The near-bottom water in the U.S. Northeast continental shelf provides a critical cold-water habitat for the rich regional ...

There’s nothing quite like taking a dip in the ocean in the summertime. Sand, sunshine and the smell of salt water are practically staples when the weather gets warm. The only thing that’s ...

Crawfish specialist Todd Fontenot with the LSU AgCenter said the recent drought Louisiana experienced is causing salinity levels to rise in the surface water used for crawfish farms and rice fields.

They also are capable of automatically descending to a depth of 6,560 feet (2,000 meters), drifting for ten days, and then returning to the surface while recording temperature, salinity, and other ...

The vast majority—97 percent—of the earth’s water is salt water found in our oceans. Another two percent is stored in ice caps or glaciers. That leaves just one percent of all water on earth for ...

The roots of the baby lettuce plants were on damp soil but couldn’t take any water because of high salinity levels. Boelts knew he had to irrigate to push the salts back down, far from the roots.

“Lots of anxiety is building up.” As salt water makes its way upriver, displacing the Mississippi’s fresh water, it threatens municipal drinking water. If salt water stays in the region for ...

Languages: English. You can get in touch with Robyn by emailing [email protected] The Great Salt Lake's water level rose half way to a healthy point after a particularly wet year in Utah ...