Goals unlikely to protect Gulf of Mexico shrimp industry
ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Research from the University of Michigan shows that the current federal plan to reduce the "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico may not be enough to protect the region's half billion dollar a year shrimp industry.... ...Researchers from U-M, Louisiana State University, and Limnotech Inc, an Ann Arbor-based firm, used three different models to analyze oxygen depletion and to an...'Extinct' bird rediscovered in Mexico
July 9, 2004 (Washington, DC) The Cozumel Thrasher (Toxostoma guttatum), a bird not seen or recorded by scientists for close to a decade and thought by some to have gone extinct, was sighted last month by a team of field biologists, American Bird Conservancy and Conservation International announced today. Its rediscovery immediately makes it the single most threatened bird in Mexico....... The C...Mosquito researchers track dengue fever in Sonora, Mexico
Biologists from the University of Arizona in Tucson are teaming up with health officials from the Mexican state of Sonora to learn more about the mosquitoes that carry dengue and West Nile viruses and about the disease-causing organisms. ...... The reported number of dengue fever cases in Sonora has been increasing in the last several years, and the disease appears to be moving north. The dengue...InterAcademy panel holds general assembly in Mexico
Four Nobel Laureates Yuan T. Lee (Chemistry 1986), Leon M. Lederman (Physics 1988), F. Sherwood Rowland (Chemistry 1995) and Mario Molina (Chemistry 1995) will participate in the InterAcademy Panel's 2003 Conference and General Assembly, to be held in Mexico City between 1-4 December....... The theme of this year's conference, "science for society," provides a framework for discussing a broad...Exploring oil rigs and an ancient shoreline in the Gulf Of Mexico for new disease cures
Fort Pierce, Fla. -- On Sept. 8, HARBOR BRANCH researchers will embark on a mission to explore deep-sea sites in the Gulf of Mexico, including abandoned oil rigs and an ancient shoreline. They will be searching for marine organisms that produce chemicals with potential to cure human maladies ranging from pain and inflammation to cancer and AIDS-related infections. The team will include members f...Los Alamos garners six pollution prevention awards from New Mexico
LOS ALAMOS, N.M., September 26, 2002 -- Five units of Los Alamos National Laboratory and the lab's primary subcontract company have won the New Mexico Green Zia Environmental Excellence Awards for their efforts in pollution prevention and environmental excellence....... Los Alamos' Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) and Nonproliferation and International Security (NIS) Facility Management (FMU-75) w...Rare squid found in Gulf of Mexico
COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M University oceanographer William ...Sager spotted and photographed an unusual squid while investigating ...natural oil seeps deep in the Gulf of Mexico. The results of his ...serendipitous encounter will appear in this Friday's (Dec. 21) edition ...of the prestigious research journal Science, published by the American ...Association for the Advancement of Science (A...Harbor Branch scientist aids in Mexico manatee rescue effort
FORT PIERCE, FL., Sept. 10, 2001 Four manatees that were in danger of starving in their native Mexico habitat are now safe and eating well, thanks to the efforts of a HARBOR BRANCH marine mammal expert who helped to rescue them and arrange for their thousand-mile journey to a new home.... ...Dr. Greg Bossart, head of Marine Mammal Research and Conservation at HARBOR BRANCH Oceanographic Institut...Dust from Africa leads to large toxic algae blooms in Gulf of Mexico, study finds
Saharan dust clouds travel thousands of miles and fertilize the water off the West Florida coast with iron, which kicks off blooms of toxic algae, according to a new study. The research was partially funded by a NASA grant as part of ECOHAB: Florida (Ecology and Oceanography of Harmful Algal Blooms), a multi-disciplinary research project designed to study harmful algae. ...... Toxic algal blooms...Muddy waters: letting the Gulf of Mexico breathe again
. COLUMBUS, Ohio - Saving the Gulf of Mexico from polluted. runoff is possible, but it means creating or restoring at least 5 to. 13 million acres of wetlands in the Midwest and the lower. Mississippi River basin, according to a new report by. environmental researchers.. Led b...Giant jellies invade Gulf of Mexico threatening shrimp fishery
. Giant "jellies" - up to two feet in diameter - have taken up residence in the northern Gulf of Mexico causing swimmers and fishermen to do a double take when they first spy them. Known as the "Spotted Jellyfish, " these creatures don't threaten swimmers because their sting is mild compared to native jellyfish like the Sea Nettle. However, the jellies' threat to the area's ecosystems is yet t...Stream size major factor in nitrogen reaching the Gulf of Mexico
. . . A U.S. Geological Survey study supports previous findings that most of the nitrogen pollution delivered to the Gulf of Mexico by the Mississippi River originates far upstream in the upper Midwest and Ohio Valley states. But this new USGS study also finds that within these regions there are large differences in the percentage of nitrogen reaching the Gulf, depending on the relation of the...Dartmouth Medical School Researchers Discover Heavy Metal Contamination In Northern Mexico
...LEBANON, N.H. -- Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) researchers have discovered...industrial pollution sites in northern Mexico that have higher than ever before...reported levels of heavy metal contamination. Smelters in Torren and Chihuahua...constitute a serious environmental threat to people living near these...industries, according to a report in the April issue of Environmental Health...Pe...Farmers Can Afford To Clean Up Gulf Of Mexico, Analysis Shows
. West Lafayette, IN -- A study of the cost of proposed changes in .nitrogen management needed to eliminate the hypoxic zone, or dead zone, in .the Gulf of Mexico has found that the American farm system can afford .these changes -- barely.. Scientists estimate that to eliminate the hypoxic zone in the gulf, the .United States should reduce the amount of excess nitrogen flowing down the.... ATHENS, Ga. -- Climate, varied terrain and rainfall make the tropics a.botanical garden of vast riches. While development has brought economic strength.to the United States and Europe, it has also brought ecological devastation in.places, leaving Third World countries with the greatest diversity of plants that.could hold the secrets of curing diseases.. . Only a small number of p...Potential Solutions For Gulf of Mexico's "Dead Zone" Explored
.COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Researchers are studying ways to control the rush of.nitrogen and other chemicals that flow into the Mississippi River watershed.each spring and ultimately turn more than 7,000 square miles of the Gulf.of Mexico into a “dead zone.” . Nitrogen and other nutrients cause hypoxia, or the depletion of oxygen.in a body of water. Hypoxia in the Gulf stems from human activit...Basin Traps Air Pollution In Mexico City: International Study Has Implications For U.S. Cities
RICHLAND, Wash. -- The first detailed measurements in Mexico City of pollutants.such as peroxyacetal nitrate show concentrations similar to those that burned.eyes and lungs in Los Angeles in the early 1970s, according to preliminary.results of a field study conducted earlier this year. Peroxyacetal nitrate also.is implicated in the production of ozone, another irritant that makes breathing.diffi...