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Science Daily
April 25, 2024
‘Sunny day flooding’ increases fecal contamination of coastal waters
A new study finds that ‘sunny day flooding,’ which occurs during high tides, increases the levels of fecal bacteria in coastal waters. While the elevated bacteria levels in the coastal waters tend to dissipate quickly, the findings suggest policymakers and public health officials should be … Read more
Rolling Stone
April 25, 2024
Opioids came for country music. It’s fighting back
Today, drug overdoses kill more than 100,000 people annually in this country, with fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, touted as the leading cause of death for people between the ages of 18 to 45. Those figures led Elvie Shane to come clean about his drug abuse … Read more
Science Daily
April 25, 2024
Shoreline model predicts long-term future of storm protection and sea-level rise
Researchers have created a coastal evolution model to analyze how coastal management activities on barrier islands, meant to adapt to sea-level rise, can disrupt natural processes that are keeping the barrier islands above water. Replenishing beaches and clearing over-washed roads may not be the best … Read more
Popular Science
April 25, 2024
How super resilient tardigrades can fix their radiation-damaged DNA
Microscopic tardigrades have fascinated scientists for their incredible toughness since they were first discovered back in 1773. They can sense when it’s time to go dormant and enter a tun state under harsh conditions. Tardigrades can even withstand dangerous levels of radiation, and a surprising … Read more
Newsweek
April 23, 2024
NASA images show Death Valley’s fleeting lake as depth revealed
Satellites have revealed the depth of the extremely rare Death Valley lake that emerged following a rainy winter. Water level data collected by NASA’s Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) allowed researchers to reach their findings. “This is a really cool example of how SWOT … Read more
Chapelboro
April 22, 2024
‘Nobody’s Listening:’ NC Department of Environmental Quality Fails To Regulate Water and Air Pollution From Poultry Farming
Jefferson Currie steps outside his home in Moore County, and the stench of chicken waste lingers in the air. He takes a sip of his morning coffee and grimaces. The coffee tastes like the beans have been roasted with rancid chicken. … Angela Stuesse, an … Read more
Newsweek
April 17, 2024
Water Bears’ ‘Incredible Response’ to Radiation Surprises Scientists
The mysteries of how tardigrades survive some of the most extreme environments imaginable have potentially been solved. … “What we saw surprised us,” Bob Goldstein, a tardigrade researcher and biologist at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said in a statement. “The tardigrades … Read more