Ecosystems – Biology – Animals

As Climate Warms, Algae Blooms In Drinking Water Supplies

Photo: A toxic algae bloom in Oregon's Detroit Lake caused havoc in May, when toxins made their way into the…

6 years ago

Urban gardeners use big ag techniques to conserve soil

The Flanner House, with help from Brandywine Creek Farms, is preparing to create the state's largest urban farm in the…

6 years ago

South Dakota waterways: dumping grounds for human, industrial, ag wastes

(Photo: Bart Pfankuch / SD News Watch) From a riverbank or roadside, South Dakota’s waterways appear placid and picturesque. The…

6 years ago

New Tests Reveal 15 out of 15 of Indiana’s Coal Ash Ponds Are Leaking

Photo: Barbara Deardorff draws water from her tap in Wheatfield, Indiana. Dangerous chemicals from a nearby coal ash pond have…

6 years ago

California’s water wars heat up at Sacramento hearing over river flows

At the Capitol on Monday, farmers protest a proposal by water officials to increase flows for the lower San Joaquin…

6 years ago

Defying water suppliers, Palo Alto backs Bay-Delta Plan

Photo: Wapama Falls, far left, flows into the 117-billion-gallon Hetch Hetchy Reservoir in Yosemite, the source of 85 percent of…

6 years ago

Mapping your water supply

Excerpt of the ‘Ecological Design Dimension’ of Gaia Education’s online course in ‘Design for Sustainability’ Water is used by agriculture,…

6 years ago

Water Protectors Charged With Felonies Under Louisiana’s Anti-Protest Law

Photo: Water protectors continue to oppose construction of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline in Louisiana's Atchafalaya Basin despite a new state…

6 years ago

Fraser River so warm it may kill migrating sockeye salmon

Photo: A worker with Fisheries and Oceans Canada tosses a sockeye salmon back into the water during tagging on the…

6 years ago

Out of spotlight, tribes keep fighting Dakota pipeline

Photo: DAPL pipeline protesters 9/25/2016 (Morton Co. Sheriff) (Reuters) - Native American tribes that tried to block the Dakota Access…

6 years ago