Tracking CO2 -- Biogeochemists Map Out Carbon Dioxide Emissions In The U.S.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2008/1209-tracking_co2.htm

ScienceDaily () -- Biogeochemists located where the most carbon dioxide emissions occur in the U.S. using a new mapping system. With this program-available to anyone on the Web-researchers were able to extract information about carbon dioxide emissions by transforming data on local air pollution and combining it with geographic information systems (GIS) data to layer the emissions onto infrastructures at the Earth's surface. The map helps us learn more about carbon emissions and gives scientists a way to check the accuracy of satellite images.

Oil spill puts commercially significant cold-water reefs in peril

ScienceDaily (2010-06-06) -- Thousands of barrels of oil are leaking out of the Deepwater Horizon site each day. The oil ascends from depths of approximately 1502 m. (4928 ft.), but not all of it reaches the sea surface. The stratified seawater of the Gulf of Mexico captures or slows the ascent of the oil, and the addition of dispersants near the oil source produces tiny droplets that float for a considerable time in the water column and may never reach the surface. According to a group of Florida researchers, the oil that remains in suspension in the water column and creates plumes poses a serious risk for the planktonic and benthic (sea floor) life throughout the region, including the deep-sea reefs they study.

Distressed damsels stress coral reefs

Threespot damselfish (Stegastes planifrons) in the Caribbean Sea. (Credit: Dr. Dwayne Meadows, NOAA/NMFS/OPR / Courtesy of NOAA Photo Library)

ScienceDaily (2010-05-26) -- Damselfish are killing head corals and adding stress to Caribbean coral reefs, which are already in desperately poor condition from global climate change, coral diseases, hurricanes, pollution, and overfishing. Restoring threatened staghorn coral, the damsels' favorite homestead, will take the pressure off the other corals, according to a new study.

Plastic in Your Life

Stop [Plastic] Motion from Taina Uitto on Vimeo.

Fw: BBC E-mail: Spill 'is worst US eco-disaster'

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** Spill 'is worst US eco-disaster' **
The Gulf of Mexico oil spill is the worst environmental disaster the United States has faced, a senior official says.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10194335.stm >

BBC E-mail: US fishing villages 'on the edge'

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** US fishing villages 'on the edge' **
Despair is spreading among oil-spill affected fishing communities in
Louisiana, reporters the BBC's Robyn Bresnahan.
< http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/world/us_and_canada/10195257.stm >

La Niña and Hurricane formation

ScienceDaily () -- Like their more dramatic cousins El Niños, La Niñas -- the periodic cooling of ocean waters -- can have a dramatic impact on hurricanes, meteorologists say. The current La Niña, though, seems to have faded, so it may not be a primary cause in strengthening hurricanes this year. Still, meteorologists say people in hurricane-prone regions should brace for as many as six major storms in the coming months.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2006/0705-summer_forecast_la_nintildea.htm#