Back in June, when there was no end in sight to the oil gushing from the Deepwater Horizon well, President Barack Obama promised to deal with an even longer-term problem: the deterioration of gulf coast ecosystems.
We clarified how sake brewing in these areas benefited from their proximity to the coast (the ecosystem service).
For example, 35 indicators were defined for coast pelagic ecosystems, but only five were documented per municipality on average, which suggests that there is a huge margin for improvement in routine surveys in this major ecosystem.
Nitrogen inputs to typical Pacific coast forest ecosystems include atmospheric deposition and biological nitrogen fixation.
The Gulf coast's economic ecosystem is built around energy, seafood and tourism, and for at least two the prospects are not bad (see article).
In Barranquilla, on the Caribbean coast, the startup ecosystem revolves around Koombea and its charismatic founder, Jonathan Tarud.
The overturned rig is unrelated to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico that threatens the coast's fragile ecosystem.
Three quarters of the US haddock catch now comes from within 5km of a marine reserve off the New England coast: by protecting the ecosystem, the reserve has boosted the value of the fishery.
(3) How can the impact of pollution in watersheds on the sea be better measured, particularly near the coast and in all ecosystem compartments, from plankton to people? .
The 1999 California Marine Life Protection Act mandates a system of marine protected areas along the California coast to support marine ecosystem diversity and stability.
By taking the proximity limitations from an otherwise sound idea and reversing them macro-syle, Microsoft opens up the Zune experience to everyone, making the ecosystem reach from coast-to-coast.
