Celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Endangered Species Act by getting to know some of the threatened and endangered species found in the waters of the southeastern United States.
Threatened and Endangered Species of the Southeastern United States
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UW Researchers Will Develop Gene Editing Therapy to Treat Blindness
With new support from the National Institutes of Health, a team of researchers at the Wisconsin Institute for Discovery will lead drug therapeutics testing for two diseases known to cause blindness.
Twenty Species of Sea Lettuce Found Along the Coasts
The number of species of the green alga sea lettuce in the Baltic Sea region and Skagerak and is much larger than what was previously known.
NOAA Forecasts Below-Average Summer ‘Dead Zone’ in Gulf of Mexico
A team of scientists including a University of Michigan aquatic ecologist is forecasting a summer “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico that will cover an estimated 4,155 square miles, which is below the 5,364-square-mile average over the 36-year history of dead zone measurements in the region.
Rain Gardens Help Keep Pollutants Out of Waterways
As water runs down roofs, over driveways and patios and off other impervious surfaces, it might pick up pollutants as it flows directly into streams, wetlands, lakes and groundwater aquifers.
Advancing Material Innovation to Address the Polymer Waste Crisis
Products made from polymers — ranging from plastic bags to clothing to cookware to electronics — provide many comforts and support today’s standard of living, but since they do not decompose easily, they pose long-term environmental challenges.
