Discovery Shows the Devastating Impact Salmon Farms Have on the Wild

7 years ago

Photo: wild herring school passes in front of farmed salmon in Wicklow fish farm pen. Sea Shepherd’s research vessel, the…

Pipe dreams: rural water, sewer still a luxury for some

7 years ago

Conklin resident Kirk Reid stands in his backyard next to his washing machine and one of his water barrels, in…

USDA: study finds no-till farming alone not sufficient to prevent water pollution from nitrate

7 years ago

photo: A no-till field. INDIANAPOLIS - A new IUPUI study funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture answers a long-debated…

US Virgin Islands: American citizens battered by Hurricane Maria — and forgotten

7 years ago

If Irma hit like a right hook, then Maria was the sucker punch, battering the islanders while they were already…

Water World: Sea Level Rise, Coastal Floods and Storm Surges

7 years ago

Photo: The salt marshes of Grand Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve in Mississippi are very vulnerable to sea level rise.…

The State of Coral in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

7 years ago

October 3, 2017 — The NOAA research vessel Hiialakai returned Saturday from a 25-day trip to the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands…

How the Benzene Tree Polluted the World

7 years ago

Deep in the Mariana Trench, at depths lower than the Rockies are high, rests a tin of reduced-sodium Spam. NOAA…

A Cheerful Story About Environmental Conservation (Really and Truly)

7 years ago

October is National Seafood Month, and I have a surprise for you. It’s a cheerful story about environmental conservation. I’m…

Permit-less Sabal Trail pipeline risked by new sinkhole

7 years ago

Live Oak, FL, October 5, 2017 — Sabal Trail, operating without a permit, is at risk from a new sinkhole…

Farmers’ efforts to help environment benefit Lancaster County farms

7 years ago

Mill Creek flows through a riparian buffer on the Mahlon Stoltzfus farm in New Holland. Trees and shrubs along the…