For decades, the US seriously pursued the idea of ‘peaceful nuclear explosions.’
- Chair of the Department of Science, Technology, and Society, Rochester Institute of Technology
The Erie Canal solidified New York’s reputation as the Empire State, but it also opened up an expressway for invasive species to reach the Great Lakes.
NOAA’s work has kept fisheries from collapsing, helped coastal ecosystems survive extreme heat and battled invasive species, among many other tasks essential to coastal economies.
According to a new UN report, invasive species do more than US$423 billion in damage worldwide every year. Four articles explore examples, from mollusks to poisonous fish.
Pour réduire et prévenir les dommages provoqués par les moules zébrées, il faut comprendre que les activités anthropiques sont la cause première de ces invasions biologiques.
Zebra and quagga mussels entered the Great Lakes in large ships’ ballast water. Now, local boaters and anglers are spreading them into the southern and western US.
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