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KENTUCKY WATER POLLUTION
In 2001, Kentucky flagged 6.5 miles of Triplett Creek for silt and nutrient pollution. 21 years later, monitoring found it met standards and cleared 2 pollution listingsTriplett Creek water quality: Triplett Creek's water quality improved significantly after extensive restoration work. Years of planning and...- In 2006, Kentucky identified nutrient problems along 12.8 miles of Fleming Creek. 18 years later, monitoring showed the stream could fully support its aquatic lifeFleming Creek in northeast Kentucky has moved from nutrient-related impairment to full support for its warm water aquatic habitat designate...
- A museum rock was forgotten for 30 years in a drawer in Japan. Now, its hidden bones may uncover a new 66-million-year-old sea monsterResearchers in Japan have identified four previously overlooked mosasaur bones from rock samples collected in the early 1990s. One bone is ...
- Shepherd looking for his missing goat finds natural gold worth $280 at a remote village in Africa; now 10,000 miners have arrived there hoping to find more goldA Kenyan shepherd searching for his missing goat stumbled upon gold and later sold three grams for about $280. His discovery helped trigger...
- Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave's hidden plumbing system allows rainwater to reach underground quickly through sinkholes, but these water routes can also carry sewage, chemicals and other pollutants into the caveKentucky’s Mammoth Cave has a vast underground water network fed by rainwater entering sinkholes and cracks in the limestone. The same rapi...
- America’s Hidden Karst Landscapes: Why the Ground Can Open Without WarningBeneath forests, farms, and neighborhoods, water slowly dissolves rock, forming hidden underground channels and caves in karst landscapes. ...
- Trump administration eases limits on coal plants for emitting mercury, other toxinsThe Environmental Protection Agency has eased rules on mercury and toxic emissions from coal power plants. This move aims to support the fo...
- Deep in Trump country, coal miners with black lung say government is suffocating the 'working man'West Virginia coal miners face worsening black lung disease. A vital rule to cut silica dust exposure is in jeopardy due to Trump administr...
- US Senate passes $9 billion in spending cuts to public broadcasting, foreign aid requested by TrumpThe Senate passed $9 billion in federal spending cuts requested by President Trump, targeting public broadcasting and foreign aid, despite ...
- States rolling out red carpets for data centres. But some lawmakers are pushing backThe booming demand for AI and cloud computing is fuelling rapid data centre expansion across the US. While many states offer tax incentives...
- US midair collision draws attention to military helicopter training, previous accidentsThe training for U.S. military helicopter pilots is under scrutiny following the recent midair collision involving a Black Hawk helicopter....
- Indian-American kids swarm White House Science Fair 2016Obama has been an alarmist about the purported decline of STEM studies in the US, but also a cheerleader for restoring American primacy in ...
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