For Many Students, Environment Is a Key Issue
If former Vice President Al Gore wanted to know if his message about the dangers of global warming was getting through to the youngest voters in the nation, he might be encouraged by the findings of a survey of college students conducted by American University students.
The clothesline makes a comeback
A 'Right to Dry' movement is growing, with some states introducing legislation to override clothesline bans.
Experts wondering why sharks are washing up along East Coast
Possible explanations include scenarios wherein the migrant sharks followed fish to shallow waters - even if they normally tend to stay in deeper waters - or were somehow bitten during the mating process, Grogan said. An algae bloom - a toxic explosion of plankton affecting other fish, also could have tainted the sharks' food source,
Remarks about Bottle Water
Joe:: I was fishing off Sandy Hook on Tuesday and a companion gave me a bottle
of water. The fine print on the bottle read as follows:
Perfect lawns, environmental hazard
The shimmering green of the finely groomed Long Island lawn may trigger an owner's pride and neighborhood envy, but it also could pose a serious health risk.
Report: Climate change has affected cod fisheries
Climate change already affects ocean ecosystems and seafood production off the shores of North America, according to a new report on the long decline and now-stalled recovery of Atlantic cod and a decision by Alaska fisheries regulators to seal off America's farthest northern waters to fishing.
Wild: Coyotes Thriving in Big Cities in the East and Midwest
Wile E. Coyote, as a comically ineffective predator, is always good for a laugh. The antics of his real-life kin provoke a different kind of reaction as cities and suburbs in the East and Midwest find themselves in unfamiliar territory.
Red knot population still close to all-time low
The western hemisphere's largest winter population of red knot shorebirds in Chile held steady around its all-time low of 17,000 birds for the third year in a row, evidence that red knots will remain perilously close to extinction on their migrations through New Jersey,
Developer drops plans to build 4,500 homes in Ocean County
Developers K. Hovnanian have decided to drop their bid to
> build 4,500 new homes in the heart of Bayville, ending years of legal
> manuevering between the company, township and environmental activists.
Drugs Are in the Water. Does It Matter?
Residues of birth control pills, antidepressants, painkillers, shampoos and a host of other compounds are finding their way into the nation’s waterways, and they have public health and environmental officials in a regulatory quandary. On the one hand, there is no evidence the traces of the chemicals found so far are harmful to human beings. On the other hand, it would seem cavalier to ignore them.
Results show fish staying in Navesink
Dozens of bluefish, striped bass and weakfish implanted with
electronic tags last summer surprised scientists by staying in the Navesink
River for an average three weeks or longer, showing how important the suburban
river remains to marine life, according to preliminary results from those 2006
experiments.
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