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Category: Sustainability

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Bacteria-Powered Battery Helps Remove Lake Pollution

Posted on March 7, 2017June 25, 2025 by Gina Misra

Nitrogen pollution is a big problem in standing water such as lakes and ponds. The nitrogen comes from many sources, often agricultural…

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    Growing plants with colored light changes their nutrient content

    Posted on January 23, 2017June 25, 2025 by Gina Misra

    Plants have five basic needs – food, water, air, light, and space. Outdoors, plants get everything they need from nature and some…

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      Grow High-Tunnel Lettuce Year Round on Fish Waste

      Posted on January 12, 2017June 25, 2025 by Gina Misra

      A group of agricultural researchers at West Virginia University wanted to find out if it was possible to grow lettuce year round using high…

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        Can cold-loving bacteria help to clean up oil spills?

        Posted on December 16, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        For several decades scientists have been interested in the ability of psychrophilic (cold- loving) microbial communities to degrade the…

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          How Long Will Human Civilization Last?

          Posted on December 5, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

          Human-caused climate change, ocean acidification and species extinctions may eventually threaten the collapse of civilization, according to…

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            People power in Kenya greatly improves local fisheries

            Posted on November 17, 2014October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

            Harnessing ‘people power’ to manage fisheries in the developing world has significantly benefited local communities and coral…

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