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Using a mineral ‘sponge’ to catch uranium

Envirotec Magazine

Since 2002, the DOE’s Office of Legacy Management has used the site to test a variety of different uranium-remediation technologies. The apatite sponge captures contaminants, such as uranium, as it forms on the soil particles around the injection well, and afterward as the groundwater flows through the rough sponge. .”

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Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows

Grist

The research relies on satellite data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, used to measure subtle changes in Earth’s stores of water, including groundwater, surface water, snow, ice, and soil moisture. Warmer air can suck moisture out of the soil, amplifying droughts.

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Replanting logged forests with diverse mixtures of seedlings accelerates restoration, says study

Envirotec Magazine

Up to now, however, it has been unclear whether this is best achieved through allowing forests to restore themselves naturally (using dormant seeds in the soil) or through active replanting. The first trees were planted in 2002, with nearly 100,000 planted in total over the following years.

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A zombie-fire outbreak may be growing in the North

Grist

They calculated that between 2002 and 2018, overwintering fires were responsible for 0.8 Northern soils are loaded with peat, dead vegetation that’s essentially concentrated carbon. When a wildfire burns across an Arctic landscape, it also burns vertically through this soil. percent of the total burned area in these lands.

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20-year research project reveals “devastating loss of British & Irish flora“

Envirotec Magazine

We also need to ensure that our land, water and soil are managed more sustainably so that plants, and the species which rely upon them for food and shelter, can thrive.

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Climate change is supercharging floods and droughts, new research shows

Grist

The research relies on satellite data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment, used to measure subtle changes in Earth’s stores of water, including groundwater, surface water, snow, ice, and soil moisture. Warmer air can suck moisture out of the soil, amplifying droughts.

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You are invited to 'New Climate Conversations: where we go from here' with E8 and Climate Solutions

E8 Cleantech Angels

Soil is our largest potential tool in our fight against climate change," she has said, and she also sees wine culture as a powerful way to engage and educate. Maren Costa joined Amazon in 2002 as a designer for the retail website. She created Amazon’s first User Centered Design Process, still in use today.