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July: Stay cool
… heat much faster than air. This explains why you cool down so much faster in a cool lake than in cool air. … of our deep lakes may be pleasantly cool in July, but their bottom waters are downright cold. The deep waters of both … into the rest of the lake, and the whole lake warms from top to bottom. If the lake is deep enough, though, …
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Mohonk Lake is getting warmer and more stagnant with climate change
… is more dense than warm water, so cold water sinks to the bottom of lakes. This creates an invisible divide that … to microbial decomposers that use oxygen when they break down dead plants and animals. Water that is low in oxygen … Mohonk Lake is a headwater lake situated on top of a rocky ridge. Since it sits above farmland and …
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Destroyed habitat creates the perfect conditions for coronavirus to emerge
… Asian cities. It took a day by canoe and then many hours down degraded forest logging roads passing Baka villages and … into and within cities — calls for an overhaul of current approaches to urban planning and development.” The bottom line, Bird says, is to be prepared. “We can’t …
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To Be Equitable, US Urban Green Infrastructure Planning Must Transform
… cities use green infrastructure to comply with storm water regulations in the Clean Water Act. Significant investments … real value to our cities. To realize the potential of these approaches to minimize hazards and benefit all communities, … of the Urban Systems Lab. More details and other project publications can be found at www.giequity.org . …
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Herd immunity
… experiment. Imagine if every person on the planet could sit down, at least six feet from each other, and not move for 14 … of any vaccine will take time. 3) Combine these two approaches This is the path most countries around the … infect others, but those cases could be easily tracked down and managed. There is another option, and that is to …
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Fifty-year-old law proves we can address environmental challenges
… named for Trautman went extinct. It was a long way down for Ohio from the earliest Europeans’ descriptions of … The velocity is negligible, and sludge accumulates on the bottom. Animal life does not exist.” The Ohio EPA also … people into the Hudson River, where concentrations of fecal bacteria were far too high for safe swimming or fishing. …
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Caught on Camera: Our Wildlife Neighbors
… we're looking at deer without antlers. Look closely at the top photo. This was taken in September. Now we can start to … is limited. Ear-back, stiff-leg postures and aggressive approaches signal one animal to avoid the other, otherwise … of flash that the product produces. Cameras have come way down in price in recent years, some are selling for less …
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Strategies for achieving equitable green infrastructure in US urban planning
… on GIequity.org, a new website identifying current approaches, gaps, and necessary transformations in urban … press release .) Discover related resources, including publications, essays, a white paper , a Story Map , …
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Measuring the moisture in forest soils from space
… its launch in 2015, SMAP’s sensors have been looking down into the Earth’s top 5cm of soil and taking measurements of moisture, … production, droughts, floods, weather, and temperature regulation. For example, you may have noticed that a heavy …
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Urban greening success could be as simple as scattering seeds
… target species height (here, a Western sunflower) in an experimental garden plot at the University of Illinois at … measures. Elsa Anderson works in an experimental garden plot at the University of Illinois at … to bolster native plant diversity in vacant lots. A top takeaway: planting method matters. Anderson explains, …
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