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News & Articles By Edsel Cook
12/27/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Radioactive waste containment location could be leaking into the Pacific Ocean, warns UN Secretary-General
The head of the United Nations Secretariat recently brought up concerns that a “nuclear coffin” on a Pacific island might be leaking radioactive waste. The toxic pollutants might have been spreading for years. The U.S. built the concrete dome during the 1970s to store toxic substances cleaned up from nearby nuclear weapons testing sites. However, […]
12/04/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Par for the course: Concerned teen diver stumbles upon vast sea of golf balls that pollute the California coast
Hundreds of thousands of golf balls have littered the seabed off the coast of California. First discovered by a teenager, the toxic plastic trash is now getting cleaned up slowly but surely by concerned citizens. Alex Weber stumbled across the pollutants during a snorkeling trip in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary in 2017. She and her friends decided […]
12/02/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Gruesome photos of dead dolphin highlights the unresolved plastic problem along Britain’s coastline
Plastic pollution in the ocean has claimed yet another marine animal as a victim – and in a particularly disturbing way. Gruesome images of a dead dolphin on a beach in Cornwall, U.K. reminded everyone of the deadly threat posed by plastic trash to marine life. Cornish local Simon Heester called in the incident. He […]
12/01/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Aging power plants under threat from droughts
Thermoelectric power plants provide a third of America’s electrical generation, and the combination of aging technologies, droughts, and strict environmental regulations is likely to sharply reduce the energy output. To prevent this, researchers recommend replacing the once-through cooling systems of the aging power plants with drought-resistant recirculating models. Their study countered the calls by some groups […]
11/29/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Rivers can create waterfalls by themselves
Some waterfalls didn’t need any help from an earthquake or a similarly powerful event to be born. They achieved their form after thousands of years of abrading the rocks that made up their riverbeds. A waterfall grabs the attention of anyone in its general vicinity. It marks the speed at which the landscape changes thanks […]
11/27/2019
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By Edsel Cook
ALERT: Neonic pesticides in tap water react with chlorine to create hazardous chemicals that are 300 times more toxic
Researchers warn that conventional methods for treating water can trigger chemical reactions in neonicotinoid contaminants. The resulting metabolites are proven to be far more toxic than the original “neonic” pesticides. Their newest experiment followed up on their discovery of neonicotinoids in tap water sources. The team investigated the risk of the pesticides getting exposed to chlorine-based water treatments and transforming into chlorinated disinfection […]
11/25/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Answering a scientific puzzle: Do animals living in extreme cold grow to giant sizes because of their slow metabolism?
Some of the largest living animals in the world dwell exclusively in the polar seas and the deepest parts of the oceans. Blue whales, colossal squid, lion’s mane jellyfish, and other leviathans may have attained and maintained their massive sizes thanks to a combination of extremely slow metabolic processes and oxygen availability in polar waters. The […]
11/20/2019
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By Edsel Cook
How is a massive “blob” of rock causing earthquakes in Central Asia?
Far beneath the Hindu Kush mountains of Central Asia, a giant blob of continental rock is slowly dripping away from the lithosphere into the mantle below. A recent study attributed many of the deepest earthquakes in the region to the movements of this blob. The Hindu Kush runs for hundreds of miles and straddles the border of Afghanistan […]
11/17/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Study: Plastic pollution is harming photosynthetic bacteria in the ocean that produce 10 percent of the oxygen we breathe
Marine microorganisms may also be threatened by plastic pollution in the ocean. Since one type of photosynthetic bacteria accounts for 10 percent of the oxygen production on Earth, we need to take steps to protect the microbes before we run out of breathable air. Australian researchers issued a warning following their recently published study. They […]
11/13/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Fracking triggers “potentially damaging” earthquakes, even in areas AWAY from injection sites
Earthquakes attributed to fracking operations are not limited to the areas around the injection site. A Tufts study has revealed that pumping fluids underground disturb natural networks of fault fractures that reach quite a ways off. The fracking industry relies on subsurface fluid injection to recover oil and natural gas from deep underground. It also […]
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