The Colorado River is a lifeblood for the U.S. Southwest that provides tap water for some 40 million people and irrigation for 2.6 million acres of crops in seven states and Mexico.
Earth Sciences
Nov 2, 2023
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Massive wildfires in Canada, Greece and Hawaii. All-time record heat waves. Hurricanes with surprising ferocity, like the one that devastated Acapulco last week.
Earth Sciences
Nov 1, 2023
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The world's largest dam removal and restoration project currently underway on the Klamath River in Oregon and California will aid salmon populations that have been devastated by disease and other factors. However, it will ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2023
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One West Virginia University researcher is working to protect the communities and economies often affected when companies move in to harness a region's natural resources.
Ecology
Oct 31, 2023
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Called by the sound of flowing water and ample trees, a family of beavers have moved into Carkeek Park, building a series of dams along the mouth of Pipers Creek.
Plants & Animals
Oct 31, 2023
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In a Finnish study, significant differences in the gene activity of the fetal intestine, brain and placenta were identified, depending on the microbes in the mother's body and the compounds produced by them. The findings ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 20, 2023
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The drought plaguing the Amazon is a worrying portrait of the climate challenges facing the world. The combination of the El Niño phenomenon and anthropogenic climate change has played a significant role in accentuating ...
Earth Sciences
Oct 18, 2023
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At first, the dead floated downstream a few at a time. Then they came by the hundreds, and then the thousands.
Ecology
Oct 9, 2023
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There is a growing call among researchers, funding bodies and developers to integrate considerations of ecological connectivity in environmental assessments (EAs) of proposed development projects. This refers to the degree ...
Environment
Sep 19, 2023
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The bank of screens in Ismail Aydin's Istanbul water management system control room flashes a worrying number: 29.7 percent.
Environment
Sep 1, 2023
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