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 …
Protect Your Groundwater
Protect Your Groundwater Day only happens once a year, but it's important to understand how we impact groundwater all year long. According to the National Groundwater Association, 99 percent of …
Freezing Fukushima
With the radiation still leaking from the Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant, the owners have come up with a plan to stop radioactive water from making it to the ocean – freezing it. 72,000 gallons of …
Support for Keystone XL Pipeline Fading
The political support behind the Keystone XL pipeline seems to be fading. Information about the consulting firm that produced the environmental impact statement on the pipeline indicates they were …
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Ground Water Near Natural Gas Wells Has Higher Concentrations of Heavy Metals
A new study by the University of Texas at Arlington has found higher concentrations of heavy metals in ground water near natural gas wells. Associate Professor Kevin Schug of the Department of …
Fukushima Leaking Radioactive Materials into Ocean
This week, TEPCO confirmed what everyone else has known for a while: the Fukushima Daichi nuclear plant is leaking radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. Earlier this month, Japan's Nuclear …
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