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The Colorado River Is Dying. Can Its Aquatic Dinosaurs Be Saved?

The razorback sucker has survived in the river for more than 3 million years. Climate change could end that......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredSep 20th, 2022

Colorado"s Standley Lake baby bald eagles survive after years of tragedy

Three baby bald eagles at Standley Lake survived to become juveniles and are learning to hunt and live on their own after years of tragedy and mishaps, Westminster officials said this week......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsAug 29th, 2024

Colorado"s wildfire risk is so high a fire department struggled to find insurance to build a new firehouse

The Durango Fire Protection District was repeatedly denied insurance coverage for the construction of its new downtown firehouse earlier this year because of the wildfire risk......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsAug 29th, 2024

One of Colorado"s reintroduced wolves wandered into Rocky Mountain National Park

One of Colorado's reintroduced wolves wandered into Rocky Mountain National Park this month, marking the first time one has been present in the park since the state released wolves in December......»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsAug 29th, 2024

New Sisyphus cooling technique could enhance precision of atomic clocks

Researchers in the Neutral Atom Optical Clocks Group at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), University of Colorado and Pennsylvania State University recently devised a new sub-recoil Sisyphus cooling technique that could help t.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsAug 29th, 2024

Newborn rattlesnakes at a Colorado "mega den" are making their live debut

A "mega den" of hundreds of rattlesnakes in Colorado is getting even bigger now that late summer is here and babies are being born......»»

Category: topSource:  theglobeandmailRelated NewsAug 29th, 2024

Study shows pollution affects the growth and behavior of aquatic organisms

Research at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, reveals that size-based selection, as happens in fishing, may impact the stress tolerance of fish, which in turn has a significant impact on the condition and coping of fish in changing environments.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 28th, 2024

Researchers urge closing outdated water rule to aid Colorado River crisis

Researchers investigating the historic stresses of the American West's water supply have identified a simple solution that could put parts of the Colorado River Basin on a more sustainable path......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 28th, 2024

Efforts to modernize the Columbia River Treaty provide an opportunity to right the wrongs of the past

The Columbia River Treaty is a landmark water-management agreement, ratified in 1964, by the United States and Canada which aimed to co-ordinate water management within the Columbia River Basin, particularly through the construction of four large dam.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 28th, 2024

Floods ease in Bangladesh but 300,000 still in shelters

River waters in low-lying Bangladesh are receding after days of deadly floods but 300,000 people are still in emergency shelters requiring aid, disaster officials said Sunday......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 25th, 2024

Study highlights new advancements to simulate multiscale coastal processes

Simulating flooding where rivers meet the ocean is challenging because existing Earth system models struggle to capture the complex interactions between river flows, ocean tides, and storm surges......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 23rd, 2024

Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic”

Pitchford's prediction that Steam could be "a dying store" have not come to pass. Enlarge / Artist's conception of Randy Pitchford surveying the Epic Games Store landscape years after Borderlands 3's exclusive launch there. (cred.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsAug 23rd, 2024

Astrobiologist explores likelihood of life originating on Earth

Florida Tech astrobiologist Manasvi Lingam has asked life's biggest questions from a young age. Though he can't recall his exact queries, he says his interests were perfectly consistent with those of other children: dinosaurs and aliens......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 23rd, 2024

Flooding: Is it time to stop living in basements?

Repeated flooding is neither inevitable nor exceptional. Whether it's the result of a river overflowing, torrential rain or even a failure in the water supply network, flooding has become part of our daily lives......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 23rd, 2024

500 young sturgeon released into Saginaw River system

Five hundred young sturgeon were released at four locations into the Saginaw River system last week as part of an ongoing effort by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan State University to rebuild the giant fish's population......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 22nd, 2024

The Green Economy Is Hungry for Copper—and People Are Stealing, Fighting, and Dying to Feed It

With the possible exception of gold, no other metal has caused as much destruction as copper. In the coming years, we’ll need more of it than ever......»»

Category: gadgetSource:  wiredRelated NewsAug 22nd, 2024

Surprising mechanism for removing dead cells identified

Billions of our cells die every day to make way for the growth of new ones. Most of these goners are cleaned up by phagocytes—mobile immune cells that migrate where needed to engulf problematic substances. But some dying or dead cells are consumed.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 21st, 2024

Paleontologists discover new predatory dinosaur with a distinctive "eyebrow"

Theropod dinosaurs are one of the most important large groups of dinosaurs, including well-known predators, such as Tyrannosaurus and Allosaurus, as well as modern birds. A variety of theropods are known from the Mesozoic Era, the age of the dinosaur.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsAug 21st, 2024

Dying Light: The Beast brings back Kyle Crane in a new open-world title

A brand new dyling light game was revealed at Opening Night Live called Dying Light: The Beast. It currently has no release date......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsAug 20th, 2024

Dying Light: The Beast debuts at Gamescom 2024"s Opening Night Live show

A brand new Dying Light spin-off is coming soon......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsAug 20th, 2024

Medicare drug price negotiations: 10 list prices drop between 38% to 79%

If the prices were set in 2023, Medicare would have saved $6 billion. Enlarge / Prescription drugs are displayed at NYC Discount Pharmacy in Manhattan on July 23, 2024. (credit: Getty | Spencer Platt) In the first round.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsAug 16th, 2024