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Press release from the Karuk Tribe: In response to record low precipitation in the Klamath Basin, the Karuk Tribe has declared a state of emergency. This emergency declaration acknowledges the reality that climate change is upon us, and the dangers that it poses to rivers, forests, wildlife and communities.   Hydrological conditions in the Klamath River Basin are the worst in modern history, although in recent years this has become an all-too-common refrain. Ecosystems and economies all along...

The Karuk Tribe has declared a climate emergency as the Klamath River Basin has seen the worst conditions in history with very low precipitation and...

Housing and Development Newsletter “Cultivating seaweed in less than 1% of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico could potentially reach the country’s pollution reduction goals that, for decades, have been difficult to achieve,” said lead author Phoebe Racine, a Ph.D. candidate at UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental Science & Management. “Dealing with nutrient pollution is difficult and expensive,” Bradley added. The U.S. alone spends more than $27 billion every year on wastewater treatment. Many...

Future Fisheries Improvement Program grant deadline is May 31   From Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks reminds landowners, watershed groups and others that this summer’s deadline to apply for Future Fisheries Improvement Program grants is May 31. The goal of FWP’s Future Fisheries Program is to restore rivers, streams and lakes to improve Montana’s wild fish habitat. Entities can receive funding for qualifying projects that benefit Montana’s wild fish....

By ANTONIO G. PAPA, Ph.D. In the Philippine setting, the children of the marginal farmers and subsistence fishermen are often in a disadvantaged situation as far as education is concerned. Usually, the children from the farming and fishing communities do not want to duplicate their parents’ fa

Various species of trout run rampant throughout the Northern Rockies, but changes in streamflow and water temperatures, some of the results of anthropogenic climate change, stand to alter that. On Thursday, Dr. Clint Muhlfeld, research aquatic ecologist for the U.S. Geological Survey’s Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center and an associate research professor at the University of Montana, will dive into how “changes in those regimes have affected species’ distribution, abundance,...

Farming algae could surprisingly help stave off deadly algae blooms If you cant beat them... sow them? In water? Could work. A A Reset One possible solution to nutrient pollution and dangerous algal blooms could be seaweed farms, a new paper reports. Image credits NOAA Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory / Flickr. We don’t tend to think of “too much food” as a real problem, but for ecosystems around the world, it very much can be. Marine ecosystems especially s...

By Harrison Tasoff Santa Barbara, CA It’s easy to think that more nutrients – the stuff life needs to grow and thrive – would foster more vibrant ecosystems. Yet nutrient pollution has in fact wrought havoc on marine systems, contributing to harmful algae blooms, worse water quality and oxygen-poor dead zones. A team of researchers from UC Santa Barbara has proposed a novel strategy for reducing large amounts of nutrients – specifically nitrogen and phosphorous – after they have alrea...

Seaweed Solutions 27 April 2021 Researchers say cultivated seaweed can soak up excess nutrients plaguing human health and marine life. It’s easy to think that more nutrients — the stuff life needs to grow and thrive — would foster more vibrant ecosystems. Yet nutrient pollution has in fact wrought havoc on marine systems, contributing to harmful algae blooms, worse water quality and oxygen-poor dead zones. A team of researchers from UC Santa Barbara has proposed a n...

Date Time Share Groundbreaking global study is first to map ocean areas that, if strongly protected, would help solve climate Groundbreaking global study is the first to map ocean areas that, if strongly protected, would help solve climate, food and biodiversity crises By Harrison Tasoff Santa Barbara, CA From climate change and carbon emissions to biodiversity and global hunger, humanity faces so many challenges that tackling them quickly is a daunting task. One solution that potentially addr...