Tag: Ecology Department
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Wall Street spends millions to buy up Washington state water
Photo: Don Lundgren’s family ranch sits next to the Chewuch River. Lundgren hoped to sell water rights to Crown Columbia for potential use beyond the Methow Valley, in the distance. (Steve Ringman / The Seattle Times) WINTHROP, Okanogan County — Follow the water and you’ll find the money. That’s how it often works in the…
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Scientists warn of salt pollution of freshwaters — salinity
An article published today in the journal Science warns of the dangers of increasing water salinity for human health and freshwater ecosystems (rivers, lakes, etc.) and the economic cost arising from a lack of public policies to tackle this problem. The study, prepared by an international team of scientists coordinated by the researcher Miguel Cañedo-Argüelles,…