A rock bass. Researchers have detected build-ups of human antidepressants in the brains of this fish species, among others, in the Niagara River. -Wikimedia Commons photo The drugs enter rivers and lakes from treatment plants and sewage overflows, threatening aquatic life, scientists say By Charlotte...
‘The swamps and wetlands that once characterized Houston’s hinterland have been replaced with strip malls and suburban tract homes.’ Photograph: Gerald Herbert/AP There’s never been a more important time to understand the political machinations that led to Harvey’s destructiveness – and dismantle the...
by Andrew Mendler Midland Mirror Over the past four years the Town of Midland has discharged 1.3 million litres of raw sewage into Georgian Bay. During severe storms, the sanitary sewer system gets overwhelmed by the inflow of storm water, given the fact that some storm sewers and sump pumps are impr...
from Nature Conservancy Canada Minesing Wetlands, West of Barrie, ON Thursday August 31, 2017 10:0A0 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. Join the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority (NVCA) and NCC for a wet and wild day of installing wing deflectors along Willow Creek in Minesing Wetlands. Once installed, t...
From NVCA: Board Meeting Highlights August 25, 2017 Review of the June 23, 2017 flood event Peter Alm, NVCA’s Water Resource Engineer, provided board members with an overview of the June 23, 2017, flood event that took place in the southern portion of the watershed. The 100-year storm saw 113 mm of r...
Technician John White at the Angus Tree Seed Facility in 2013, explaining the operation to AWARE Simcoe members Scroll down for other posts on this topic ‘Corner stone of tree planting’ to be shut down in 2018 Roger Klein CTV News Barrie August 28 2017 A major seed distribution plant in A...
From the Nature Conservancy of Canada Event Details August 25th, 2017, 9:00 AM – 2:30 PM Carden Alvar Natural Area, Ontario Habitat Restoration Calling all conservation superheroes! The vigorously-growing, invasive dog-strangling vine (DSV) is creeping its way onto the globally rare habitats of...
Spruce, Fir, Tamarak -AWARE Simcoe photo By GABRIEL POPKINAUG New York Times For several years, I’ve led tree walks in Washington, D.C. I start by asking participants who they are and why they want to spend precious hours looking at trees. My students are nearly all highly educated, successful people...
A man sits by the river in Garbahaarey town in the Gedo region of Somalia. Photo by AMISOM Public Information/Flickr by Leah Schleifer World Resources Institute Droughts in Somalia. Water rationing in Rome. Flooding in Jakarta and Harvey-battered Houston. It doesn’t take a hydrologist to realiz...
By Gemma L. Baron, Vincent A. A. Jansen, Mark J. F. Brown and Nigel E. Raine — Nature Ecology and Evolution Pollinators are in global decline and agricultural pesticides are a potential driver of this. Recent studies have suggested that pesticides may significantly impact bumblebee colonies—an ...
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