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Thursday, May 28th, 2015

Summer Tropical Storms Don’t Fix Drought Conditions

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Popular opinion says that tropical storms and hurricanes that make landfall mitigate droughts in the southeastern United States. But that simply isn’t true, according to a Florida State University researcher.

Friday, May 22nd, 2015

Calculating Winners and Losers in the California Water Crisis

May 22, 2015—A recent article published in Local Environmenthighlights the widening gap of inequality between the wealthy and the poor of California, specifically in relation to the State’s current drought.

Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015

NOAA’s Expanded Flood Information Tool Promotes Resilience

April 21, 2015—A NOAA flood exposure risk mapping tool that was developed in New York, New Jersey, Delaware and Pennsylvania has now been expanded to cover coastal areas along the entire U.S. East Coast and Gulf of Mexico. The Coastal Flood Exposure Mapper, a deliverable of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, provides users with maps, data, and

Friday, April 17th, 2015

Projected Warming of Wisconsin Streams Could Negatively Affect Trout

April 17, 2015—Annual average stream temperatures in the Trout Lake watershed, Wisconsin, could increase from one to three degrees Celsius by the year 2100, which might negatively affect cold water fish like brook trout.  

Thursday, April 2nd, 2015

New Stream Monitoring Method Locates Elevated Groundwater Methane in Shale-Gas Development Area

New Cumberland, Pa., April 2, 2015—Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey, Pennsylvania State University and the University of Utah have used a new stream-based methane monitoring method to identify and quantify groundwater methane discharging to a stream in an area of shale-gas development.  

Monday, March 30th, 2015

Some Shallow-Groundwater Wells Affected by Bio-Based Fertilizers

Chapel Hill, N.C., March 26, 2015—Some shallow-groundwater wells next to or downhill from Orange County agricultural fields treated with bio-based fertilizers have nitrate levels above Environmental Protection Agency standards set for public water supplies, according to a new U.S. Geological Survey report. 

Friday, March 13th, 2015

Eastern Shore Contributes Excess Nutrients to Chesapeake Bay

BALTIMORE, Md., March 13, 2015—Excess fertilizer and manure applied to the Chesapeake Bay’s Eastern Shore are causing poor water-quality in streams that flow into the Bay, according to a new publication by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Wednesday, March 11th, 2015

Satellite Mapping to Analyse Rainfall Impact in Africa

March 11, 2015—A study carried out by the University of Leicester has shown the amount of rainfall many African areas receive has drastically changed in the last ten years. It is an essential factor for vegetation, which plays a vital role in African livelihoods.

Friday, March 6th, 2015

Flood And Drought Risk To Cities On Rise Even With No Climate Change

March 6, 2015—A heads-up to New York, Baltimore, Houston and Miami: a new study suggests that these metropolitan areas and others will increase their exposure to floods even in the absence of climate change, according to researchers from Texas A&M University. Their work is published in Global Environmental Change.

Saturday, February 28th, 2015

NOAA Tool Useful for Protecting Corals from Runoff

Feb. 26, 2015—Local officials are using National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s OpenNSPECT, the Nonpoint Source Pollution and Erosion Comparison Tool, to estimate the amount of runoff, sediment, and pollutants that drain into coastal waters where corals reside, and to explore how various restoration and land use activities might impact corals.

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