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Unusually warm ocean conditions off the Pacific Northwest in the last few years led anchovies, sardines and hake to begin spawning in Northwest waters much earlier in the year and, for anchovy, longer than biologists have ever recorded before, new research has found.
Penguins caught on camera eating jellyfish
Onita Basu still vividly remembers the exact moment she decided to devote her career to sustainable water solutions and practices.
“I was in a second-year Chemical Engineering lab working with a solution of water that looked relatively clean,” she recalls. “When I passed the water through a treatment process I was shocked to see an incredible amount of dissolved copper emerge from the solution and begin coating onto various surfaces. It was an eye-opening experience to realize that we cannot always tell what is in our water.”
Other Potential Benefits Include Reliability and Water Savings
Reducing tourist consumption of reef fish is critical for Palau’s ocean sustainability, finds a new UBC study that suggests other small island nations might also consider adopting this strategy.
Climate change is expected to lead to sharp declines in Palau’s reefs, and this new research suggests that the best tourism management strategy includes a more than 70 per cent reduction in the amount of reef fish eaten by visitors. These findings are relevant for sustainable development for other small island developing states that are likely to feel a significant impact from changes to the ocean.
Un nuevo filtro producido por científicos de la Universidad de Rice ha demostrado ser capaz de eliminar más del 90 por ciento de hidrocarburos, bacterias y partículas del agua contaminada usada para operaciones de fractura hidráulica (fracking) en pozos de petróleo y gas de esquisto.
