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Dead Zones

Dead Zones

Here, courtesy of NASA, is a look at two Gulf of Mexico dead zones:  one well established, as a consequence of runoff  (manure, fertilizer, wastewater treatment plant effluent, etc.) from the breadbasket of the US, and the other in the making, from BP’s disastrous well blowout.

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Nature, Poison and "Eco-Nomics"

Nature, Poison and "Eco-Nomics"

I got back about an hour ago from walking my daughter to school.  We live in a big city with a big park through which my wife or I walk the kid.  It was snowing this morning – one of those intense squalls that come to us here in late winter and early spring.  It […]

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