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In 1994, Illinois EPA listed 50.75 miles of Silver Creek as impaired by farm pollution. 28 years later, Illinois removed the creek from its impaired list in 2022Upper Silver Creek in Illinois has been removed from an impaired waters list. Best management practices were installed to reduce pollution ...
In 2002, Albany buried 1,500 feet of Patroon Creek underground. 18 years later, daylighting restored the stream and improved flood resilience across the project area tooAccording to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's success story, U.S. Geological Survey streamflow data showed that three of the five...
In 2017, USGS and MIT researchers dated a magma pulse to 251.9 million years ago. 9 years later, it links to Earth's worst extinctionEarth faced its worst extinction event around 252 million years ago. Volcanic activity in the Siberian Traps is the leading explanation for...
World’s biggest citrus waste-to-energy plant is being built in Brazil: 2.1-million-square-foot facility to turn orange juice waste into 1.77 million cubic feet of biogas every dayBrazil is building the world’s biggest citrus waste-to-energy plant, a 2.1-million-square-foot facility designed to transform orange juice ...
Arctic holds 1.3 trillion tonnes of ancient carbon, scientists find what warming does to itA study of Arctic seabed sediments has offered new clues about the fate of ancient carbon released from thawing permafrost. Researchers fou...
Texas 7th-grader Caden Pohlkamp built an underwater robot to study 12 neighborhood ponds. His surprising discovery about fountains and healthier waterTexas seventh-grader Caden Pohlkamp built an underwater robot to study 12 neighborhood ponds and investigate what makes water healthier. Hi...
In 1986, a mysterious gas cloud escaped from Lake Nyos in Cameroon, silently killing people as they slept. An invisible cloud travelled 25 km, wiping out entire villages and killing more than 1,700 people overnightIn August 1986, Lake Nyos in Cameroon suddenly released a huge cloud of carbon dioxide that moved silently through nearby valleys while peo...
Since 1958, tidal groundwater has continued moving beneath Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands, where 85,000 cubic meters of radioactive material rest; now rising Pacific seas are raising questions about the future of the 115-meter-wide structureTidal groundwater moves freely beneath Runit Dome in the Marshall Islands. Built over a nuclear crater, the 115-meter concrete structure ho...
After nearly 6 years of research, HKU scientists created steel that survives 1,700 mV in seawater, potentially replacing titanium parts and cutting structural material costs 40 times for green hydrogenGreen hydrogen has a costly weakness. Its equipment can depend on expensive titanium to survive harsh electrochemical conditions. Scientist...
In 130 days, deep beneath the Ore Mountains bacteria turned uranium-contaminated mine water into a chemical trap, removing 95% of the dissolved metal and forming a rare compound that can remain stable for decadesDeep underground, bacteria may offer a new answer to uranium contamination. In a 130-day laboratory experiment, microbes fed with glycerol ...
In 2011, USGS researchers began studying Lake Erie's fish and seasonal hypoxia across a multi-year project. 15 years later, the findings showed fish crowding areas near 2–3 mg/L oxygen, revealing an unexpected shift at the edges of low-oxygen zonesLake Erie’s seasonal hypoxia is changing where fish gather. For years, scientists watched oxygen levels fall and fish move around the lake....
In 1989, a Japanese oyster farmer began planting trees in the mountains to save his dying bay; the river cleared, and marine life returnedJapanese oyster farmer Shigeatsu Hatakeyama restored his bay by planting trees. Healthy forests upstream provided essential nutrients for o...
In 2007, scientists found giant underwater domes off California; the truth was stranger than anyone expectedMysterious underwater domes off California were identified as ancient asphalt volcanoes. These formations originated from hardened crude oi...
450-million-year fossil record reveals warming seas are shrinking marine animals again, scientists sound alarmMarine animals have consistently shrunk during intense global warming periods. This ancient pattern is now observed in today's warming ocea...
No, your fat doesn't get lose in sweat when you lose weight. Doctor reveals the organ with the most important role in weight loss: ' 84% of your lost fat is...'Ever wondered where the fat that is stored in your body, go when you exercise and shed those kilos? Assam-based doctor Dr Priyam Bordoloi s...
Why the sky is blueLooking up at the sky offers a unique sense of peace and calm. The sky appears blue due to light scattering by atmospheric molecules. Cloud...
Blue crabs were first found in Italy's Adriatic in 1949; 74 years later, they exploded, cut clam output 90%, and pushed 160 km up the Po RiverAmerican blue crabs, famed for their presence in coastal cuisine, are now making an alarming, unprecedented journey deep into Italy's Po Ri...
China's rivers and lakes defied a global oxygen crisis across 17 years, and nearly 1,300 sites, and the surprise is that it had nothing to do with slowing down climate changeFreshwater ecosystems worldwide are facing declining oxygen levels, a critical issue for aquatic life. However, a recent study in China rev...
Cleaner-looking lakes are not always better; as freshwater turns brown across North America and Europe, trout, bass, perch and whitefish declineFreshwater lakes across North America are turning a tea-like brown due to increased dissolved organic carbon, driven by climate change and ...
Ganga cleanliness no longer matter of opinion, data shows improvement: National mission bodyScientific data now proves the Ganga river is getting cleaner. Twelve years of the Namami Gange programme have led to measurable improvemen...