Ecosystems – Biology – Animals

Reusable Glass Water Bottles: The Reasons to Ditch the Plastic

Trends come and go, and the living healthy ones aren’t an exception to this, however, one that’s hardly going to…

6 years ago

Coal Ash Dumps Are Contaminating Groundwater in 22 States

Coal ash located at the Possum Point Power Station in Dumfries, Virginia, appears in a photo taken on June 26,…

6 years ago

Divining roots—revealing how plants branch out to access water

Arabidopsis thaliana root growing on soil preferentially branching towards moist soil. Credit: Daniel von Wangenheim New research has discovered how…

6 years ago

Congress Should Reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund

Congress has the opportunity to reauthorize the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) before they recess for the holidays, and…

6 years ago

Earthquakes in Heart of Texas Oil Country Spur Water Crackdown

Chart: Earthquakes in Heart of Texas Oil Country Spur Water Crackdown (Bloomberg) -- Texas is considering new restrictions on how…

6 years ago

Five gross things we used to dump in the Mississippi River — and what we’re dumping now

Steve Lee, a history buff and retired pollution regulator with the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, stops near the University of…

6 years ago

NRC admits San Onofre Holtec nuclear waste canisters are all damaged

The Holtec nuclear waste storage canisters at San Onofre are lemons and must be replaced with thick-wall casks. The Nuclear…

6 years ago

Where’s The Fresh Water Going?

Freshwater Is Disappearing; Can Technology Save Us? Fresh water is the most important resource for human life on earth. People…

6 years ago

Salmon surge: Habitat improvements paying off on one California river

A chinook, also called king salmon, attempts to jump up the fish ladder to the hatchery on the Mokelumne River…

6 years ago

Fracking wastewater accumulation found in freshwater mussels’ shells

Photo: The Elliptio complanate freshwater mussel, one of the two species used in the experiment. Credit: Westcott Phillip Elevated concentrations…

6 years ago