ScienceDaily (Jan. 30, 2012) — Nova Southeastern University (NSU) and Florida International University (FIU) researchers have drafted a plan to best prepare South Florida for an oil spill off the coast of Cuba. The proximity of intended Cuban oil drilling and production puts the U.S. coastal zone at risk from Florida to the Carolinas and […]
Associated Press. January 30, 20 MIAMI — The U.S. is not ready to handle an oil spill if drilling off the Cuban coast goes awry but can be better prepared with monitoring systems and other basic steps, experts told government officials Monday. The comments at a congressional subcommittee hearing in the Miami Beach suburb of […]
Man-made pollution is acidifying the world’s oceans at unprecedented rates and is threatening sea life, an international team of researchers reports Monday. Scientists have found that human-caused carbon dioxide emissions, from the burning of fossil fuels in the last 100 to 200 years, have already raised ocean acidity far beyond the range of natural variations. […]
Source: EurekAlert! Contact: Emily Howells [email protected] 61-747-534-203 ARC Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies Recent experiments conducted at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) produced striking results, showing for the first time that corals hosting a single type of “zooxanthellae” can have different levels of thermal tolerance – a feature that was only […]
COMMENTARY By Andrew Freedman An Obama administration plan to cut costs by combining several government agencies may make good political sense, coming in the midst of the Republican presidential primary season, with its heated small-government rhetoric. But that doesn’t mean it’s a good idea from a policy perspective. In fact, the White House proposal that […]
The Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition is excited to announce the release of Florida’s Coastal and Ocean Future: An Updated Blueprint for Economic and Environmental Leadership. This report, the latest from the Florida Coastal and Ocean Coalition, addresses Florida’s most challenging coastal and marine topics and recommends actions for protecting and preserving the future of […]
By MATTHEW DALY AP WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and Congress are starting the election year locked in a tussle over a proposed 1,700-mile oil pipeline from Canada to Texas that will force the White House to make a politically risky choice between two key Democratic constituencies. Some unions say the Keystone XL pipeline […]
by Steve Connor. independent.co.uk. December 13, 2011 Dramatic and unprecedented plumes of methane – a greenhouse gas 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide – have been seen bubbling to the surface of the Arctic Ocean by scientists undertaking an extensive survey of the region. The scale and volume of the methane release has astonished […]
Sixty-day public comment period for Draft Phase I Early Restoration Plan Dec. 14, 2011. www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov. PRESS RELEASE The Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Trustees (Trustees) today released the Deepwater Horizon Draft Phase I Early Restoration Plan & Environmental Assessment (DERP/EA) for formal public comment. It is the first in an anticipated series of […]