Browsing Aquatic News Index by Subject "Pollution effects"
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Melting Greenland ice threatens to expose Cold War waste
September 27, 2016 , on page A6)A network of tunnels under the snow contained everything from research facilities to a hospital, a cinema and a church — all powered by a small, portable nuclear reactor. The pollutants left behind include PCBs used in ... -
Oil can cause risky behavior in reef fish
July 20, 2017 , on page B5)Coral reef fish are more likely to engage in risky behavior and be unable to identify predators if they swim in waters contaminated with petroleum-based oil, researchers said. Concentrations equivalent to only “a couple ... -
Rice to riches: Vietnam’s farmer gamble of shrimp
August 10, 2017 , on page B4)The Mekong Delta, long renowned as the “rice bowl of Vietnam”, is now also home to a multi-billion-dollar shrimp industry and burgeoning numbers of farmers are building fortunes from the small crustaceans. The shrimp bonanza ...