News articles tagged with 'stream'
Lessons from oil industry may help address groundwater crisis
— 31 Oct 2009 14:44 | EnvironmentAlthough declining streamflows and half-full reservoirs have gotten most of the attention in water conflicts around the United States, some of the worst battles of the next century... — full story
Alfalfa sprouts key to discovering how meandering rivers form and maintain
— 6 Oct 2009 21:03 | EnvironmentSinuous, meandering streams produce diverse and wildlife-rich habitats and are the aim of many river restoration efforts, but until now, the bank, water flow and sediment conditions... — full story
WCS study on birds and streams included in federal guidelines to safeguard waterways
— 19 Aug 2009 13:35 | EnvironmentThe results of a Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) study that rapidly measures stream habitat have been adopted by a government agency working with private landowners to restore waterways... — full story
Water levels dropping in some major rivers as global climate changes
— 22 Apr 2009 13:42 | EnvironmentRivers in some of the world's most populous regions are losing water, according to a new comprehensive study of global stream flow. The study, led by scientists at the National Centre... — full story
New speed record for reliable reading of optical data may help improve circuit design
— 2 Feb 2009 18:34 | TechnologySliced light is how we communicate now. Millions of phone calls and cable television shows per second are dispatched through fibres in the form of digital zeros and ones formed by chopping... — full story
Antarctic ice stream radiating seismically
— 4 Jun 2008 21:39 | EnvironmentA seismologist at Washington University in St. Louis and colleagues at Pennsylvania State University and Newcastle University in the United Kingdom have found seismic signals from a... — full story
Expert predicts 'Monsoon Britain'
— 7 May 2008 05:36 | EnvironmentPrepare for more floods - in ways we are not used to - that's the message from experts at Durham University who have studied rainfall and river flow patterns over 250 years. Last summer... — full story
Scientists quantify nutrient pollution reductions from urban stream restoration
— 2 May 2008 15:29 | EnvironmentA team of researchers led by University of Maryland Centre for Environmental Science researcher Dr Sujay Kaushal has been among the first able to quantify the amount of excess nitrogen... — full story
Changing jet streams may alter paths of storms and hurricanes
— 17 Apr 2008 14:40 | EnvironmentThe Earth's jet streams, the high-altitude bands of fast winds that strongly influence the paths of storms and other weather systems, are shifting - possibly in response to global warming.... — full story
Climate change will diminish New England water quality, supply
— 9 Apr 2008 11:44 | EnvironmentThe Connecticut River Watershed is vital to New England, serving as the primary water supply for Greater Boston and a National Fish and Wildlife Refuge for thousands of species of plants... — full story