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- Ancient fish traps in a Vancouver Island estuary https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/the-ingenious-ancient-technology-concealed-in-the-shallows/ 9 comments
- Estuaries, the ‘nurseries of the sea’, are disappearing fast https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/apr/24/estuaries-the-nurseries-of-the-sea-are-disappearing-fast 28 comments worldnews
- Humans have converted at least 250,000 acres of estuaries to cities and farms in last 35 years, study finds https://phys.org/news/2024-04-humans-acres-estuaries-cities-farms.html 3 comments environment
- Worldwide over the past 35 years, dams and land reclamation activities converted 250,000 acres of estuary — an area roughly 17 times the size of Manhattan — to urban land or agricultural fields, with most land conversion and estuary loss in rapidly developing countries, https://news.agu.org/press-release/humans-converted-at-least-250000-acres-of-estuaries-to-cities-farms-in-last-35-years/ 4 comments science
- The houting, a fish species that lived in North Sea estuaries and is officially extinct, turns out to be alive and well https://www.uva.nl/en/shared-content/faculteiten/en/faculteit-der-natuurwetenschappen-wiskunde-en-informatica/news/2023/10/extinct-fish-is-alive-and-well.html 23 comments science
- Canada geese are being euthanized to promote wild rice restoration in a Lake Superior estuary. Animal Protection groups oppose. https://www.wpr.org/canada-geese-euthanized-wild-rice-restoration-lake-superior 6 comments environment
- Climate change has caused a shift in dominant seagrass species in largest U.S. estuary, bringing new threats but also management opportunities https://whro.org/news/local-news/38728-there-s-a-new-dominant-seagrass-in-the-chesapeake-bay 2 comments science
- The Dutch public health institute RIVM has warned people who go fishing to sharply reduce their consumption of fish, shrimp, oysters and mussels caught in the Westerschelde estuary. Last year it emerged that 3M in Belgium was flushing thousands of kilos of PFAS into the river https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/05/health-body-says-avoid-eating-fish-shrimp-caught-in-the-westerschelde/ 4 comments environment
- The Dutch public health institute RIVM has warned people who go fishing to sharply reduce their consumption of fish, shrimp, oysters and mussels caught in the Westerschelde estuary. Last year it emerged that 3M in Belgium was flushing thousands of kilos of PFAS into the river https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2022/05/health-body-says-avoid-eating-fish-shrimp-caught-in-the-westerschelde/ 19 comments worldnews
- Small particles from tires inhibited the growth and caused adverse behavioral changes in organisms found in freshwater and coastal estuary ecosystems, two new Oregon State University studies found. Tire particles are one of the most common microplastic types in aquatic ecosystems. https://today.oregonstate.edu/news/tiny-tire-particles-inhibit-growth-organisms-freshwater-coastal-estuaries-studies-find 113 comments science
- Critically endangered six-foot tope sharks found in Thames estuary https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/critically-endangered-six-foot-tope-sharks-found-in-thames-estuary-ztvhvwfh7 2 comments upliftingnews
- A lost narwhal got adopted by a pod of beluga whales in the St Lawrence Estuary 🐳 https://baleinesendirect.org/en/with-the-belugas-and-a-narwhal/ 4 comments nature
- Estuaries are warming at twice the rate of oceans and atmosphere. A 12-year study of 166 estuaries in south-east Australia shows that the waters of lakes, creeks, rivers and lagoons increased 2.16 degrees in temperature and increased acidity. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-04/uos-eaw040920.php 3 comments science
- A European court has ruled that the UK has not been properly protecting its declining population of harbour porpoises. EU law required the UK to create special sites for the protection of these animals, which live in coastal areas and near the mouths of estuaries. https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/porpoises-uk-endangered-conservation-zones-ocean-eu-european-court-a8589721.html 4 comments worldnews
- The vast majority of Europe’s rivers, lakes and estuaries have failed to meet minimum ecological standards for habitat degradation and pollution, according to a damning new report. Only 40% of waterways surveyed were in a good ecological state – with England one of the worst offenders. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/jul/03/most-of-europes-rivers-and-lakes-fail-water-quality-tests-report 3 comments worldnews
- Sixty years ago the Thames Estuary was regarded as "biologically dead" and largely devoid of wildlife. But, in recent years seals have returned to the Thames as well as to the coastal and low-lying lands bordering the estuary. Last year, scientists recorded more than 3,500 harbour and grey seals. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-44647967 73 comments worldnews
- Acres of shellfish die in Auckland estuary smothered by mud discharged from building sites - "The mullet no longer fly, the stingrays are few & soon shore birds will follow." It's "the most brazen case of violation of the most highly protected area you can get under NZ law". http://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2018/05/acres-of-shellfish-dead-in-north-auckland-estuary.html 917 comments worldnews
- New Year's revellers build sandcastle in Coromandel estuary to avoid liquor ban https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/100275008/new-years-revellers-build-sandcastle-in-coromandel-estuary-to-avoid-liquor-ban 3 comments nottheonion
- New Year's revellers build sandcastle in Coromandel estuary to avoid liquor ban https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/100275008/new-years-revellers-build-sandcastle-in-coromandel-estuary-to-avoid-liquor-ban?=cid.facebook.post.100275008 5 comments nottheonion
- More than 300,000 tonnes of “radioactive” mud, some of it the toxic byproduct of Britain’s atomic weapons programme, will be dredged and dumped in the Severn estuary just over a mile from Cardiff. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/14/hinkley-point-radioactive-mud-dumped-cardiff-severn-estuary 101 comments worldnews
- Greenpeace activists board ship carrying 1000s of Volkswagen diesel cars in Thames Estuary https://www.rt.com/uk/404058-greenpeace-board-ship-volkswagen/ 7 comments worldnews
- The proposed EPA budget calls for a 93% reduction in the Puget Sound estuary program. A cut of 26 million dollars. http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2017/03/here_are_42_of_president_donal.html 23 comments politics
- South Korea seized two Chinese fishing boats near the Han River Estuary - the crews allegedly resisted aggressively, pelting the South Korean military police vessels with rocks and fishing equipment http://www.globalpost.com/article/6776088/2016/06/14/3rd-ld-s-korea-seizes-two-chinese-fishing-boats-neutral-waters-military 8 comments worldnews
- Protesters from some of the poorest communities in Ecuador took to the streets and to social media Tuesday – World Water Day, in order to demand that multinational Veolia stops dumping raw sewage into the Saldo Estuary of the littoral city of Guayaquil where they live. http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/veolia-dumps-sewage-in-ecuador-poor-communities-say-activists-20160322-0042.html 25 comments worldnews
- The herbicide Glyphosate affects nitrification in the Elbe estuary, Germany http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2015eguga..1713076s 22 comments europe
- Experts Arrive to Help Barehanded Children Clean Up Massive Bangladeshi Oil Spill - The estuary was protected as a sanctuary for rare dolphin species, but that designation didn't prevent oil spreading at least 40 miles, deep into the area’s mangroves, shorelines, & wetlands. http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2014/12/24/3606793/experts-to-help-children-clean-mangrove-oil-spill/ 6 comments worldnews
- Photos capture the disgusting reality of Florida’s water pollution If these images don't convince Congress that Florida's estuaries are in serious trouble, nothing will http://www.salon.com/2013/10/02/photos_capture_the_disgusting_reality_of_floridas_water_pollution/ 13 comments politics
- Coovam River Estuary http://www.flickr.com/photos/rpadmanabhan/6798072436/ 5 comments india
- U.S. wants own aircraft carrier in the Thames Estuary during Olympics http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1325224/us-want-aircraft-carrier-thames-estuary-london-olympics-2012.html 4 comments reddit.com
- WWII wreck in the Thames Estuary packed with explosives is a timebomb waiting to go off http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/uss_richard_montgomery 4 comments reddit.com