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Perspective | Giant Catch in the Mekong Reveals Mysteries of Biodiversity Hot Spot

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The stingray was tagged with a tracking device and returned to the Mekong River, where its movements are informing conservation planning. Last year local fishers made a spectacular discovery in this region of ecological mysteries. Hearing the news, our team members rushed to the site from Phnom Penh, the Cambodian capital.

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The Stream, October 26, 2021: Oil and Gas Developers in California Have Been Contaminating Groundwater With Little Oversight, Study Finds

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IN RECENT WATER NEWS. In response to the recent flooding, Bengaluru city officials announced a plan to establish the city’s major drain as a waterway and ecological corridor. Millions of residents rely on wells that draw on groundwater, according to Inside Climate News. TODAY’S TOP WATER STORIES, TOLD IN NUMBERS.

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‘Many kids go through a phase where they want to be a marine scientist. For me, it wasn’t a phase’

Frontiers

Albano’s work focuses on shark ecology in an anthropogenic world and the associated conservation implications. We found that tagged sharks spent most of their time adjacent to the MPA, in an area of heavy commercial shark fishing. This has been huge for my research in shark ecology.

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How dancing honey bees could help us save pollinators

Frontiers

Check out this post on our news site for a curated list. Dr Margaret Couvillon, assistant professor of pollinator biology and ecology at Virginia Tech, specializes in honey bee research. See the article published in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution ). She earned her PhD from the University of Sheffield, UK.

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Algorithm Helps Unlock Connections Between Stream Chemistry, Environment At NSF Susquehanna Shale Hills Critical Zone Observatory In State College

PA Environment Daily

By Matt Swayne, Penn State News Machine learning techniques may help scientists better understand the intricate chemistry of streams and monitor broader environmental conditions, according to a team of researchers. Reprinted from Penn State News.) Posted: August 21, 2021] PA Environment Digest

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87 New Stories - REAL Environmental & Conservation Leadership In PA

PA Environment Daily

100,000 Grant To Treat Acid Mine Drainage In Westmoreland County [PaEN] -- Stroud Water Research Center, Partners Host 7-Part, Online Expanding Meaningful Environmental & Watershed Literacy With Geospatial Tools Workshops Starting Sept.

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Lake Erie’s Failed Algae Strategy Hurts Poor Communities the Most

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Their collective trauma dates back to August 2, 2014, when she and half a million other Toledoans woke to alarming news: the water coming out of their taps was toxic. Toledo’s water emergency was the product of an ecological hazard that Smith and her neighbors had no hand in creating. Children who could not bathe.”.

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