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As climate change amplifies urban flooding, here’s how communities can become ‘sponge cities’

By Franco Montalto, Drexel University “When it rains, it pours” once was a metaphor for bad things happening in clusters.…

8 months ago

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…

8 months ago

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…

10 months ago

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…

10 months ago

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…

11 months ago