Researchers Hope to Find Source of Pollutants Detected in Areas Near Port
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By Kristopher Hanson, Press-Telegram, Long Beach, Calif.  Dec. 19--LONG BEACH -- USC and a state air quality agency are teaming up  to capture and test the origin of tiny pollution particles floating around  harbor communities.
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Researchers at the University of South Florida have been working on a biological sensor that would test waters off Florida for red tide, hoping to eventually track the harmful algae blooms.
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Growers and scientists were beginning to grasp the difficulties officials face in trying to pinpoint the source of the bacteria.
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By Brian Neill, The Bradenton Herald, Fla.  Sep. 20--The source of a 900-gallon oil spill into Tampa Bay from Port Manatee discovered Monday has been traced to a roughly quarter-inch hole in a transfer pipe that had been leaking for more than a day.
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NOAA is leading a project to let natural resources professionals find data that isn't accessible to search engines.
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Researchers are undertaking a mammoth effort to observe oceanic life using fiber optics and the Internet.
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By Brian Nearing, Albany Times Union, N.Y.  Jun. 6--WASHINGTON -- Recommendations in a national study on federal water pollution cleanup projects already are part of planned PCB dredging of the Hudson River at Fort Edward, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
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The Bush administration is making headway with other nations in setting new global standards to reduce dangerous emissions from giant diesel-burning ships that pollute U.S. ports, a senior environmental official said Thursday. An emergency room physician described a "diesel death zone" around major U.S. seaports, with higher cancer rates and other health risks.
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Science & environment: Fishing, climate change and pollution have left an indelible mark on virtually all of the world's oceans
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By Alexandra Mayer-Hohdahl, The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Jun. 19--LOWELL -- Members of the Lowell Fire Department and its Hazardous Materials Team worked early Monday afternoon to contain a substance that had been spotted on the water of the city's Northern Canal.
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Iraqi scientists will assess pollution ranging from oil spills to scrap metal from destroyed military vehicles in an effort to tackle environmental damage in the war-ravaged country, the United Nations said on Tuesday.
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Ocean researchers are conducting studies on New Jersey's bays, which have been beset by algae whose growth is fostered by fertilizers and other pollution. "The stuff is growing like wildfire," said Michael Kennish, a Rutgers University professor studying the effects of the algae and pollution that spawns it.
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Crabs' urine and changes in snails' sex hormones are helping UK scientists to monitor the environment.
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By Anonymous  Researchers at West Virginia University's West Virginia Water Research Institute have received a grant to develop a water quality trading program aimed at reducing pollution in the Chesapeake Bay.
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Is your shoreline sanitary? See what could be lurking at a sandy spot near you.
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By Li Fangchao  Experts and the public have expressed strong concern over the possible environmental impact of the construction of a massive chemical plant in Xiamen, East China's Fujian Province, Outlook Weekly reported yesterday.
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Virginia plans to install a monitoring station in the Potomac River that will help boaters and fishermen while assisting marine biologists studying the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.