Research aims to cool runoff to protect coldwater streams
(PhysOrg.com) -- The ocean of stormwater that flows off of the sun-baked urban landscape is packing heat, and trout are starting to feel it.
Environment
Sep 10, 2009
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Great Barrier Reef under serious threat: report
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in serious jeopardy as global warming and chemical runoff threaten to kill marine species and cause serious outbreaks of disease, a report warned Wednesday.
Environment
Sep 2, 2009
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Rapid changes in the winter climate
The Baltic Sea winter climate has changed more in the last 500 years than previously thought. Research at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, shows that our part of the world has experienced periods of both milder and colder ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 14, 2009
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GPS helps locate soil erosion pathways
Grassed waterways are placed in agricultural fields where runoff water tends to concentrate because they can substantially reduce soil erosion. Mapping techniques that help identify where erosion channels will likely form ...
Environment
Aug 13, 2009
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Waters along upper Atlantic seaboard the most pristine, report says
The nation's cleanest beachwaters are along the upper half of the Atlantic seaboard, in Virginia, Delaware and New Hampshire, a national environmental group said Wednesday.
Environment
Jul 30, 2009
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Water monitor eyes farm runoff in Gulf of Mexico
(AP) -- A clean water expert at Auburn University hopes a new project that enlists middle and high school students will help reduce farm runoff that is a growing pollution threat to the Gulf of Mexico.
Environment
Apr 10, 2009
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New method monitors critical bacteria in wastewater treatment
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a new technique using sensors to constantly monitor the health of bacteria critical to wastewater treatment facilities and have verified a theory that copper is vital to the proper ...
Feb 4, 2009
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