Invasive species summit aims to halt Great Lakes-Mississippi River species exchange
... Experts on aquatic invasive species will meet with environmental engineers and fishing and river-carrier interests to come up with practical ways to prevent invasive species from moving between the Great Lakes and Mississippi River basins. More than 60 people from the United States, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom will participate in the summit. The summit will begin with presentat...University of Southern Mississippi's 'safari' targets baby bluefin tuna
OCEAN SPRINGS -- University of Southern Mississippi marine biology detectives are on safari, looking for offspring of the largest living species of tuna in the world. ...... Dick Waller, Bruce Comyns and Jim Franks, USM marine biologists at the Gulf Coast Research Laboratory here, are more than 100 miles off the coast of Mississippi today (through Saturday) searching for newly hatched larvae...Mississippi and Missouri River flood levels underestimated
When it comes to calculating flood risk, human influences that magnify flood hazards are often overlooked. The standard methodology for calculating flood risks for all rivers in the U.S. does not recognize long-term change in the river system, such as from land-use change, climate shifts, or engineering structures. ......Nicholas Pinter, a geologist at Southern Illinois University, has been using...University of Southern Mississippi $6 million grant will aid coastal waters research
OCEAN SPRINGS -- University of Southern Mississippi scientists here are leading the way ...on a $6 million project that will use estuarine plants and animals to signal changes in Gulf of Mexico ...coastal waters. ... The goal of the four-year project is to use microbes, fish, crabs, shrimp and other species -- ...bioindicators -- to measure how well estuaries are functioning and the impact o...University of Southern Mississippi to ship first batch of Pentagon paint
HATTIESBURG -- American Pride, an environmentally friendly paint developed by ...University of Southern Mississippi polymer science researchers, will be used in the repairs of the ...Pentagon in Washington D.C. ... The first shipment of the paint -- 100 gallons of off-white paint -- was unveiled to the public ...Tuesday at USM. In all, at least 20,000 gallons will be used to paint one-fifth...Whales drawn to waters off Mississippi River Delta
.COLLEGE STATION, Texas -- When people think of the Mississippi Delta, a few things are likely to come to mind -- jambalaya, New Orleans jazz, riverboats, cotton, swamps and sperm whales.. .Sperm whales?. .Researchers have found that endangered sperm whales frequent the deeper waters off the Mississippi Delta. Scientists estimate that at least 530 sperm whales can be found in the northeastern Gu....ATHENS, Ohio - Studies of a 373-year-old white oak found in an Ohio old-growth forest suggest it is the oldest recorded hardwood east of the Mississippi. But while this ranking is exciting to the researchers studying the forest, they are more interested in what the tree can tell them about the climate and ecology in the region over nearly four centuries.. . The region's oldest oak, felled durin....Tracing the pathways and concentrations of contaminants in large rivers like the.Mississippi tells an interesting story of how human activities affect the.quality of water in large and complex river systems. A U.S. Geological Survey.(USGS) global river research program will be discussed by Dr. Robert H. Meade, a.USGS hydrologist, at a lecture Wednesday, Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. at the USGS.headquarters...