2011 Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ could be biggest ever
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By , on July 18th, 2011 Leave a comment   Conservation & Environment, Environmental Sciences, Oil Spills, Uncategorized, Weather   , , , , , ,  

You know that oxygen-less zone that chokes life and forms every year in the Gulf of Mexico at the base of the Mississippi? Currently its about 3,300 square miles, or roughly the size of Delaware and Rhode Island combined. Over the last 50 years, humans tripled the nitrogen levels in Gulf. Nitrogen is often . . . → Read More: 2011 Gulf of Mexico ‘dead zone’ could be biggest ever

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Tide Pool: Cephalopods, Ash, and Sulphur Are to Blame
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By , on February 24th, 2011 Leave a comment   Cephalopods, Environmental Sciences, Evolution, Geology, Natural Disaster, New Research, Organisms, Paleobiology   , , , , , , , , , ,  

An occasional series where we briefly report 3 new studies and tell you why they are cool! Heightened biodiversity may make an ecosystem more stabile and robust. One of the reasons for this is that high biodiversity may create redundant species, i.e. species that serve a similar ecological role in the ecosystem. A loss of . . . → Read More: Tide Pool: Cephalopods, Ash, and Sulphur Are to Blame

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