Oil Spills
This web site describes how oil spills are dealt with, and how the damage from oil spills is repaired. The site also has an image gallery of major oil spills.
Visit the Responding to Oil Spills web site
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Exxon Valdez
This 1989 oil spill which occurred in Alaska's Prince William Sound received tremendous worldwide media coverage. This web site discusses the impacts of the spill and the restoration efforts.
Visit the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council web site
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Bioremediation of Oil Spills
This short article descibes what bioremediation is and how it works on pollution. It also provides links to other sites on bioremediation and oil spills.
Visit the Environmental Inquiry web site
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New England Fishery Management
Can the New England fisheries recover? This web site provides a history of the New England fishing industry.
Visit the Brief History of the Groundfishing Industry of New England web site
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Sea Level Rise
What will happen as the sea level rises? The CfA web site offers answers. How does sea level rise affect agriculture and populations? The second website provides a report form the UN's Food and Agriculture department.
Visit the Hazards of Sea Level Rise web site
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Red Tide (And Other Harmful Algal Blooms)
The Adverse Impacts and Human Illness sections of this web site clearly show how red tides influence humans. Use the maps to find out how close you are to red tide outbreaks.
Visit the The Harmful Algae Page web site
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Red Tide (And Other Harmful Algal Blooms)
ECOHAB Pacific Northwest describes a 5-year project to study the physiology, toxicology, ecology and oceanography of toxic Pseudo-nitzschia species off the Pacific Northwest coast. Beach and harvest closures resulting from the Pseudo-nitzschia blooms have a severe economic impact on both coastal economies and on tribal communities. Click on Cruises for reports on research cruises and photos of researcher at sea.
Visit the ECOHAB Pacific Northwest web site
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