#Wetlands are very effective at reducing water pollution. #Research shows that restoring wetlands in 5% of land can slash nitrogen pollution by up to half.
Coastal wetlands have unique superpowers to help tackle the biggest threats to the #GreatBarrierReef like #ClimateChange and water pollution.
'When they initially studied this process, [Patricia] Stathatou and [Christos] Athanasiou found that yeast can effectively and rapidly remove trace lead — at challenging initial concentrations below one part per million — from drinking water. Conventional water treatment methods either fail to eliminate lead at these low levels or result in high financial and environmental costs to do so.'
The Navy has finally acknowledged what scientists and residents have suspected for years: that toxic groundwater could surface at the Hunters Point Superfund site in SF.
'Flowers grown on inexpensive floating platforms can help clean polluted waterways, over 12 weeks extracting 52% more phosphorus and 36% more nitrogen than the natural nitrogen cycle removes from untreated water, according to our new research. In addition to filtering water, the cut flowers can generate income via the multibillion-dollar floral market.'
In celebration of our 35th year defending SF Bay, each month we’re sharing a significant victory that we've won together, highlighting how it’s still making waves today 🌊
2023 has been a whirlwind for Baykeeper—we responded to (another) harmful algae bloom, negotiated a cleanup of heavy metals in the shore, took legal action against four industrial facilities, and much more.
A bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed early Saturday, plunging portions of a freight train carrying hazardous materials into the rushing water below. The train cars were carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur, Stillwater County Disaster and Emergency Services said. Officials shut down drinking water...
Killer Whales (#Orcas), talking amongst themselves: "Humans are not our friends!"
Study: Humans cause more orca deaths than previously understood
By Liam Moriarty, Dec. 29, 2020
Researchers have long known that dwindling #salmon runs, #WaterPollution and #loud underwater boat #noise are major contributors to the reduced number of orcas along the West Coast.
"Now, a ten-year study of killer whale carcasses found washed up on beaches in the eastern Pacific Ocean has found a significant number who died from more direct human causes.
The water entering the Nehru Zoological Park has been found to be contaminated with heavy metals such as nitrates and molybdenum. This contamination poses serious health risks to zoo animals, making them more vulnerable to kidney and other.
‘Somebody is going to die’ because of polluted rivers
I think that might be a little late. Directly, because people are already being infected and life ‘changing' infections have already occurred, indirectly because people are being scared away from the water.
Largest Toxic Algae Bloom on record suspected in deaths, illnesses of sea lions and dolphins off SoCal coast (abc7.com)
A large algae bloom off the SoCal coast has sickened and killed hundreds of sea lions and dolphins
Freight train carrying hot asphalt, molten sulfur plunges into the Yellowstone River as bridge fails (news.yahoo.com)
A bridge that crosses the Yellowstone River in Montana collapsed early Saturday, plunging portions of a freight train carrying hazardous materials into the rushing water below. The train cars were carrying hot asphalt and molten sulfur, Stillwater County Disaster and Emergency Services said. Officials shut down drinking water...