News & Articles By Jhoanna Robinson
11/07/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Big Ag is ruining what ground water they don’t take: Excess nitrogen reaching dangerous levels, study finds
A new study has revealed that big agriculture’s utilization of nitrogen can impact groundwater quality. A team of scientists from the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) and the Departments of Agroecology and Environmental Science at Aarhus University were able to conclude that when farmers apply more nitrogen to lands than their crops can absorb, […]
10/24/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Clear-cutting of old-growth forests found to accelerate spread of deadly viral diseases
A new study conducted by researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) showed that preserving old-growth tropical rainforests can be the key to avoiding the influx of parasitic and viral mosquito-born diseases. “We found that fewer mosquito species known to carry disease-causing pathogens live in forested areas compared to disturbed ones. Mosquito species from […]
10/22/2017
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By Jhoanna Robinson
Sex CAN move mountains; salmon mating habits alter stream beds, defining the shape of the watershed
It turns out that sex – not love – has the power to literally move mountains. Washington State University’s School of the Environment associate professor and researcher Alex Fremier has discovered that the mating habits of the fish species salmon can bring changes to the profiles of stream beds, thus altering the entire composition of […]
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