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Severe harmful algal bloom predicted Lake Erie in 2015: Second worst in century predicted
2015-07-09 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: NOAA and its research partners, using an ensemble modeling approach, predict that the 2015 western Lake Erie harmful algal bloom season will be among the most severe in recent years and could become the second most severe behind the record-setting 2011 bloom. The effects of the cyanobacterial blooms include a higher cost for cities and local governments to treat their drinking water, as well as risk to swimmers in high concentration areas, and a nuisance to boaters when blooms form. These effects...
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21st Century Equipment donates to local 4-H
2015-07-08 04:46:24| Agriculture - Topix.net
Farming supply company 21st Century Equipment is donating $50,000 to 4-H county fair livestock programs throughout the counties in its operating area, including Morgan County. Individual donations will be presented to county extension offices this month for the council and advisors to use at their discretion in livestock facilities, livestock programs or wherever they see a need.
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3D Systems Powers 21st Century Learning in Baltimore's Catholic Schools
2015-07-01 12:31:10| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Archdiocese of Baltimore to outfit elementary and high schools with Cube 3D printers and curriculum tools Provides students with digital literacy needed for 21st century careers 3DS includes STEAMtrax 3D printing curricula as integral part of its education kits ROCK HILL, S.C. 3D Systems (NYSE:DDD...
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Lawsuits over California water rights are a fight a century in making
2015-06-30 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
LA Times: The lawsuits hit the courts within days of the state mailing notices to some Central Valley irrigation districts: They were to stop diverting from rivers and streams because there wasn't enough water to go around. Unsurprising as the move may be in this fourth year of drought, to the districts, the notices amounted to an assault on water rights they have held for more than a century. "This is an attempted water grab," said Steve Knell, general manager of the Oakdale Irrigation District, one...
Climate change threatens to undermine the last half century of health gains
2015-06-23 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ScienceDaily: The threat to human health from climate change is so great that it could undermine the last fifty years of gains in development and global health, according to a major new Commission, published in The Lancet. However, the report provides comprehensive new evidence showing that because responses to mitigate and adapt to climate change have direct and indirect health benefits -- from reducing air pollution to improving diet -- concerted global efforts to tackle climate change actually represent one...
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