West Virginia has had its share of water woes. The latest came last week from a leaky chemical storage facility when MCHM, a little-studied chemical, contaminated the drinking water supply of …
Nitrate Monitoring in Real Time
Nitrate monitoring in real time along the Mississippi River basin helps determine the size of the annual dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico as well as how well efforts to reduce the dead zone are …
The High Cost of Storm Water Runoff
The affluent village of Winnetka, outside Chicago, needs a new storm water drainage system. Parts of the village are flooded regularly. The high price tag has some residents complaining. Winnetka …
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Far-Reaching Impact of Humans
Think globally, act locally. That environmental slogan popular in the eighties is still just as relevant as this author's visit to Alaska really …
Brands of the Great Pacific Garbage Dump
by Kali Wyrosdic Of the five different gyres existing in our oceans, each one is suspected of having its own floating garbage patch. The largest, and first to be discovered, was last estimated at …
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Collapsing Seas – An Infographic
The oceans make up about 70% of the Earth and support all life on the planet. There are so many issues of concern with the oceans today - overfishing, pollution, sea level rise - it's hard to keep it …