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Pollination Habits Of Endangered Texas Rice Revealed To Help Preservation
A type of wild rice that
only grows in a small
stretch of the San Marcos
River is likely so rare
because it plays the sexual
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Management Practices Key To Watershed Condition
Animals thrive on the banks
of waterways. And those same
tree-covered, green grassy
areas are keys to
maintaining healthy
watersheds for creeks and
... > full story
Air Pollution Causing Widespread And Serious Impacts To Ecosystems In Eastern United States
If you are living in the
eastern United States, the
environment around you is
being harmed by air
pollution. From Adirondack
... > full story
Healthy Olives Can Now Be Grown In Salty Water
News that olives are sources
of "good fat" has increased
demand for the luscious
fruits. To keep the world's
olive lovers satisfied, an
intensive wave of olive
... > full story
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New Chlorine-tolerant Desalination Membrane Hopes To Boost Access To Clean Water
July 23, 2008 — Chemical engineers have developed a chlorine-tolerant membrane that should simplify the water desalination process, increasing access to fresh water and possibly reducing greenhouse ... > full story -
New Findings On Mother Earth's Earthy Scent
July 22, 2008 — That evocative "earthy" scent of the soil returning to life in spring -- and nasty earthy tastes and odors in fish and drinking water -- actually results from two substances released by soil ... > full story -
Insect Biodiversity in Amazon May Be Result of Ice Age Climate Change And Ancient Flooding, Not River Barriers
July 22, 2008 — Ice age climate change and ancient flooding -- but not barriers created by rivers -- may have promoted the evolution of new insect species in the Amazon region of South America, a new study suggests. ... > full story -
Reclaimed Wastewater Benefits Florida's Citrus Orchards
July 21, 2008 — The Sunshine State has seen rapid growth in population during the last 50 years. Naturally, along with population increases, environmental concerns about pollution of surface waters by treated ... > full story -
NASA Mission To Be Crystal Ball Into Oceans' Future, Mirror To The Past
July 21, 2008 — Imagine the lives that could be saved from flash floods and drought, the millions of dollars in fuel costs that could be avoided for fishing vessels, and the homes that could be spared from the ... > full story -
Massive Greenhouse Gases May Be Released As Destruction, Drying Of World Wetlands Worsen
July 21, 2008 — There is growing concern among environmental scientists that evaporation and ongoing destruction of world wetlands, which hold a volume of carbon similar to that in the atmosphere today, could cause ... > full story -
Greatest Value Of Forests Is Sustainable Water Supply
July 21, 2008 — The forests of the future may need to be managed as much for a sustainable supply of clean water as any other goal, researchers say in a new federal report -- but even so, forest resources will offer ... > full story -
Digital Cameras, Remote Satellites Measure Crop Water Demand
July 21, 2008 — Determining growth stage, size, and water needs are especially important for horticultural crops because most crops are grown in limited water environments and require irrigation. Researchers have ... > full story -
Trying To Save World's Lakes: Controlling Nitrogen Can Actually Worsen Problems
July 21, 2008 — After completing one of the longest running experiments ever done on a lake, researchers contend that nitrogen control, in which the European Union and many other jurisdictions around the world are ... > full story -
New Explanation For Monsoon Development Proposed
July 21, 2008 — Geoscientists have come up with a new explanation for the formation of monsoons, proposing an overhaul of a theory about the cause of the seasonal pattern of heavy winds and rainfall that essentially ... > full story
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