It's within our reach to end water poverty. What would it take? Water poverty is a catchall term used to refer to a lack of access to clean water for drinking, washing, and bathing, and it includes a …
Saving the Earth's Water Supply – A Live Chat with Science Magazine
Science Magazine sponsors live chats on important scientific topics and this week the topic is “Saving the Earth's Water Supply”. As regular readers of this blog know, only one percent of Earth's …
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Aqualibrium – Aquaponics on a Home Scale
The Aqualibrium Garden offers apartment dwellers and homeowners with limited outdoor growing space or season a chance to grow their own food with an aquaponics system that fits with most …
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New Island Forms Off Coast of Pakistan
A new island formed off the coast of Pakistan in the Arabian Sea last week. The island showed up suddenly after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Pakistan. Scientists said the island likely formed from …
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What Is a Dead Zone?
The USGS recently announced they are monitoring nitrates in real time to help study dead zones. What is a dead zone and why does it matter? A dead zone is an area of a water body that contains very …
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 …