News tagged with ground water
'Green Clean:' Researchers Determining Natural Ways To Clean Contaminated Soil
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at North Carolina State University are working to demonstrate that trees can be used to degrade or capture fuels that leak into soil and ground water. Through a process called ...
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Sustainable landscape design for your property can be easier than you may think
Making your property more sustainable is a trend that seems to get more interest from homeowners every year. Many small changes can greatly improve sustainability and can be fairly simple to do, according to an Iowa State ...
May 03, 2011 |
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Critics: Burial site for Hudson PCBs is inadequate
(AP) -- Later this month, the first trainloads of PCB-tainted sludge dredged from the Hudson River will arrive and, in the eyes of critics, will turn a stretch of West Texas into New York's "pay toilet."
Jun 22, 2009 |
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Polish report: shale gas extraction not harmful
(AP) -- A scientific study in Poland has found that shale gas extraction at one site produced some toxic refuse but that the waste was reused and didn't harm the environment.
Mar 02, 2012 |
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Hungry mosquitoes fly farther than you think
How far does a mosquito fly? Harry Boerema wants to know.
Nov 14, 2011 |
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Tropical storms endure over wet land, fizzle over dry
(PhysOrg.com) -- If it has already rained, it's going to continue to pour, according to a Purdue University study of how ocean-origin storms behave when they come ashore.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Aug 26, 2009 |
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