Imagining Future Wastewater Solutions
Wastewater is a health threat in communities worldwide and researchers constantly seek treatment solutions to improve the health of individuals and communities.
Category: Environment
Living with Wildfires: Fighting Fire with Fire
How do people live with the threat of wildfires, and what can be done to protect lives? Indigenous Californians may have a solution.
Impact of Developing Biofuels on Travel Emissions
With climate change and other environmental challenges looming large, does the use of organic biofuels help reduce transportation emissions?
How Wildfires Start Their Own Weather
An intense wildfire can produce its own weather, potentially causing thunderstorms and even “firenadoes.” Read on to learn how.
Why Plastics Are Dangerous to Our Health
Is the BPA found in plastics dangerous to our health? The science doesn’t look good. Learn when to avoid BPA and where it may be found.
When Aquatic Invasive Species Take Over
What is an aquatic invasive species? It is non-native species that has been introduced into an area, and it is…
Fortune Favors Bold Lizards
Lizards have personalities, and the bold lizards, regardless of size or sex, have the most success finding mates and getting ahead.
How Do People Interact with Closed Nature Trails?
You’re out hiking and you come to a closed nature trail. What do you do? That’s what this project decided to try and find out.
Interactive Educational Games: Explore Oceans, Wetlands
Interactive educational games for students. Learn about any aquatic environment, oceans, the Everglades. Discounts available for our readers.
Fire Management in California’s Chaparral Harms Birds
A fire management practice known as mastication, or mechanically crushing vegetation to prevent forest fires, threatens bird communities.