The Gazette

Ripple Effects: Here’s a refresher on the Nutrient Reduction Strategy

Braided channels of the Mississippi River near the Quad Cities are pictured Sept. 18. Flight support provided by LightHawk. Iowa is one of 33 states that fuel algae blooms that starve aquatic life of ...

Why the Baltic Sea still chokes after decades of nutrient controls

Although phosphorus and nitrogen river loads, the main cause for its eutrophication, have been significantly reduced, adverse effects such as algal blooms and oxygen depletion still massively occur, ...
The Gazette

Ripple Effects: Where does Iowa go next with water quality woes?

Delaware County water and sanitation department administrator Alex Linderwell takes a water sample Nov. 29 from the sink in his childhood home in Delaware County. Linderwell’s family installed a ...
JSTOR Daily

High nitrogen to phosphorus ratio in a Texas coastal river: origins and implications for nutrient pollution sources and exports

Journal of Coastal Conservation, Vol. 24, No. 4 (2020), pp. 1-7 (7 pages) Inorganic forms of nitrogen and phosphorus, oxygen levels, suspended solids, and planktonic primary productivity were ...
The Advocate

Louisiana's plan to help reduce size of Gulf 'dead zone' called ineffective

An update of Louisiana's strategy to help reduce the low-oxygen “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico is being criticized as inadequate because of its reliance on a proposed project now in doubt and for ...

Extreme rainfall is worsening algal blooms along South Korea's coast

Extreme rainfall is reshaping coastal waters along South Korea's shoreline, flushing nutrients from land into the sea and fueling the growth of algal blooms. A new multi-year study, published in ...