Featured The EPA Has a New Tool For Mapping Where Pollution and Poverty Intersect (Heather Hansman – Smithsonian, 7/14/2015) “Open up the Environmental Protection Agency’s new EJSCREEN tool, click into the map and pull up your neighborhood. Are you exposed to higher then average amounts of particulate matter? Or are you close to bunch of Superfund sites ridden with hazardous…
Happy Shark Awareness Week! Have you ever been curious about sharks in the region? The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, off the Texas coast, is host to a variety of sharks. The Sandbar Shark is a regular visitor at Stetson Bank, but you may also see Nurse Sharks, Scalloped Hammerhead Sharks, and even Whale Sharks on any visit to…
Featured New A&M research ship to unlock Gulf secrets (Harvey Rice – Houston Chronicle, 7/8/2015) “The erosion-prone beaches in front of the Galveston seawall could be a little sandier thanks to the arrival of a new research vessel at Texas A&M University at Galveston. The R/V Trident that hove into the Texas A&M boat basin a week ago will allow…