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Oxygen Crisis in World’s Oceans

In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean with zero oxygen has gone up more…

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Scientists on Causes of High Radium Levels in Key Midwestern Aquifer

Oxygen levels, dissolved minerals among factors responsible for high concentrations of radium in untreated water from aquifer that underlies six…

7 years ago

Nitrates stored in rocks ‘nail in coffin’ for artificial fertilizers

The Manawatu gorge. Photo: 123rf A new report showing nitrates can accumulate in rocks then leach into waterways — leading…

7 years ago

Meat industry blamed for largest-ever ‘dead zone’ in Gulf of Mexico

The global meat industry, already implicated in driving global warming and deforestation, has now been blamed for fueling what is…

7 years ago

2017 Summer Gulf ‘Dead Zone’ Could Be Bigger Than Connecticut

Summer is almost here, and you know what that means. Sun, sand and ... a watery wasteland devoid of all…

7 years ago