... enacted in the 1970s are having a positive effect on reducing overall contaminant levels in coastal waters of the US. However, the report points to continuing concerns with elevated levels of metals ...
BARCELONA, Spain, Aug. 3 (UPI) -- Burgeoning jellyfish populations in coastal waters around the world is proof oceans are being impacted by global warming and overfishing, Spanish experts say.
... new technique will allow coastal researchers and managers to document increases in waste loadings to coastal waters over longer periods of environmental change.
"This technique is exciting because it ...
For the very first time in New York coastal waters, the voices of singing blue whales have been positively identified. Acoustic experts confirmed that the voice of a singing blue ...
... , depleted shellfish beds and sharply reduced commercial fisheries, New York is poised to act against a rising tide of unhealthy coastal waters....
PALO ALTO, Calif., March 16 (UPI) -- California Sea Grant researchers say they've determined Northern California septic tanks are leaking nitrogen and phosphate into Pacific coastal waters.
... North Sea to monitor, forecast and support scientific research of the present state and development of the coastal waters. The GKSS Research Centre in Geesthacht is coordinating the project.
Ocean ...
... commonly used in commercial goods as flame retardants since the 1970s, are found in all United States coastal waters and the Great Lakes, with elevated levels near urban and industrial centers. The ...
... surplus - is necessary to manage effectively this nutrient over-enrichment and resulting habitat degradation of coastal waters in the long-term. His perspective (1) is published online in Springer's ...
For the first time, scientists have detected a highly toxic form of mercury in groundwater flows at two coastal sites in California.
... Materials, tells SINC.
The researchers focused their analysis on the "bioavailabilty" of heavy metals in coastal waters and their impact on commercially important species, such as the two studied. ...
... advantages over existing technologies to rapidly identify and communicate potential threats in murky coastal waters. When fully developed, the technology will be used onboard a group of small, co- ...
... meadows that remain."
Seagrasses profoundly influence the physical, chemical and biological environments of coastal waters. A unique group of submerged flowering plants, seagrasses provide critical ...
... effect of what happens on land –– nearly half of the coastline and more than 90 percent of all coastal waters. "This is because a vast majority of the planet's landscape drains into relatively few ...
... journal of the Public Library of Science,
Using B.C.'s coastal waters as a test case, the study affirms that small cuts in fishing – if they happen in the right places – could result ...
