Category: Recreation
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The Wild Ones
People said that women had no place in the Grand Canyon and would likely die trying to run the Colorado River. In 1938, two female scientists set out to prove them wrong. Prologue The river had cut into the plateau, or else the plateau had risen around the river. No one could say for sure…
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Meet the sargassum belt: 5,000-mile-long snake of seaweed circling Florida
Photo: People remove Sargassum in Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in April, 2022. Researchers expect this year will bring another massive bloom, choking local ecosystems and tourism economies. Elizabeth Ruiz/AFP via Getty Images It stretches over 5,000 miles. It weighs over 10 million tons. And it’s circling around the Gulf of Mexico and the mid-Atlantic, where…
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Hydroponics for Sustainable Backyard Gardening
What is Hydroponics? Hydroponics is a type of hydroculture, where plants are grown without using soil, i.e. only mineral nutrients required for the plants are provided. Soil is replaced by a medium called aggregate. This aggregate is what holds roots of the plants, usually perlite or gravel is used. The nutrients provided are from several…
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A military veteran’s new mission is to restore a stream and help people heal
Jeff Swire, co-founder of Patriots Cove, has turned his private property into a fly-fishing refuge for other veterans and first responders seeking relief and renewed purpose. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program) Patriots Cove has built a community around fly fishing to give veterans, first responders and caregivers a sense of purpose According to U.S.…
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Uranium-contaminated site collapses into Detroit River
A Detroit property contaminated with uranium and other dangerous chemicals partially collapsed into the Detroit River on Nov. 26, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy has confirmed. The news is especially concerning because the Detroit drinking water intake lines are nearby downriver. Located next to Historic Fort Wayne and leased by Detroit…
