A Decade After Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, We’re Going In The Wrong Direction
Ten years ago, people all over the U.S. gasped in horror, glued to news broadcasts trained on the fallout from a massive oil rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Doctors & Water Scarcity On The Front Lines: Combating Coronavirus Without Clean Water
Note: Republishing this story below from the World Resources Institute on water and efforts to contain and diminish the coronavirus death toll, I draw on a film that is unrelated to this particular viral infection. I add a suggestion — if you have time to watch not only the trailer, enjoy the whole film.
3D-Printed Coral Mimics Nature
Researchers have found a way to use a 3D printer to make a replica of coral to help study how to prevent the destruction of coral reefs due to global heating.
Restoring Marine Life Can Happen Quickly & Will Pay Enormous Dividends
Researchers at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology in Saudi Arabia have published a report in the journal Nature that claims the ability of the oceans to support an abundance of plant and animal life could be greatly increased in as little as 30 years.
Local Pollution Has A Global Impact
Pollution — especially stuff dropped into rivers, lakes, and streams — has to go somewhere. Littering in rivers is a common thing in many countries. In many areas of the world, basic refuse management systems are lacking or people are just too lazy to walk over a trash can to properly dispose of their water bottle, plastic bags, or papers. As a consequence, rubbish often ends up in rivers and streams which naturally carry the waste out to sea.
Greenland Ice Melt Raised Ocean Level 2.2 Millimeters In Two Months
Measurements from space confirm Greenland lost 600 billion tons of ice during last summer’s record heat.
That’s enough to meet the needs of Los Angeles for 600 years.
Making Dishwashers (And Faucets) Great Again
Over the last few years, conservative governments around the world, including our federal government, have done a lot to help dirty energy industries. Subsidizing goliath multinational companies with ongoing propaganda campaigns to deny climate science is nothing new to the conservative wing of virtually any country’s politics these days. After all, there’s good money in it. Running out of regulations like vehicle fuel efficiency standards to rail against, there is a new target — smearing Energy Star and WaterSense products with fear campaigns (FUD).
Water Ways: Dutch Lessons For A Changing Coast
The series is part of the Pulitzer Center’s Connected Coastlines reporting initiative.
US Federal Court Requires EPA To Protect Communities Against Worst-Case Chemical Spills
Millions of people will soon be safer from the thousands of dangerous chemical facilities that sit in flood-prone areas.
Donald Trump Aims To Weaken Ocean Protections
We are approaching the 10th anniversary of the British Petroleum (BP) disaster, which killed 11 men, injured 17 others, and spilled more than 130 million gallons of oil in the Gulf of Mexico.
