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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.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgFeb 8th, 2021

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.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsDec 14th, 2022

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......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsDec 14th, 2022

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......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 14th, 2022

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.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 9th, 2022

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........»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsDec 9th, 2022

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......»»

Category: hdrSource:  bbcRelated NewsDec 9th, 2022

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......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsDec 8th, 2022

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......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 8th, 2022

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.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 8th, 2022

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......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 8th, 2022

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......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 6th, 2022

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......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 2nd, 2022

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......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 2nd, 2022

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 &.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsDec 1st, 2022

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.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsDec 1st, 2022

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.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 30th, 2022

"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.....»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsNov 30th, 2022

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.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  slashgearRelated NewsNov 29th, 2022

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......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsNov 29th, 2022

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......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsNov 28th, 2022