Gies: Altered Rivers

Gies: Altered Rivers

New member Erica Gies (@egies) writes for Nautilus about what happens when human engineering weakens the connections between rivers and seas. Scientists are only now studying how dams change the oceanward flow of sediments, affecting nutrient distribution to ocean...

Dolan: Oyster Fate

A little lemon is nice with oysters, but Maria Dolan, writing for Slate, says that’s as close as acid should get to the popular shellfish. Reporting from local and national experts, Maria finds that increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide is not just changing the...