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The Economist Discusses “The Tradgedy of the High Seas”
New management is needed for the planet’s most important common resource Feb 22nd 2014 | From the print edition The Economist IN 1968 an American ecologist, Garrett Hardin, published an article...
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Fishermen: No Debate About Climate Change
Plume from coal-fired power plant For many U.S. fisherman, there’s no debate about climate change. It’s here, and already majorly impacting their industries. In New Jersey, Rutgers scientists have...
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Acidification & Low-Oxygen Threatens Lowcountry Shellfish
Editor’s note: We have underlined sections that highlight this story. “James Shelton/Marine Photobank.” Slippersnails, olives, periwinkles, tulips – thousands of species of sea snails live in saltwater...
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Chesapeake Bay & Gulf of Mexico Dead Zone Predictions
Excerpt from the Baltimore Sun “Scientists are predicting that the Chesapeake Bay’s oxygen-starved “dead zone” will be slightly larger than average this summer. Using computer modeling underwritten by...
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Climate Change Might Correct Ocean Hypoxia
C. Coimbra Photo Some good may come from climate change after all. Dead zones, the most oxygen deprive portions of our world’s oceans, may actually be due for some shrinkage due to changing atmospheric...
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Concern Over “Sustained” Man-Made Hypoxia
Mississipi River WatershedBy J.P. Kelsey From Gulf Environment News When the term “dead zone” is heard in reference to the ocean, many things can come to mind, but what are they really and why do they...
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Can Coastal Dead Zones Return to Life?
Dead zones, or ocean hypoxia, is in the news this week. Besides the Gulf of Mexico dead zones, the Chesapeake Bay has struggled with oxygen depleted water as well. The following is an abbreviated...
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Scientists Stumble Upon Atlantic Dead Zones
The Atlantic Ocean is teeming with life, but for the first time researchers have discovered dead zones in these waters — areas low in both oxygen and salinity — off the coast of Africa. Fish can’t...
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Global CO2 Emissions Impacting Pacific West Coast
“Communities around the country are increasingly vulnerable to ocean acidification and long-term environmental changes.” C. Coimbra photo CORVALLIS, Ore. – The ocean chemistry along the West Coast of...
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Acidification and Hypoxia Science Panel Releases Report
C. Coimbra photo Rapid intervention is needed to protect Pacific coastal marine life from an increasingly carbonized environment that could become unmanageable for some species, according to a new...
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