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EPA Announces Effort to Update Wet Weather Regulations for Wastewater Treatment Plants

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will be reaching out to states, local communities, and stakeholders as the Agency begins a new rulemaking process to provide certainty surrounding the use of “blending” by wastewater treatment plants.

The Secrets of Anticosti Island: New discovery sheds light on mass extinction

Located in Canada’s Gulf of Saint Laurence, Anticosti Island is home to one of the world’s richest deposits of fossils and sedimentary rock, dating back some 445 million years, a time known as the end of the Ordovician period.

Scientists Project Climate Changes Associated with a Global Warming of Four Degrees by 2084

A collaborative research team from China has published a new analysis that shows the Earth’s climate would increase by 4 ℃, compared to pre-industrial levels, before the end of 21st century.

Study Uncovers Cause of Pesticide Exposure, Parkinson’s Link

A new University of Guelph study has discovered why exposure to pesticides increases some people’s risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.

Study Reveals How Sub-Tropical Corals Cope With The Cold

Corals growing in high-latitude reefs in Western Australia can regulate their internal chemistry to promote growth under cooler temperatures, according to new research at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at The University of Western Australia.