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News tag: Environment

Environment news

Compare and contrast: Flooding’s Hidden Killers Include Heart Attacks and Infections

Scientific American A new study found that flood deaths can rise by 25 percent three months after a disaster.   Click here to read the story.   Click the following […]

Compare and contrast: The Renewable Energy Transition Has Residents of a Small Arizona Town on Edge

Inside Climate News A plan to mine for vital minerals in the Patagonia Mountains will release millions of gallons of groundwater and could impact the community’s consumable water.   Click […]

Future of First Nations Clean Water Act could be dead in the water with prorogation

National Observer Under a prorogation, all bills that did not reach royal assent are wiped off the board and must be reintroduced once Parliament returns to sit. Parliament will be […]

Water monitoring group says pesticides in a northern Ontario river can lead to cancer and other issues

CBC “We have been studying the river for two years and we have data for year one only,” Hasan said. “Into 2024, we have taken 50 more samples and we […]

Compare and contrast: New research shows a quarter of freshwater animals are threatened with extinction

The Associated Press Nearly a quarter of animals living in rivers, lakes and other freshwater sources are threatened with extinction, according to new research published the journal Nature on Wednesday. […]

Compare and contrast: How we classify flood risk may give developers, home buyers a false sense of security

Science Daily Traditional methods of communicating how likely an area is to flood focus on designating which zones are ‘high risk.’ This study suggests that this framing may give developers […]

Compare and contrast: Floods linked to rise in US deaths from several major causes

Science Daily Over the last 20 years, large floods were associated with up to 24.9 percent higher death rates from major mortality causes in the U.S. compared to normal conditions. […]

Compare and contrast: Reducing irrigation for livestock feed crops is needed to save Great Salt Lake, study argues

Science Daily The Great Salt Lake has lost more than 15 billion cubic yards of water over the past three decades, is getting shallower at the rate of 4 inches […]

As bird flu concerns grow, Alberta researchers hope to launch wastewater monitoring for livestock

CBC Alberta researchers are working to expand wastewater surveillance into the agriculture sector in an effort to identify early warning signs and protect against potential threats, including H5N1 avian influenza. […]

Compare and contrast: New research reveals groundwater pathways across continent

Science Daily Researchers have created a simulation that maps underground water on a continental scale. The result of three years’ work studying groundwater from coast to coast, the findings plot […]

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