Lake Scientist

- — May 5, 2010
Louisiana’s wetlands can’t take much more abuse

For weeks, crude oil has been gushing into the Gulf of Mexico following the now-notorious April 20 explosion aboard the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig. As it is continually fed by[…]

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- — May 4, 2010
Water infrastructure is out of sight, out of mind, says CEO

Why don’t people pay enough attention to our world’s vital water infrastructure? Because it’s invisible, says CEO of ITT Corporation Steven Loranger. Loranger wrote in the Huffington Post that not[…]

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- — May 3, 2010
NOAA grant funds study of Bay Shore power plant’s impact

A three-year grant from the NOAA will fund research into the ecosystem impacts of FirstEnergy’s Bay Shore coal power plant in Oregon, Ohio. As previously reported, the plant kills about[…]

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- — April 30, 2010
Ohio Sea Grant researcher hopes to model Lake Erie dead zone mystery

Perhaps one of the greatest mysteries lurking in the waters of Lake Erie today is why the lake’s dead zone appears to be worsening. Ohio Sea Grant researcher Dr. Gerald[…]

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