Reclaimed wetlands bring back native plants, animals, and rare birds for the eco-win. Listen up: Fifteen years ago, the non-profit Wetlands Initiative bought 3,000 acres of former wetland in Illinois. The land had been drained and used to grow crops for more than a century. But once they began letting the water back onto the …

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Snow melt in the spring and summer fill the Great Salt Lake with water. Transcript of the Audio Podcast: The Great Salt Lake… on this CurrentCast. Snow melting in the spring and summer carries water to the Great Salt Lake in Utah, picking up minerals and other salts as it travels downstream. Murphy: “When water …

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A growing solution to stormwater runoff: If you’ve stood under a tree to stay dry during a storm, you know that leaves and branches can slow or even stop raindrops. Ted Endreny of the State University of New York’s College of Environmental Science and Forestry says in a drizzle… Endreny: “The canopy can capture nearly …

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Drinking wastewater isn’t as far-fetched as you might think. Question is, just how much of the “waste” part can be removed at the treatment plant? Listen up: < Like the old saying goes, what goes in must come out. How does that apply to our wastewater, you ask? “There are plenty of communities that get …

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GPS stations can detect drought by measuring when the earth’s crust lifts or depresses. Transcript of the Audio Podcast: A surprising discovery from GPS technology…on this CurrentCast. In the western United States, a network of highly precise GPS stations measure the movement of tectonic plates – collecting data about possible earthquakes. Scientists have discovered, quite …

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