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.....»»
Record lows on the Mississippi: How climate change is altering large rivers
Water levels in some of the world's largest rivers have hit record lows in 2022. Enlarge / In this aerial view, barges, stranded by low water, sit at the Port of Rosedale along the Mississippi River on October 20, 2022, in Roseda.....»»
Walmart drops the price of this popular robot vacuum to $96
You wouldn't want to miss Walmart's $154 discount for Anker's Eufy 25C robot vacuum, which more than halves the cleaning device's price to an affordable $96......»»
Conservation talks expected at Colorado River water users confab
As western water managers get set to gather in Las Vegas this week, a long-sought deal to curtail water use along the cratering Colorado River still seems a ways off......»»
Bat diversity and abundance are highest in old deciduous forest stands on river banks in Eastern Ukraine
European forest-dwelling bats require complex woodland structures at both the micro-habitat and the landscape level for successful breeding in summer. Particularly, the results from Kharkiv region (Eastern Ukraine) demonstrate that large stands of ma.....»»
Deals: save $150 on Dyson"s V12 Detect Slim vacuum, now $499.99
Dyson's V12 Detect Slim cordless vacuum normally retails for $650, but this fantastic deal drives the intelligent vacuum down to $499.99.Only $500 for Dyson's intelligent V12 Detect Slim vacuum. Intelligent cleaning capabilities Read more........»»
Fired Twitter cleaning staff "treated like garbage"
One of them told the BBC a member of Elon Musk's team said their jobs would be replaced by robots......»»
Predicting the future landscape of a river
Climate change is changing the environmental condition of rivers; hence, it is no longer possible to manage modern rivers with methods that have been practiced under the past environmental conditions......»»
Toxic chemicals found in virtually every South Carolina river tested. Action needed, critics say
Virtually every river, creek and lake tested recently by South Carolina regulators was found to contain "forever chemicals,'' materials once used by industry that today are being linked to a variety of toxic effects on people......»»
Mekong Delta will continue to be at risk for severe flooding, study finds
The Mekong River Delta is the agricultural heartland of Vietnam; it is affected by droughts and flooding, which have become more severe in recent years. If severe weather events can be more accurately predicted, risk assessments in the regions can be.....»»
Coupled computer modeling can help more accurately predict coastal flooding, study demonstrates
When Hurricane Florence hit the coast of North Carolina as a Category 1 storm in 2018, it set new records for rainfall, creating damaging 500-year flooding events along the Cape Fear River Basin......»»
Hurricane"s effects killed sturgeon in Apalachicola River
As hurricane Michael churned through the Gulf of Mexico to make landfall near Florida's Apalachicola River in 2018, it left a sea of destruction in its wake......»»
Swan River dolphins form "bromances" to secure females, study finds
Murdoch University marine biologist Dr. Delphine Chabanne has discovered evidence of male alliance in Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins, the first time such behavior has been recorded outside of Western Australia's famed Shark Bay......»»
Recommended analytical methods for detecting 1,4-dioxane in commercial products
Researchers supported by the American Cleaning Institute have released recommendations concerning the detection and quantification of 1,4-dioxane in commercially available products, including household cleaners, personal care products, and cosmetics......»»
Scientists say land is being created at one of two sites on Louisiana"s coast
Supporters of the large-scale Mississippi River sediment diversions currently being planned by the Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority got a boost to their case recently when Louisiana State University (LSU) College of the Coast &.....»»
Safely clean your AirPods with Belkin"s new cleaning kit
Belkin has released an AirPods Cleaning Kit that claims to remove earwax and restore acoustic performance for certain AirPods.Belkin AirPods Cleaning KitOur ears constantly produce wax and naturally occurring oils as a cleaning mechanism. Some will i.....»»
Focus on ancient campus mounds provides insight into Middle Archaic lifestyles
The Louisiana State University (LSU) Campus Mounds sit on high ground overlooking the Mississippi River floodplain and have been a gathering place and destination for people for thousands of years. They are some of the oldest mounds in Louisiana and.....»»
"Digital footprints" central to new approach for studying post-disturbance recreation changes
The Columbia River Gorge is a crown jewel for recreation in the Pacific Northwest, stretching more than 80 miles along the borders of Washington and Oregon and providing a wide variety of trails, campgrounds, waterfalls, and wilderness areas for recr.....»»
Dry Ice Could Save Your Car. Here"s How
Dry ice can be used as an efficient method for both removing dents and cleaning your car to near-assembly line quality. Here's how it works. Dry ice can be used as a.....»»
Drying California lake to get $250M in US drought funding
The federal government said Monday it will spend $250 million over four years on environmental cleanup and restoration work around a drying Southern California lake that's fed by the depleted Colorado River......»»
Mussel survey reveals alarming degradation of River Thames ecosystem since the 1960s
University of Cambridge scientists replicated a 1964 River Thames survey and found that mussel numbers have declined by almost 95%, with one species—the depressed river mussel—completely gone......»»