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Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges
Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges The Clean … Archives June 29, 2022 Great Lakes Echo Dr. … could survive; and excessive nutrient loads fueled runaway algal growth in Lake Erie. Over his long life, Trautman …
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How Lyme disease became unstoppable
… disease, and the deadly Powassan virus disease, which can cause encephalitis and has a case fatality rate of … it flows into Long Island Sound, with estuary areas and lakes and rivers. And it is wooded, second-generation wooded … north. And as Ostfeld has stated in interviews with other publications, it is likely doing the same for the …
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Mohonk Lake is getting warmer and more stagnant with climate change
… warmer and more stagnant with climate change Lakes around the world are getting warmer, which is bad news … changes in water temperature shift in-lake processes that can affect the health of the system. Understanding how lake … can help us manage things like fish kills and harmful algal blooms. When a lake remains stratified for longer …
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Dosing the coast: Baltimore County’s leaky pipes are medicating the Chesapeake Bay
… problem that is poorly quantified. Mixtures of drugs in lakes, rivers, and streams can disrupt animal biology and behavior, algal growth, and other ecological processes – with …
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What’s killing giant tropical trees? With $1.7M in awards, a Cary-led team aims to find out
… and giant trees are likely at risk, too — which could be a huge problem for climate change. With a $1.45 … when, where, and why do these giant trees die, so that we can start managing forests appropriately and helping them … research sites, mapping the canopy’s 3D structure and photosynthetic activity in order to spot when a giant tree …
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Road salt: Protecting China’s drivers, but at what cost?
… drivers, but at what cost? Salting roads can make winter driving safer, but its corrosive impacts on … chlorides) are almost one-tenth the cost, and are tend to be used on regular roads. But their corrosive effect on cars … the salt can wash into the surrounding soil, as well as lakes and streams, possibly contaminating reservoirs and …
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Road salt pollution in many US lakes could stabilize at or below EPA thresholds
Road salt pollution in many US lakes could stabilize at or below EPA thresholds … Limnology and Oceanography Letters concludes that if we can hold steady or decrease road salt use, levels in many … “For the majority of US lakes, road salt pollution could be a solvable problem, if we put our minds to it,” said …
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Atrazine
… to control weeds at planting time. Atrazine affects the photosynthetic mechanism in plants, but its molecular … decomposed by soil microbes within days, a certain fraction can persist for years, accounting for its persistence in … the greatest influence with regulators. The frogs may be speaking to us, but who speaks for the frogs? …
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Troubling waters: Antiviral medications in wastewater may drive resistance in bat-borne viruses
… Antiviral medications are our first line of defense and can help our bodies fight off these infections, but a paper … concerns about whether those treatments will continue to be effective in the future. Published in April in … about 5% of those residuals, discharging the rest into lakes and rivers. In many parts of the world, wastewater …
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Dr. David L. Strayer
… which humans affect the Earth’s ecosystems. Strayer has been involved in much research in this area, particularly … by removing tiny particles from the water. These animals can have large, pervasive effects on aquatic ecosystems. … of species and ecosystems. In addition to his scientific publications, Strayer has written several dozen essays for …
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