Dead Zones and Toxic Algae Bloom in US Waters
Aquatic dead zones result from pollution caused by excessive fertilizer runoff and wastewater discharge. Their number and extent are increasing.
Aquatic dead zones result from pollution caused by excessive fertilizer runoff and wastewater discharge. Their number and extent are increasing.
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A collection on the environmental history of the Middle East that covers five broad themes: agriculture and pastoralism; water; nature and culture; marine environments, and environmental monitoring.
In this article, environmentalist Hayal Desta considers the impact of agrarian practices and climate change on Lake Ziway, Ethiopia.
In this chapter from the virtual exhibition “Global Environments: A 360º Visual Journey,” Anna Antonova’s 360º video immerses the viewer in a unique habitat on the Bulgarian coast of the Black Sea: the salt flats in the Atanasovsko Lake near the city of Burgas. She considers these salt flats a natural symbiosis between humans and their coastal environment, which support traditional human labor, industry, and health while simultaneously providing critical avian and aquatic ecosystem habitats.