Climate change is making oceans more acidic globally. Now, scientists are finding that large storms can send pulses of acidic water into bays and estuaries, further stressing fish and shellfish.
While the Clean Water Act effectively targeted “point sources” of pollution, such as factories and sewage plants, it didn’t include strong controls for “non-point sources,” such as farm field runoff.
A plan to restore Florida's Everglades was expected to be completed in 30 years at a cost of less than $8 billion. But three decades in, the Army Corps faces an exploding price tag and unfinished business.
