by Susan Keown | Mar 4, 2022 | ScienceWire
It’s an ecosystem that’s challenging for scientists to venture into, and it’s disappearing fast, writes James Gaines (@the_jmgaines) for Undark. Rather than a remote jungle or forbidding mountains, this ecosystem is the groundwater under our feet, and it’s home to...
by Chris Tachibana | Mar 28, 2018 | ScienceWire
Georgia and Florida are fighting, Roberta Kwok writes in Hakai. They’re battling over water. A multiyear investigation—and court case—is digging into what caused the collapse of the Apalachicola Bay ecosystem and the fish and oyster industries that depended on...
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 3, 2015 | ScienceWire
Jerry Joyce, Moon Joyce Resources, is an editor on “2015 State of the Sound: Report on the Puget Sound Vital Signs.” Supported by the Puget Sound Partnership and the Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program, this report, which includes a lovely...
by Chris Tachibana | Nov 2, 2014 | ScienceWire
In The Smithsonian, Priscilla Long (@pricillalong) gives us a tour of the Skagit River, a complex modern ecosystem. This natural wonder is also a commercial area, recreational spot, and site of a spectacular 2013 bridge accident. Priscilla takes us through all the...
by Chris Tachibana | Jul 3, 2013 | ScienceWire
An award-winning newspaper series from Linda Mapes with stunning photos by Steve Ringman is now Elwha: A River Reborn. This book, from the Seattle Times and Mountaineers Books describes a major dam-removal project in 2011 on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula that...
