An integrated, holistic approach to detecting and characterizing cyanobacteria blooms could reduce human health risks and better direct field resources.
Water quality
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Strong Storms Flush Out Particulate Nitrogen
Field observations show that with climate change, fiercer tropical storms may release more particulate nitrogen from temperate forests into aquatic ecosystems.
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Contaminated Sediment and Dam Removals: Problem or Opportunity?
Restoring rivers to their free-flowing state promises a host of environmental benefits, but contaminated sediments may cloud the picture.
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Past Phosphorus Runoff Causes Present Oxygen Depletion in Lakes
Sediment cores show how phosphorus pollution in the 1950s led to current, inherited hypoxia in lakes in the Alps.
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Underground Water Reserves Found in Hawaii's High Country
The newly discovered groundwater resource could be a source of geothermal energy in a place where electricity rates are the highest in the United States.
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Remote Sensing of Water Quality: Bridging Operational and Applications Communities
How Can Remote Sensing Address Information Needs and Gaps in Water Quality and Quantity Management?; Cincinnati, Ohio, 28 April–2 May 2014