‘Water’ Category
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Google Street View Lets You See the Sights of Midway Atoll
0October 24, 2012 by Dan
Google Streetview seems to be conquering the globe rather quickly and not just cities and easily accessible places. Places like the Amazon, the Great Barrier Reef, and now, the remote Midway Atoll can all be explored from your computer. The Atoll is one of only 28 places designated as both … keep reading
Category Pollution, Science, Technology, Waste, Water, World | Tags: Conservation, Endangered Species, Google
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Toxic tanneries drive Bangladesh leather exports
0October 10, 2012 by Dan
Luxury leather goods sold across the world are produced in a slum area of Bangladesh’s capital where workers, including children, are exposed to hazardous chemicals and often injured in horrific accidents, according to a study released. None of the tanneries packed cheek by jowl into Dhaka’s Hazaribagh neighborhood treat their … keep reading
Category Health, Pollution, Social Justice, Waste, Water, World | Tags: Child Labor, Human Rights, Leather, Pollution, Work Conditions
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Meet the lake so polluted that spending an hour there would kill you
0October 8, 2012 by Dan
Welcome to beautiful Lake Karachay, a Russian lake so tainted by nearby nuclear facilities that it’s considered the most polluted place on the planet. In 1990, just standing on the shore for an hour would give you a radiation dose of 600 roentgen, more than enough to kill you. On … keep reading
Category Health, Pollution, Social Justice, Waste, Water, World | Tags: Death, Nuclear, Pollution, Radioactive, Water
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How Twinned Rainbows Form
0August 11, 2012 by Dan
Double rainbows had their fifteen minutes of fame on the Internet. Now get ready for their even more mysterious cousins: twinned rainbows. New research has suggested an explanation for these exotic shows of color. Story Continues
Category Science, Water | Tags: Rainbow, Science
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Cleaning Product Company Uses Ocean Trash For Packaging
0August 6, 2012 by Dan
Here’s a nifty, sustainable idea: take plastic accumulating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and use it as packaging. Story continues.
Category Pollution, Recycle, Water | Tags: Cleaning Product, Garbage Patch, Recycling, Trash
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America’s ‘Most Polluted’ Lake Finally Comes Clean
0August 2, 2012 by Dan
Onondaga Lake in Syracuse, N.Y., has often been called the most polluted lake in America. It was hammered by a one-two punch: raw and partially treated sewage from the city and its suburbs, and a century’s worth of industrial dumping. But now the final stage in a $1 billion cleanup … keep reading
Category Pollution, Recreation, Water | Tags: Cleanup, New York, Pollution, Water
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When Swimming with Leeches is Alright
0August 1, 2012 by Dan
Terrific, well-written article and a welcome change-of-pace. The appearance of “bloodsucking parasites” in one farm family’s pond got them thinking: How could we be so comfortable with our natural world, yet paranoid about harmless—and helpful—creatures in it? Leeches in your water might not be so bad. Story continues.
Category Recreation, Science, Water | Tags: Natural Systems, Nature, Organism, Recreation, Water
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The Drought Monitor
0July 30, 2012 by Dan
Half of the United States is experiencing a severe drought. The illustration presented in this article is particularly frightening. Story continues.
Category America, Climate Change, Food, Water | Tags: Drought, maps
