[ Your Name ] would like to inform you about this article on Complexity Digest 2008.48 - 13 http://comdig.unam.mx/index.php?id_issue=2008.48#31645 27-Nov-2008 [ Your Message ] PDF files of our annual editions are available at http://www.comdig.de/AnnualEditions.html A letter from Gottfried Mayer to our readers and friends is at http://www.comdig.de/GMLetter.html Sea Level Rise Alters Bay's Salinity, Innovations-report Excerpts: While global-warming-induced coastal flooding moves populations inland, the changes in sea level will affect the salinity of estuaries, which influences aquatic life, fishing and recreation. Researchers (...) how changes in sea level may have affected the salinity of various parts of the estuary. "The Chesapeake is very large, the largest estuary in the U.S. and it is very productive," says (...). "It has been the site of many large fisheries and supported many fishermen. A lot of money has gone into cleaning up the bay and reducing nutrient and sediment inputs. Climate change might make this work easier, or it could make it harder." (...) Source: Sea Level Rise Alters Bay's Salinity[ http://www.innovations-report.com/html/reports/earth_sciences/sea_level_rise_alters_bay_039_s_salinity_123041.html ], Innovations-report, 2008/11/24 Contributed by Pritha Das - prithadas01yahoo.com You can discuss this article on Articles Forum http://comdig.unam.mx/topic.php?id_article=31645