Here's a clever idea for water storage – and cheap, too! With cutbacks all the rage in government these days, new water reservoirs aren't likely to built soon, even though many places need them. …
The Week in Water: Dec 10-16
The Week in Water brings you a roundup of interesting developments to make blue living easier. Turning Cattails into Fuel - Lake Winnipeg is so polluted that it can't be used for drinking water. …
Groasis – Making Water Last
Some arid regions have a surprisingly high amount of precipitation, but it all falls in a short period of time. The challenge is collecting this water and delivering it to plants over a longer time …
Rain Causes Earthquakes
Rain causes earthquakes? That's what a recent study examining heavy precipitation events and the timing of major earthquakes concludes. Researchers at the University of Miami found that major …
Tuna Stocks and Overfishing: Is It Too Late?
A new study indicates that some fisheries have not been overfished – yet. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study looks at fish populations of twenty-six …
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Missouri Drinking Water Systems Fail to Test
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (DNR) released a list of 23 water systems that chronically fail to perform required bacteriological testing. The water systems listed have had at least …
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Coca-Cola in the National Park System
When the National Park Service (NPS) decided to ban the sale of bottled water at concessions in the Grand Canyon, it was hailed as a smart way to reduce solid waste in the park. But according to a …
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Cleaning Up La Brea Tar Pits
La Brea Tar Pits outside Los Angeles is famous for the prehistoric animals trapped in the tar. The natural oil seep has been a boon to paleontologists looking to study the fauna of the last ice age as …
About Clean Air and Water Regulations, Business Says One Thing to Legislators, Another to Investors
Businesses are saying one thing to legislators and another to investors concerning clean air and clean water regulations. An Associated Press report examined the testimony given by large and small …
EU Says Water Does Not Prevent Dehydration
In a ruling last week, European Union (EU) officials announced that there is no proof that water prevents dehydration. The ruling means that manufacturers who sell bottled water in the EU are not …
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Help Save the Frogs Win $250,000
Save the Frogs, a nonprofit organization dedicated to amphibian conservation, is competing for $250,000 in the Chase Community Giving Contest. Save the Frogs is involved in many projects to improve …
Menhaden: Tiny Fish, Big Impact
Menhaden is a tiny fish with a big impact on the ecosystem. Because of recent overfishing, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission recommended a change in the amount of catch allowed this year …
Target to Sell Only Sustainable Traceable Fish by 2015
Discount retailer Target announced they will sell only sustainable, traceable fish by 2015. Target will work with FishWise, a nonprofit marine conservation group, to find out where the seafood comes …
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EPA Investigating Effect of Fracking on Drinking Water
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is investigating the effect of fracking drinking water. Fracking, short for hydraulic fracturing, is a technique used by oil and gas drilling companies to …
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Glines Canyon Dam Removal (Video)
The Glines Canyon Dam is coming down. The dam has been blocking the natural water flow of the Elwha River and salmon migration route for a century. The Elwha River runs through Olympic National Park. …
Another Pacific Salmon Found with Infectious Salmon Anemia
A third Pacific salmon has been found with infectious salmon anemia. Until the recent finding of two wild Pacific salmon with infectious salmon anemia, the virus has only been found in the Atlantic …
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Aral Sea Fisheries Return
A dike built to separate the Northern Aral Sea from the Southern Aral Sea has restored enough of the ecosystem that the fisheries have rebounded. There's still a long way to go, but it's a good …
Record Floods in Thailand
While much of the United States continues with extreme droughts, huge swaths of Asia are struggling with record rains. The Thailand floods in September and October of 2011 are some of the worst the …
Feast and Famine in the Great Lakes
The ecology of the Great Lakes has been struggling for many years. Parts of them are dead and others are dying. “Feast and Famine in the Great Lakes” examines the reasons why. A new report …
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Irrigation Raises Sea Levels
A new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters indicates that irrigation raises sea levels. The scientists calculated that irrigation and the subsequent runoff into the oceans …
Elwha River Restoration
The Elwha River Restoration ends one hundred years of hydropower and restores the river to its natural state. The Elwha River runs through Olympic National Park. The removal of the Elwha and Glines …
Removing Arsenic from Drinking Water with Trash
In a nice example of upcycling, chemists at Monmouth University have developed a method for removing arsenic from drinking water with discarded plastic bottles. Arsenic can enter drinking water from …
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Saving Coral Reefs – Live Chat with Science
More than 100 million people depend on coral reefs for food. Even so, overfishing of algae-eating fish and pollution have caused many reefs to decline or die out altogether. What can be done about it? …
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