Posts Tagged ‘rivers’
Earth & Environment - Aug 19, 2009 4:00 - 0 Comments
When a toxic pond runneth over
A Duke graduate student takes samples from coal ash sludge shortly after a December 2008 spill at a power plant in Tennessee. (Courtesy: Avner Vengosh/Duke University)
Earth & Environment - Jul 21, 2009 12:32 - 0 Comments
Out West, hotter temps shrink water supply
Lake Powell in Utah is one of several massive Colorado River reservoirs that could be severely depleted in the coming decades as a result of warming temperatures in the West, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. (Courtesy: Bureau of Reclamation)
Science & Technology - Jul 15, 2009 10:47 - 1 Comment
Dolphins zoom with ‘delta-wing’ flippers
Paul Weber and Laurens Howle with some of their model flippers. (Credit: Duke Photography)
