After a drought-stricken California lifted a year of mandatory water-use cuts that were effective in 2015 and 2016, urban water use crept back up somewhat, but the overall lasting effect was a more waterwise Golden State, a University of California, Riverside, study has found.
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Air Pollution May Increase Risk of Dementia, Complicated by Genetics
Three years ago, an international study commissioned by the journal Lancet listed 12 modifiable factors that increased the risk of dementia, including three new ones: excessive alcohol, head injury and air pollution.
Juvenile Salmon Migration Timing Responds Unpredictably to Climate Change
Climate change has led to earlier spring blooms for wildflowers and ocean plankton but the impacts on salmon migration are more complicated, according to new research.
Bacteria Could Make Salmon Healthier
Researchers, including from NTNU, are breeding bacteria-free fish fry. This pursuit is more important than you might think.
Interactive 3D Model Recreates Old Man of the Mountain
Twenty years after the Old Man of the Mountain collapsed, people around the world will now be able to explore the iconic symbol of New Hampshire through an online interactive 3D model created by Matthew Maclay, a graduate student in earth sciences at the Guarini School of Graduate and Advanced Studies.
Progressive Climate Change: Desertification Threatens Mediterranean Forests
Heidelberg earth scientists study natural climate fluctuations of the past 500,000 years.