July 30, 2019
Stories about Water
July 16, 2019
Here We Go Again: Harmful Algal Bloom Forms in Lake Erie
As has happened every year since 2002 starting in mid-July, a sizeable and harmful algal bloom has now formed in the Western Basin of Lake Erie, and NOAA on Monday issued a bulletin that the bloom “extends from Maumee Bay up to 13 miles north along the Michigan...June 30, 2019
New Study Find Water Underwater
Using high tech equipment usually employed to find oil and gas resources under the seabed, researchers have found another precious natural resource — a huge freshwater aquifer stretching from the coast of Massachusetts to New Jersey. The brackish (somewhat...June 11, 2019
2019 Gulf Dead Zone Could Set Records
The Gulf of Mexico “dead zone” is a region of oxygen-depleted water off the Louisiana and Texas coasts that results from staggering levels of upstream nitrogen released from farms and other sources. The nitrogen then kills marine life and creates toxic...May 29, 2019
One Alarming Thing: Plastic Particles Found In Rainwater
It’s raining plastic! A recent study of the chemical composition of rain in the Boulder to Denver corridor and in the mountains of Colorado that was conducted by a scientist at the U.S. Geological Survey produced some surprising and disturbing results —...May 23, 2019
CDC to study health risks resulting from Florida’s toxic algal blooms
Last summer’s toxic algal blooms in Florida both originating in the ocean (red tide) as well as Lake Okeechobee (blue-green blooms) cost millions of dollars in economic losses and killed thousands of fish, turtles and other marine and aquatic animals. These...May 21, 2019
One Million CA Residents Exposed to Dirty Drinking Water
The NY Times published a blistering exposé yesterday, in which it reported that “more than 300 public water systems in California serve unsafe drinking water, according to public compliance data compiled by the California State Water Resources Control...May 14, 2019
Two-Thirds of World’s Longest Rivers Don’t Flow Freely Anymore
by Yoel Fessahaye The largest-ever study on global hydrology has discovered that only 37% of the longest rivers (longer than 600 miles) remain free-flowing and 23% flow uninterrupted to the ocean. As National Geographic explains, rivers are the lifeblood of our...May 12, 2019
Houston Ship Channel Closed After Oil Spill From Tanker Collision
SHIP CHANNEL COLLISION: look at the impact of a crash involving a barge, carrying a toxic gas product, and a tanker. https://t.co/mwIMUrypcu #abc13 pic.twitter.com/5c8TIYECMC — Jessica Willey (@ImJessicaWilley) May 11, 2019 After two barges struck an oil tanker,...May 8, 2019