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SERC: Archaeological Dig
A group of scientists and volunteers gathered in July to take part in an archaeological dig at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center. They worked in the sweltering heat to uncover dozens of artifacts right on the center’s campus. The group is directed by Jim Gibb, an archaeologist who is currently running 14 different projects, all done with citizen scientists. The lab has been...
Read MorePSU: Treating Wastewater
Researchers at Penn State University studied the effectiveness of wastewater treatment by tracking the fate of different contaminants. Their goal was to track the compounds through wastewater treatment and at the wells at their Living Filter, a place where treated water is sprayed to undergo additional filtration. The contaminants tracked were acetaminophen, ampicillin, caffeine, naproxen,...
Read MoreRiparian Forest Buffer Strategy
Penn State News– Researchers from Penn State University (PSU) are leading a team to study a new flexible strategy to ramp up installation of riparian buffers. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded the group that includes several PSU researchers across multiple disciplines, along with a USDA researcher and a University of Maryland economist nearly $500,000. Vegetative buffers adjacent...
Read MoreJHU: Wastewater Contaminants
Bacterial resistance to antimicrobials and antibiotics is one of the most pressing public-health concerns around the world. Water systems are one of the major contributors to the spread of resistance, as improperly treated drinking water and wastewater can concentrate antibiotic and antimicrobial compounds while also carrying pathogens to and from human hosts. In the United States, the...
Read MoreOysters on Alternative Substrate
The oyster season in the Chesapeake Bay recently ended, but this year oysters harvested in the Rappahannock River came from an unusual home. Some of the oysters they harvested were grown on gravel-sized stones that had been put in the river to provide an unconventional growing spot. Usually, baby oysters, or spat, are grown on old oyster shells, and watermen have long thought that this was the...
Read MoreReducing Nutrient Pollution
Pennsylvania State University has partnered with University of Maryland Eastern Shore and the USDA Agricultural Research Service to form the The Center for Integrated Multi-Scale Nutrient Pollution Solutions (Center for Nutrient Solutions or CNS for short). The project is funded under the EPA STAR program establishing “national centers for innovative and sustainable water research, incorporating...
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