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What’s Turning Cape Cod’s Water ‘Pea-Soup Green’?

Cape Cod’s water is turning “pea-soup green”—and after decades of scientific detective work, we know why......»»

Category: scienceSource:  sciamMay 24th, 2024

Apple supporting national parks initiative in China, likely for two reasons

Apple is supporting a national parks initiative in China, geared to providing training and education within the field of nature conservation. The work in five of China’s national parks is being done through the China Green Carbon Sink Foundation.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  9to5macRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Snapdragon 8 Elite benchmarks blow the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 out of the water

The Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite is out, but how does it fare against the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, these benchmarks will clue us in. The post Snapdragon 8 Elite benchmarks blow the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 out of the water appeared first on Phandroid......»»

Category: asiaSource:  phandroidRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Apple seeds release candidate of watchOS 11.1

The release candidate of watchOS 11.1 has finally arrived, turning up one day after the RC builds of Apple's other operating systems.An Apple Watch Ultra running watchOS 11On Monday, Apple brought out release candidate versions of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.....»»

Category: appleSource:  appleinsiderRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Researchers in a lab near Lake Erie study how toxic algae can damage health

Steven Haller remembers the look of fear on people's faces when toxic algae in Lake Erie made it into his community's water supply 10 years ago, shutting it down for two days......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

On Lake Erie, getting rid of problem algae starts with giving it less food

On a warm late-summer evening, a small speedboat motored across a pea-green stretch of Lake Erie past a beach where a child sat splashing and a pair of newlyweds waded for a portrait photographer. On the sand, unseen or ignored, bright red signs warn.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Study suggests frogs and toads will face new risks as water habitats dry up due to global warming

A small international team has found that anurans such as frogs and toads will be facing increased risks to their survival in the coming years due to water habitats drying up as a result of global warming......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Gone in a flash: Lake Mohave"s toxic algae bloom may soon let up

Riley Rackliffe follows the stinky green blobs as they travel across Lake Mohave. The aquatic biologist leads a two-man team for the National Park Service, dipping a long stick into the reservoir's problem areas and sending off samples to the Souther.....»»

Category: topSource:  pcmagRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

In South Africa, water shortages are the new reality

Joyce Lakela runs a nursery in Tembisa, a Johannesburg township, but these days she spends most of her time trying to find water......»»

Category: topSource:  informationweekRelated NewsOct 22nd, 2024

Study combines woodchips and biochar to clean water of pharmaceuticals, nutrients

What happens to ibuprofen after it eases your throbbing headache? Like many pharmaceuticals, it can remain in an active form when our bodies flush it out. That's a problem, because although wastewater treatment plants are good at reducing nutrient po.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Modeling experiments show weather-changing El Niño oscillation is at least 250 million years old

The El Niño event, a huge blob of warm ocean water in the tropical Pacific Ocean that can change rainfall patterns around the globe, isn't just a modern phenomenon......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

New electrochemical water splitting method offers fast, sustainable method for hydrogen production

Under the leadership of Prof. Dr. Francesco Ciucci from the University of Bayreuth, a German–Chinese research team has developed a new method for the electrochemical splitting of water. This not only accelerates the production of hydrogen for techn.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Scientists update eruption history of Oregon"s South Sister volcano

A hiker's pack usually gets lighter over time as they plow through trail mix and water, but Annika Dechert likes to joke that hers gets heavier. As an Earth sciences graduate student at the University of Oregon, she's picking up clues to the eruption.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

SpaceX launches 99th operational mission of the year

SpaceX knocked out its 99th operational flight of the year with a Starlink mission from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Friday night......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

EPA lead ruling unlikely to resolve water contamination issues in LA public housing

Days after the administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency visited a Los Angeles public housing project with lead-contaminated water, the agency ordered drinking water systems nationwide to replace every lead pipe within 10 years......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

New study investigates insecticide contamination in Minnesota"s water

A new study by researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) found that specific insecticides, called neonicotinoids, were found at high concentrations in some ground.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Teslas don"t work as green squad cars, California police say

As an increasing number of cities in California require departments to buy zero-emission vehicles, police say the Teslas they're being put in make their jobs harder......»»

Category: topSource:  autonewsRelated NewsOct 21st, 2024

Five surprising ways that trees help prevent flooding

Think of flood prevention and you might imagine huge concrete dams, levees or the shiny Thames barrier. But some of the most powerful tools for reducing flood risk are far more natural and widely recognizable: woodlands and green spaces. Trees offer.....»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 19th, 2024

Desalination system adjusts itself to work with renewable power

Instead of needing constant power, new system adjusts to use whatever is available. Fresh water we can use for drinking or agriculture is only about 3 percent of the global water.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

North Carolina"s hurricane damage is not just destroyed homes, but contaminated water systems, experts say

Hurricane Helene brought death and destruction to North Carolina, with the western part of the state in particular seeing entire towns and homes washed away......»»

Category: topSource:  physorgRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024

Tech can help kids connect with nature and go outdoors—here are tips to make it work

Young children's lives are increasingly spent indoors. They have less access to green spaces, their parents are concerned about safety, and there's also the draw of digital entertainment. This shift away from the natural world has been evocatively na.....»»

Category: topSource:  marketingvoxRelated NewsOct 18th, 2024