oil spill and the toxic dispersants used to "clean it up" and the International Whaling Committee has been …
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Australia's Integrated Marine Information System Makes a Splash
There is literally an ocean of information floating around out there about almost anything you can think of, but seldom is that information brought together in an integrated, meaningful and useful …
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Hormone Disruptor BPA is in the Water Now
Scientists have now confirmed that an increasingly infamous chemical (or hormone disruptor) that is linked to obesity, miscarriage, breast cancer, prostate cancer, and other health concerns is not …
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Rivers in the Desert: Solar-Powered Desalination
Water crises and water shortages are increasing around the world- at this point there are 1.2 billion people in 40 countries without reliable access to clean water. But what if there were a way to use …
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