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Expertise, resources found at Mizzou allow critical research to investigate drought resistance in corn that could help sustain projected 9 billion global ...
Academic Agriculture Drought Agricultural Research
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A study, led by the Universities of Birmingham and Southampton, has shown that strategic planting of trees on floodplains could reduce the height of flooding ...
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A Team of Japanese scientists has found a species of bacteria that eats the type of plastic found in most disposable water bottles The plastic found in water ...
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Drylands cover approximately 41 percent of the world’s land surface and are a direct source of livelihood for 2.3 billion people or 1/3 of the world’s ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The storm had gathered power for days as it crossed the Northern Pacific, and now its outer band was uppercutting the coast. By the time Eric Batman arrived ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
When plant matter burns, it releases a complex mixture of gases and aerosols into the atmosphere. In forests subject to air pollution, these emissions may be ...
Environment Forestry
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
It is now possible to estimate the influence of climate change on some types of extreme events, such as heat waves, drought, and heavy precipitation, says a ...
Climate Induced Hazard Environment Climate Change
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
California is the first state to have a law declaring the human right to water, and now it also has a resolution from the Water Board prioritizing it But ...
Academic Human Rights Water Governance Water Management
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Risk of Intestinal Parasitic Infections in People with Different Exposures to Wastewater and Fecal Sludge in Kampala, Uganda: A Cross-Sectional Study ...
Academic Wastewater Use Public Health Sludge Management
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Since the 1930s, the composition of forests in the region has changed markedly. Drought-sensitive, fire-intolerant tree species, such as maple, birch and ...
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Stable environmentally friendly polymer coatings inhibit the surface buildup of bacterial and marine organisms An eco-friendly strategy has been developed by ...
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
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Phosphorus is a necessary component of fertilizers needed for agriculture. In 2013 about 225 million tons of phosphate was extracted predominantly for ...
Academic Fertilizers Environment Agrochemicals
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
A new type of graphene-based filter could be the key to managing the global water crisis, a study has revealed The new graphene filter, which has been ...
Academic Filtration Filtration Graphene
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
In a world first, a Flinders University designed wastewater treatment system has been accepted as an alternative to existing passive lagoon systems for use in ...
Academic Treatment Wastewater Treatment Plant Engineering
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The military is checking whether chemicals from firefighting foam might have contaminated groundwater at hundreds of sites nationwide and potentially tainted ...
Public Health Groundwater Pollution
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Although climate models have suggested that spring temperatures affect streamflow, this study is the first to examine the instrumental historical record to ...
Academic Research Climate Change
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
The annual growth rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide measured at NOAA’s Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii jumped by 3.05 parts per million during 2015, the ...
Academic Climate Change Greenhouse Gases
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by Naizam (Nai) Jaffer, Municipal Operations Manager (Water, Wastewater, Stormwater, Roads, & Parks)
Scientists review what’s known about the fluids in ACS’ journal Environmental Science & Technology and conclude that a comprehensive assessment of ...
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