Solutions

Water a focus for growing northern Colorado communities

The Windsor Town Board plans to continue discussing options for providing water for the town in the future. GREELEY —…

7 years ago

Update: Remember the Young Man With a Plan to Rid Oceans of Plastic?

His massive plan is scheduled to launch this summer Do you remember the teenager who six years ago invented a…

7 years ago

Can a Wetland Help a Farm? Ask These Family Farmers

The Mackinaw River on Franklin Demonstration Farm in central Illinois. Photo © Cristina Rutter for The Nature Conservancy In the…

7 years ago

Ventura County study: wild birds protect flood structures better than poison

A new study, which was conducted at two site along a levee at the Revolon Slough, shows that predator birds…

7 years ago

Scientists accidentally create mutant enzyme that eats plastic bottles

Scientists have created a mutant enzyme that breaks down plastic drinks bottles – by accident. The breakthrough could help solve…

7 years ago

Algae from wastewater solves two problems: biofuel and cleanup

In one of the first studies to examine the potential for using municipal wastewater as a feedstock for algae-based biofuels,…

7 years ago

Climate change impact on communally managed water systems

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Shared fates and experiences in a community can help it withstand changes to water availability due to…

7 years ago

UN promotes nature-based solutions to growing water shortages

Photo Credit: Kelly Fike/USFWS The UN’s annual World Water Development Report 2018 has highlighted the need to use nature to…

7 years ago

Prairie STRIPS program expands with new grant

Narrow strips of native prairie planted on cropland, like the one shown above, can yield immense environmental benefits. The STRIPS…

7 years ago

To Save Their Water Supply, Colorado Farmers Taxed Themselves

A sign advertising a water sale sits on a farm outside Del Norte, Colorado. The Western U.S. is just starting…

7 years ago