News tagged with water services
Conserving biodiversity could benefit the world's poor
Land areas that are a priority for wildlife conservation provide relatively high levels of ecosystem services such as pollination, water purification, food production, and climate regulation, so safeguarding them is expected ...
Jan 12, 2012 |
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Killer whales migrate, study finds, but why?
Some killer whales, a study published Wednesday shows for the first time, wander nearly 10,000 kilometres (6,200 miles) from Antarctica's Southern Ocean into tropical waters -- but not to feed or breed.
Oct 25, 2011 |
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The fate of the big rain
Climate change affects people both globally and regionally. Pankaj Kumar, for example, who works at the Climate Service Center and the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology in Hamburg, is investigating the ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 26, 2011 |
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The grass is always greener
(PhysOrg.com) -- Recent study of grasslands shows that species variety more important to ecosystem services than previously thought.
Aug 19, 2011 |
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Models show Coho salmon at risk in US urbanizing watersheds
For a decade researchers in Seattle have worked to solve the mystery of why adult coho salmon are dying prematurely in urban streams when they return from the ocean to mate and spawn. In a study published in Integrated En ...
Jul 26, 2011 |
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Landsat 5 captures Missouri River flooding near Omaha
Landsat 5 captured an image of flooding occurring along the Iowa/Nebraska border on June 30, 2011. Flooding is still occurring on July 6, and Flood Warnings are still in effect from the National Weather Service.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 06, 2011 |
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'Thermal pollution' in rivers not fully mediated by gravel augmentation
Although adding gravel to a river to replace lost sediments won't likely cool the whole river channel, it can create cool water refuges that protect fish from thermal pollution, according to a U.S. Forest Service Pacific ...
Jun 08, 2011 |
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3 million gallons of sewage enter Missouri river after city waits to repair sewer line
Kansas City Water Services workers decided to wait over the weekend before fixing a broken sewer line that eventually spilled 3 million gallons of raw sewage, officials said Tuesday.
Sep 30, 2009 |
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Feds release Calif. plan to protect chinook salmon
(AP) -- Federal fisheries regulators on Thursday released a court-ordered plan to help struggling chinook salmon that includes opening California dams and restricting pumping, which would reduce the amount of water available ...
Jun 04, 2009 |
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Longfin smelt not endangered in California, regulators say
Longfin smelt in the San Francisco Bay-Delta do not warrant protection under the federal endangered species law, regulators said Wednesday.
Apr 09, 2009 |
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IBM launches water-management services operation
(AP) -- IBM Corp. wants to get really deep into water.
Mar 13, 2009 |
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