http://saveourbeaches.org Bringing awareness to improving the quality and health of our beaches, oceans and waterways. Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:20:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Michael GeorgeMILWAUKEE - Just when you thought it was safe to back in the water comes word that more than 2 billion gallons of untreated sewage and storm water was dumped into Lake Michigan. Many beachgoers at Bradford Beach said they wouldn't ever go back in the lake again. In fact, ... http://saveourbeaches.org/?p=96 by Kari Huus msnbc.com updated 5/24/2010 5:49:57 PM ETThe timing could not be worse for the bluefin tuna. The majestic, deepwater giant — threatened by overfishing — had just lost a bid for protection as an endangered species when oil started gushing into its spawning grounds in the Gulf of Mexico. Now, a part ... http://saveourbeaches.org/?p=106 The Great Unknowns in Gulf Oil Spill by Ian Yarett May 24, 2010 The deep water of the ocean is the largest habitat on earth but it’s also the least understood, making the effects of this deep-sea spill without precedent. The oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico falls into a distinct category ... http://saveourbeaches.org/?p=101 After long battle, E.P.A. and G.E. begin a cleanup of PCB hot spots on the Hudson River. Hot spots of PCBS are mapped by GPS, and a dredge barge scoops up chunks of river mud putting it into a hopper barge, to be sent on to nearby processing facility and ... http://saveourbeaches.org/?p=84 Summer's almost here, and things are getting excrementally worse with our water. By Eric Wolff Published Apr 24, 2006 Is New York flushing away its summer fun? Our century-old sewer system is already so overburdened that it overflows 70 days a year—dumping 27 billion gallons of waste into the city’s waterways, just ... http://saveourbeaches.org/?p=78 European Commission DG ENV, Science for Environment Policy Environment News Alert Service Special Issue 8, Sept 2008 The combined impacts of climate change and increasing population pressures on coastal areas for living and recreation have placed beach ecosystems under severe pressure. New research suggests efforts to preserve the biodiversity of sandy beach ... http://saveourbeaches.org/?p=57 The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation and its partners, launched the second phase of its Public Service Advertisement (PSA) campaign featuring characters from Disney's film The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (debuting on DVD August 2008), to encourage Americans to keep our ocean clean and free of debris. The first phase of ... http://saveourbeaches.org/?p=51 by Catherine Brahic from http://www.newscientist.com The increasing number of icebergs breaking off Antarctica may have an unexpected benefit. According to one team of scientists, the bergs could feed carbon-loving plankton. If they are right, melting icebergs could - theoretically - slow global warming. Just how great an effect this would have ... http://saveourbeaches.org/?p=47 by Phil McKenna For a company whose business is rocket science Lockheed Martin has been paying unusual attention to plumbing of late. The aerospace giant has kept its engineers occupied for the past 12 months poring over designs for what amounts to a very long fibreglass pipe. It is, of course, no ... http://saveourbeaches.org/?p=36 Geneva, Switzerland: Even warming of less than 2°C might be enough to trigger the loss of Arctic sea ice and the meltdown of the Greenland Ice Sheet, causing global sea levels to rise by several metres. Ahead of next week’s meeting of governments in Poznan, Poland for UN climate talks WWF ... http://saveourbeaches.org/?p=44