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Academy of Natural Sciences
NOVEMBER 10, 2022
Once they fall though, our opinions of these very same leaves may quickly change. Leaves are full of nutrients, so when they fall and then decompose, they act like a natural fertilizer. Leaves are full of nutrients, so when they fall and then decompose, they act like a natural fertilizer. Sebastian Volkel/Unsplash.
Circle of Blue
OCTOBER 29, 2021
A recent coup in Sudan leaves water diplomacy with Ethiopia even more tenuous. YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN. In Canada , officials in the city of Iqaluit discover the source of a fuel leak that contaminated the town’s water supply. New data from a United Kingdom nonprofit maps out England’s most heavily polluted rivers. But not for long, Jackson said.
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Environmental News Bits
MARCH 11, 2024
The fern, Cyathea rojasiana, reconfigures these “zombie leaves,” reversing the flow of water to draw … Continue reading Back from the dead: Tropical tree fern repurposes its dead leaves
Legal Planet
FEBRUARY 23, 2022
The Sonoma County District Attorney has been pursuing criminal charges against the Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) for its role in sparking the 2019 Kincade fire, which reportedly destroyed 374 structures and led to over $600 million in damages. This would not be the first deal PG&E would have struck related to the fire.
Environmental News Bits
JULY 19, 2023
Around the country, utilities have been leaving lead pipe in the ground even when it is easiest to remove during water main work. Read the full story from the Associated Press.
Physics World
NOVEMBER 10, 2021
When Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi received the time-honoured phone call from Stockholm last month telling them they had won the 2021 Nobel Prize for Physics , the trio surely knew their lives were going to change forever. The prize also gives the winners new freedoms. You don’t, after all, win a Nobel prize by playing safe.
Environmental News Bits
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
by Susan Barton, University of Delaware Autumn is the season to gaze at gorgeous leaves of gold, yellow and orange as they flutter from the trees and fall on our yards – but then, of course, comes the tedious task of raking them up and trying to decide what to do with them. SciLine interviewed … Continue reading Want a healthier lawn?
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