News items from Eutrophication News

This article points to an example of when low oxygen levels in coastal waters-potentially caused or aggravated by nutrient pollution and eutrophication-can coincide with natural conditions and marine biological events to result in mass fish die-offs in ecologically and economically crucial species

A counter-argument to an article form earlier this week, which mentions an apparent benefit to phosphorous pollution remediation efforts in Dal lake provided by the high productivity of invasive Azolla plants

A followup to an article from two weeks ago, concerning the outflow of phosphor-gypsum point-source nutrient pollution from Poland's Vistula River into the Baltic Sea

This article is mostly devoted towards advocating local government assistance in the management and control of populations of invasive species on Dal Lake in Kashmir, India. However, at several points it highlights the potential correlation that exists between nutrient pollution and the advent of exotic invasive plants in this high-altitude lake that may aggravate eutrophic conditions.

A article outlining the specific details of agricultural nutrient pollution management and watershed conservation initiatives included-and at risk of excision- in the currently-vetted United States Congress farm bill.

This article touches on the correlational factors-both nutrient pollution and climate change-driven- that can simultaneously contribute to the increasing frequency of algal blooms in key, sensitive freshwater habitats worldwide

A followup to the previous article, concerning the toxicity and potential environmental damage caused by copper sulfate-based algaecides when applied to lakes and ponds on the grounds of golf courses

This article is included today not because it covers a topic related meaningfully to the environmental harm of algal blooms caused by nutrient pollution, nor because it concerns any significant efforts to staunch nitrogen or phosphorous-fed nutrient pollution at its sources. Instead, it serves as a good warning as to the general lack of concern among professionals involved in the golfing/golf course maintenance industries for the environmental harm caused to local watersheds by their land management practices. In fact, this article mostly serves as a product advertisement for a particular brand of copper-sulfide based algaecide, which can be applied to eutrophic ponds and lakes in order to kill apparently unsightly algal blooms. Rather than address the overuse of chemical fertilizers as the main cause for these algal blooms, they would rather spend time, energy and money adding additional toxic compounds to their local watersheds as a stopgap means of preventing eutrophic algal blooms

A followup to the previous article, concerning the toxicity and potential environmental damage caused by copper sulfate-based algaecides when applied to lakes and ponds on the grounds of golf courses