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Pristine groundwater seeps support native algae on Hawai‘i’s coasts

Envirotec Magazine

noa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology. Additionally, upgrades to our wastewater infrastructure in light of impending sea level rise should be one of the primary goals.”. Recharge can be improved by land-use choices through having more permeable urban surfaces and by restoring native forests. Gibson and D.

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California utility selects thermal hydrolysis systems for biosolids digesters

Envirotec Magazine

San Francisco Public Utilities (SFPUC) has selected three Cambi thermal hydrolysis technology systems for new biosolids digester facilities. The technology will allow the SFPUC to enhance odour control, boost energy recovery, and reduce the plant’s environmental footprint. The contract is a win-win for both Cambi and the SFPUC.

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Weather monitoring in extreme conditions

Envirotec Magazine

The Greenland Ice Sheet is of critical importance to human society because of its role in global sea-level rise, and is of particular concern because it is melting at an increasing rate.

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Septic system waste pervasive throughout Florida’s Indian River lagoon

Envirotec Magazine

“Our study illustrates that implementing advanced wastewater treatment or distributed wastewater (DWT) technologies in key locations may allow for decreased nutrient loading and improved estuarine water quality and seagrass health in the Indian River Lagoon and elsewhere with similar conditions.

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Jordan Peterson’s New Online School Will Be Rife with Climate Crisis Deniers

DeSmogBlog

Peterson Academy will also offer a course from Michael Shermer, the editor-in-chief of Skeptic Magazine, on “critical thinking and scientific reasoning.” I believe that there will always be environmental problems and that we can nearly always solve them with improved knowledge, science, and technology.”

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Prehistoric landscape reconstruction reveals early dinosaurs lived on tropical islands

Envirotec Magazine

A new study using leading edge technology has shed surprising light on the ancient habitat where some of the first dinosaurs roamed in the UK around 200 million years ago. The study, carried out with the British Geological Survey, demonstrates the level of detail that can be drawn from geological information using modern analytical tools.

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The head and the heart: Why science and art should work together

Grist

It’s already happening in the world of education, where there’s a push to expand the well-funded focus on science, technology, engineering, and math, or STEM, to include art. It was looking at the history of the waterfront and how climate change is affecting it, because sea-level rise has been a huge problem, especially with increased storms.