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Study finds better way to protect streams from construction runoff

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Researchers at North Carolina State University have found an exponentially better way to protect streams and lakes from the muddy runoff associated with stormwater around road and other construction projects.





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Northwest salmon recovery plan may include breaching dams

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a case closely followed by environmental and business interests, a rewritten plan for restoring endangered and threatened wild salmon runs on the Columbia and Snake rivers in Washington state and Idaho includes studying ...


Weaknesses in dikes detected by space tech spin-off

Weaknesses in dikes detected by space tech spin-off

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Sep 04, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A company from one of ESA's Business Incubation Centres has used space technology to develop a scanner to spot weaknesses in dike structures. It is being used to inspect dikes and dams on the Danube river ...


Some Canadian rivers at risk of drying up

Some Canadian rivers at risk of drying up

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (8) | comments 3

(PhysOrg.com) -- Some Canadian rivers are at risk of drying up as impacts of climate change intersect with growing water demand from the country's cities, industries and agriculture, a new WWF report has found.


Rare crocs found hiding in plain sight in Cambodia (AP)

Rare crocs found hiding in plain sight in Cambodia

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Conservationists searching for one of the world's most endangered crocodile species say they have found dozens of the reptiles lounging in plain sight - at a wildlife rescue center in Cambodia.


Venezuela turns to cloud-seeding to battle drought (AP)

Venezuela turns to cloud-seeding to battle drought

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Hugo Chavez says he is starting to "bombard" clouds now that Cuba has provided Venezuela with cloud-seeding help in an effort to produce rain and alleviate the effects of a severe drought.


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Preparing your iPhone for international travel

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- An inventory for a trip to a tropical beach could read like this:


Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises (AP)

Sea lions killed, but Columbia salmon toll rises

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(AP) -- Killing or removing 25 California sea lions over the past two years has not reduced the toll on salmon at the base of Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River.


Twitter has added a tool that lets users flag accounts of spammers

Twitter launches tool for nailing spammers

Technology / Internet

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Twitter added a tool that lets users flag accounts of spammers at the globally-popular microblogging service.


A Sleaze Detector feature in DateCheck finds and lists records of crimes

Date Check turns smart phones into 'sleaze detectors'

Technology / Software

created Sep 23, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

People in the dating scene will be able to use iPhones as "sleaze detectors" to quickly check whether aspiring mates are creeps or gems.


Hard Winter Wheat Varieties Released

Hard Winter Wheat Varieties Released

Biology / Other

created Oct 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The first hard winter wheat varieties bred and developed for production in the eastern United States have been released by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS).



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