It can be easy to assume that the vast stretches of desert in southeastern Utah and southwestern Colorado are mostly barren landscapes—but in truth, the sagebrush-strewn Colorado Plateau is awash with treasure.
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2022
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Spreading wastewater, or brine, from conventional oil and gas wells on unpaved roads is a longstanding practice for suppressing dust, which can become a breathing and visibility hazard during warmer months. Common in several ...
Environment
May 27, 2022
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Mountain spring water is often touted as the cleanest water you can drink. But a new study from the University of Georgia revealed this isn't the case.
Earth Sciences
Dec 20, 2021
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Computational models of air quality have long been used to shed light on pollution control efforts in the United States and Europe, but the tools have not found widespread adoption in Latin America. New work from North Carolina ...
Environment
Mar 9, 2021
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At the least, wastewater from oil and gas drilling should be treated in a waste treatment facility before it is used on dirt roads to suppress dust or deice roads. At the best, affordable, nontoxic dust suppressants should ...
Environment
May 30, 2018
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Lava that's threatening rural communities on Hawaii's Big Island has stalled.
Earth Sciences
Sep 22, 2014
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Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues to move slowly through a vacant lot in a rural subdivision.
Earth Sciences
Sep 17, 2014
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Muddy, unpaved roads and doors with high thresholds. Operating a wheelchair in a developing country is a challenge. In their degree project for Industrial Design Engineering, Chalmers students Erik Ohlson and Christian Bremer ...
Engineering
Aug 22, 2013
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A Kansas State University graduate student sees the unpaved road ahead, and it's filled with biomaterial.
Materials Science
Jan 10, 2012
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