Tag: Water pollution
Wastewater is an asset – it contains nutrients, energy and precious...
Yalin Li, Colorado School of Mines
Most people think as little as possible about the wastewater that is produced daily from their showers, bathtubs, sinks,...
EPA’s plan to regulate chemical contaminants in drinking water is a...
Laurel Schaider, Harvard University
After more than a year of community meetings and deliberations, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced in February 2019 that it...
US rivers are becoming saltier – and it’s not just from...
Sujay Kaushal, University of Maryland; Gene E. Likens, University of Connecticut; Michael Pace, University of Virginia, and Ryan Utz, Chatham University
The United States has...
Cutting pollution in the Chesapeake Bay has helped underwater grasses rebound
Bill Dennison, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and Robert J. Orth, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
Seagrasses are the “coastal canaries” of oceans...
Trump’s offshore oil drilling plans ignore the lessons of BP Deepwater...
Donald Boesch, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
The Trump Administration is proposing to ease regulations that were adopted to make offshore oil and...
Coastal protection on the edge: The challenge of preserving California’s legacy
Gary Griggs, University of California, Santa Cruz and Charles Lester, University of California, Santa Cruz
The California coast is an edge. It’s the place where...
Is your drinking water safe? Here’s how you can find out
Susan Boser, Pennsylvania State University and Diane Oleson, Pennsylvania State University
America’s drinking water infrastructure is aging and in serious need of modernization. Pipes are...
Nutrient pollution: Voluntary steps are failing to shrink algae blooms and...
Donald Scavia, University of Michigan
Summer is the season for harmful algae blooms in many U.S. lakes and bays. They occur when water bodies become...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
