News tagged with raw sewage
Raw sewage: Home to millions of undescribed viruses
Biologists have described only a few thousand different viruses so far, but a new study reveals a vast world of unseen viral diversity that exists right under our noses. A paper to be published Tuesday, October 4 in the online ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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Giant China algae slick getting bigger: report
A floating expanse of green algae floating off China's eastern seaboard is growing and spreading further along the coast, state-run media has reported.
Jun 24, 2010 |
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3 million gallons of sewage enter Missouri river after city waits to repair sewer line
Kansas City Water Services workers decided to wait over the weekend before fixing a broken sewer line that eventually spilled 3 million gallons of raw sewage, officials said Tuesday.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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American team of scientists help protect Guatemala's Lake Atitlan
A team of scientists from the University of Nevada, Reno, DRI, Arizona State University and University of California, Davis has returned from a two-week expedition to Guatemala's tropical high-mountain Lake ...
Jun 22, 2010 |
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In '72, EPA battled pollution; now it's politics
(AP) -- A polluted drainage ditch that once flowed with industrial waste from Lake Charles, La., petrochemical plants teems with overgrown, wild plants today.
Apr 22, 2012 |
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Nearly 1 million gallons of runoff, raw sewage spills into San Francisco Bay
Signs were posted at several shorelines and parks in Richmond, Calif., warning that water might be contaminated with harmful bacteria after nearly 1 million gallons of runoff and raw sewage overflowed and spilled into San ...
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Catching a coral killer
Coral reefs play an important role in marine ecosystems, so it's concerning to scientists, as well as ocean conservationists, that many coral reefs around the world are in distress or dying off.
Dec 20, 2011 |
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