Cleaning up the Mississippi River
Louisiana State University College of the Coast & Environment Boyd Professor R. Eugene Turner reconstructed a 100-year record chronicling water quality trends in the lower Mississippi River by compiling water quality data collected from 1901 to 2019.....»»
Paris Olympics swimming test event in Seine canceled due to pollution
Excessive pollution in Paris' Seine River forced organizers to cancel a pre-Olympics test swimming competition due to take place on Sunday, the sport's international federation said......»»
Roborock’s latest app makes cleaning your home easier than ever
Roborock has become a leader in the robot vacuum and mop market with smart, worry-free devices. Now the latest Roborock app makes cleaning much easier than you think. Along with the ability to set up advanced custom schedules, the Roborock app lets y.....»»
Olympic swimming in the Seine highlights efforts to clean up city rivers worldwide
One year out from the 2024 Summer Olympic and Paralympic games, Paris has announced it will reopen the River Seine for swimming competition and then allow public swimming, ending a century-long ban. This ban was in place to stop people immersing them.....»»
DNA decodes the dining preferences of the shell-shucking whitespotted eagle ray
With mighty jaws and plate-like teeth, the whitespotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) can pretty much crunch on anything. In fact, hard clam farmers in Florida's Indian River Lagoon have considered this species a threat to their production efforts a.....»»
Roborock"s updated app removes the frustration of operating a robot vacuum
Our increasingly overloaded lives make cleaning an afterthought for many households. However, Roborock committed itself to bringing cleaning convenience to everyone and now has an updated app with even more great features so you never have to comprom.....»»
Researchers find evolutionary adaption in trout of Wyoming"s Wind River Mountains
The lakes in Wyoming's Wind River Mountains historically didn't contain fish, but stocking of trout that began in the early 1900s has created an environment in which hundreds of those lakes now have strong fish populations—some carried on by natura.....»»
Rio Pará found to contribute high trace metal concentrations to the Amazon estuary
The Amazon River is the largest river in the world. It discharges about one fifth of global freshwater runoff, resulting in a freshwater plume rich in nutrients and trace elements entering the Atlantic Ocean......»»
The Mystery of the Colorado River’s Missing Water
Snow is falling—but it doesn’t show up to replenish the river. In a drying West, researchers are racing to find out where it goes......»»
Billions in conservation spending fail to improve wild fish stocks in Columbia Basin
Four decades of conservation spending totaling more than $9 billion in inflation-adjusted tax dollars has failed to improve stocks of wild salmon and steelhead in the Columbia River Basin, according to Oregon State University research......»»
Groundwater pollution remains elevated in River Ythan catchment but on track for recovery: Study
Groundwater nitrate levels in the River Ythan catchment continue to breach environmental limits in some areas and pose a threat to local wildlife in the Ythan estuary, a new study has found......»»
Listening in on endangered Amazon River dolphins
Monitoring echolocation clicks could be used to track the movements of two endangered freshwater dolphin species that inhabit inaccessible parts of the Amazon Basin—the boto (or pink river dolphin) and the tucuxi—and their interactions with peopl.....»»
How to Connect Your Android to a Smart Vacuum
Smart vacuums are arguably the best smart home cleaning devices. Be it cleaning under the couch or a low bed, these robot vacuums have made cleaning hassle-free. Simply turn on the robot vacuum, and it will navigate your house while removing dust and.....»»
Shellfish reefs improve marine biodiversity
Local shellfish including native razorfish and flat oysters, and feral pacific oysters, are showing strong ecosystem benefits for marine species within the Port River estuary ecosystem in Adelaide—with Flinders University researchers also discoveri.....»»
Netflix throws a life raft to everyone wading through the endless stream of content
Netflix dropped a huge redesign of its iOS app at the start of this year. Now Netflix is making it easier to find the things you care about when you’re tired of wading through the endless river of movie and TV show recommendations. more… The po.....»»
Study: The Colorado River Basin has lost water equal to Lake Mead due to climate change
From 2000 to 2021, climate change caused the loss of more than 40 trillion liters (10 trillion gallons) of water in the Colorado River Basin—about equal to the entire storage capacity of Lake Mead—according to a new study that modeled humans' imp.....»»
Research highlights importance of including Indigenous cultural perspectives in coastal restoration plans
Earthen and shell mounds built hundreds of years ago by Indigenous people in the Mississippi River Delta contribute to biodiversity and the area's resiliency to erosion today, research by a Florida State University archaeologist has found......»»
Within sight of New York City, a despoiled river comes back to life
He is not a lawyer, finance guy or a politician, but activist Bill Sheehan has moved mountains to clean up the Hackensack River in New Jersey just outside Manhattan, which for decades has been a dumping ground for industrial chemicals......»»
New research examines contamination in gulf coast waters
A University of Southern Mississippi (USM) graduate and one of her former professors have collaborated on a project they hope will change the way researchers look at contamination along the Mississippi Gulf Coast......»»
With less than a year to go, the Murray-Darling Basin Plan is in a dreadful mess. Five steps are needed to fix it
The Murray Darling Basin Plan is an historic deal between state and federal governments to save Australia's most important river system. The A$13 billion plan, inked over a decade ago, was supposed to rein in the water extracted by farmers and commun.....»»
It"s sewage, not fertilizer fueling nitrogen surge in Florida"s Indian River Lagoon
From recurring harmful algal blooms—including brown tides—to catastrophic seagrass losses, fish kills and unusual marine mammal deaths—including the threatened Florida manatee—the Indian River Lagoon is environmentally distressed. For decades.....»»