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Environmental News Network -- Know Your Environment
Scientists have come up with a new classification scheme for mountain belts that uses just a single number to describe whether the elevation of the mountain belt is controlled mainly by weathering and erosion or by properties of the Earth’s crust, i.e., the lithospheric strength: the “Beaumont number” (Bm).
Giant kelp forests around the world have struggled to stay healthy in recent decades, with some vanishing altogether.
The Gulf of Mexico dead zone, or hypoxic area, is an area of low oxygen that can kill fish and other marine life.
The retreat of Chile’s Tyndall Glacier has revealed a graveyard of ichthyosaurs, dolphin-like reptiles that roamed the oceans more than 90 million years ago.
Globally rising temperatures and the browning of lakes can both inhibit and promote algal growth in northern lakes.
The agencies are testing three different fence designs created to keep protected species like the Houston toad and Louisiana pine snake out of construction zones.
