Additional cleanup might soon be underway at the Cayuga Groundwater Contamination Site in Union Springs, N.Y. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed a cleanup plan targeting a discrete area of the Cayuga County site. The proposed plan involves the...
Once upon a time, the humpback whale population was bountiful in the Pacific Northwest. However, these mammals have been largely non-existent for nearly a century. Recently, humpbacks have made a major comeback in the Salish Sea, the Columbia River mouth, and the...
Edinburgh researchers have developed an innovative plan that could bring the Beatrice oil field back to life — for an eco-friendly purpose. The study, published in the International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, was part of the University’s GeoEnergy MSc program....
Parts of an underwater mountain range in the Pacific Ocean near Hawaii has been wrecked for decades from overfishing and trawling — but things seem to be on the mend. A research team from Florida State University and Texas A&M University has seen signs the...
Eureka, N.V. soil just got a whole lot healthier. In July, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced the completion of a $20 million residential and commercial soil cleanup in the town. The EPA has removed more than 56,000 cubic yards of arsenic- and...
If you enjoy fishing, pack your bags and head to Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River this summer and fall. Over the past few years, these New York bodies of water have offered record-breaking fishing for several popular species — i.e., Chinook and coho salmon,...
