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Report finds rise in ER visits following heavy rainfall
Posted: April 14, 2015Consumers whose drinking water can be contaminated by the release of untreated wastewater after heavy rains face increased risk for gastrointestinal illness, according to a report in the journal Environmental Health…
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The importance of oceanic phytoplankton
Posted: April 14, 2015Do you have any idea just how many organizims are in seawater? Not the fish you can see, but the microscopic organizims you cant see?Dip a beaker into any portion…
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Warmer Waters Threaten Future of Traditional Fish and Chips
Posted: April 13, 2015Popular North Sea fish such as haddock, plaice and lemon sole could be replaced on the menus of the nation’s fish and chip shops as the seas around the UK…
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Fungi thrived in flooded Colorado homes months after waters receded
Posted: April 13, 2015Basements that flooded after heavy rains deluged the Colorado Front Range in September 2013 had higher levels of airborne mold and other fungi months after the waters receded compared with…
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Combined sewer systems and heavy rainfall not healthy
Posted: April 13, 2015Emergency hospital admissions rise following heavy rainfall after a new study found consumers’ drinking water can be contaminated by the release of untreated wastewater, increasing the risk for gastrointestinal illness."Combined"…
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The impact levees have on groundwater recharge
Posted: April 12, 2015Strange as it sounds, flood control can be part of the solution to managing California’s droughts. University of California scientists have shown that making more room for floodwaters can improve…
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Record low snowpacks in Southwest is bad news for water supplies
Posted: April 11, 2015Nine states report record low snowpacks. A report from the US Department of Agriculture states, “the largest snowpack deficits are in record territory for many basins,especially in the Cascades and Sierra Nevada…
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New strategy will help save declining ape population
Posted: April 10, 2015The number of gorillas and chimpanzees in Central Africa continues to decline due to poaching, habitat loss and disease according to a new plan published by WWF, International Union for…
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Mercury levels in Arctic birds found increasing over the past 130 years
Posted: April 10, 2015Alarm bells are ringing for Arctic wildlife with the discovery that mercury levels in the feathers of ivory gulls have increased almost 50-fold. University of Saskatchewan biologists studied the feathers of museum specimens spanning a…
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How can we improve plant growth?
Posted: April 10, 2015Supercomputers and genetic engineering could help boost crops’ ability to convert sunlight into energy and tackle looming food shortages, according to a team of researchers. Photosynthesis is far from its theoretical…
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