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Study suggests surface water contaminated with salmonella more common than thought

Biology / Ecology

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new University of Georgia study suggests that health agencies investigating Salmonella illnesses should consider untreated surface water as a possible source of contamination.





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Colorado River Basin vulnerable to drought

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 22, 2007 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A National Research Council study of the Colorado River Basin found that the area could suffer severe droughts as the climate warms and population grows.


Gulf exploration yields evidence of raw materials used by early Americans

Gulf exploration yields evidence of raw materials used by early Americans

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

In one of the more dramatic moments of an underwater archaeological survey co-led by Mercyhurst College archaeologist James Adovasio along Florida's Gulf Coast this summer, Andy Hemmings stood on an inundated ...


Examining bass abnormalities

Widespread occurrence of intersex bass found in US Rivers

Biology / Ecology

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

Intersex in smallmouth and largemouth basses is widespread in numerous river basins throughout the United States is the major finding of the most comprehensive and large-scale evaluation of the condition, ...


The Amazon River is 11 million years old

The Amazon River is 11 million years old

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 1

The Amazon River originated as a transcontinental river around 11 million years ago and took its present shape approximately 2.4 million years ago. These are the most significant results of a study on two ...


Experts think toxic algae harming endangered fish

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Scientists say they think toxins from a blue-green algae plaguing lakes and rivers around the West are harming an endangered fish in the Klamath Basin, adding another obstacle to restoring species that have forced ...


Nanomaterials vulnerable to dispersal in natural environment

Nanomaterials vulnerable to dispersal in natural environment

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Dec 18, 2006 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (11) | comments 0

Laboratory experiments with a type of nanomaterial that has great promise for industrial use show significant potential for dispersal in aquatic environments -- especially when natural organic materials are ...


Dendrobates mysteriosus

Amazonian amphibian diversity traced to Andes

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Colorful poison frogs in the Amazon owe their great diversity to ancestors that leapt into the region from the Andes Mountains several times during the last 10 million years, a new study from The University ...


Farming destroying Brazil's wetlands

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created Jan 11, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new study says deforestation is destroying Brazil's vast Pantanal wetlands.


Researchers use satellites to measure inland floods

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Dec 17, 2008 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Satellites that were designed to measure sea level over the world's oceans can serve a valuable purpose over land, a new study has found.


China is planning to build more dams and reservoirs on the troubled Yangtze river

China says planning more dams on troubled Yangtze

Space & Earth / Environment

created Apr 21, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

China will build at least 20 more reservoirs or hydroelectric projects in the Yangtze river system by 2020, the government said Tuesday, despite growing concerns over dam construction there.



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