By Franco Montalto, Drexel University “When it rains, it pours” once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters....
Lahaina’s Wildfire Burned So Hot That Many Dangerous Contaminants Likely Vaporized
USGS scientist Renee Takesue collected sediment in a drainage ditch in Lahaina’s burn zone. Samples are being analyzed by independent...
CAL MATTERS: California’s urban runoff flows down the drain. Can the drought-plagued state capture more of it?
The Los Angeles River as seen from the 7th street bridge on the east side of Downtown Los Angeles. After...
Even very low levels of pesticide exposure can affect fish for generations, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Fish exposed to some pesticides at extremely low concentrations for a brief period of time can...
Pesticides are likely impacting invertebrate life essential to our nation’s streams
A new nationwide study by USGS scientists provides additional scientific evidence that pesticides are likely negatively impacting aquatic invertebrate community...