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Urban Streams Are Breeding Superbugs

August 14, 2018 By EarthWise Leave a Comment

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City streams are subjected to a constant onslaught of synthetic chemicals found in pharmaceuticals and personal care products. Wastewater treatment facilities are not designed to filter out these compounds. Instead, they flow into surface waters where they impact aquatic organisms like microbes – which perform key ecosystem services like removing excess nutrients and breaking down leaf litter.

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Old Car Or New Car?

April 26, 2016 By WAMC WEB

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Every few years many of us face a big decision: is it time to buy a new car? The trusty vehicle that has carried us so well has gotten too rusty to pass inspection or too old to assure us of its continued reliability. What vehicle choice is best for the environment?

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Ecology And Designing Future Cities

January 4, 2016 By WAMC WEB

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When most people hear the word ‘ecology’ – chances are it conjures up images of scientists working in distant, wild landscapes, such as old growth forests or remote mountain lakes. Increasingly, however, ecological studies are focused on urban and suburban areas.

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Leave Leaves Alone

October 16, 2015 By EarthWise

Close-up of several brown autumn leaves with dried surface, fallen on the ground above other such leaves.

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In natural ecosystems, there is little waste. Nutrients taken up by plants are returned to the soil when plants die and decompose. Food eaten by animals is excreted; at the end of their lives, animals are also returned to the soil. Ecologists call this nutrient loop a biogeochemical cycle.

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