Death by dirty water: Storm runoff a risk for fish
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 09:00
in Earth & Climate
POULSBO, Wash. (AP) -- Just hours into the experiment, the prognosis was grim for salmon that had been submerged in rain runoff collected from one of Seattle's busiest highways. One by one, the fish were removed from a tank filled with coffee-colored water and inspected: They were rigid. Their typically red gills were gray....