Sep 14
River pollution has decimated many freshwater species, but one group is restocking them as the rivers are restored. Transcript of the Audio Podcast: Fish in troubled waters…on this CurrentCast. Streams in the southeastern U.S. hold an incredibly diverse population of freshwater fishes, mussels, snails, crayfish, insects, and amphibians, but runoff from human activity on land …
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Sep 10
A new project is using Google’s street view technology to map the world’s coral reefs. Transcript of the Audio Podcast: Dive into the ocean from your computer…on this CurrentCast. Working with Google’s Street View, experts developed a 360-degree camera system mounted on an underwater scooter to record images as never seen before. In a five …
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Sep 08
Researchers believe water stress can be alleviated by implementing a variety of strategies. Transcript of the Audio Podcast: Reducing water stress…on this CurrentCast. When less than sixty percent of a region’s water supply is available for at-home use, that region is said to have water stress. One in three people worldwide live with water stress, …
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Sep 04
Las Vegas partners with others in the Colorado River watershed to make sure everyone has the water they need. Transcript of the Audio Podcast: Partnering to share water resources…on this CurrentCast. A fourteen-year drought has Lake Mead at its lowest level since 1937. While the Las Vegas valley gets ninety percent of its water from …
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Sep 03
After nearly 100 years, the largest dam removal in U.S. history has allowed the Pacific Salmon to return to the Elwha River. Transcript of the Audio Podcast: The largest dam removal project in the world…on this CurrentCast. As Washington State was settled in the early nineteen hundreds, two massive hydroelectric dams were built on the …
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