Scientists Worry About Urban Ash And The Impacts From Its Toxins Long After California Wildfires
Urban ash from the California wildfires that has settled across the state has now been found more than 100 miles offshore.
Los Angeles Times20d
L.A. fires wreaked havoc on the land. Scientists are racing to learn what they’ve done to the sea
the microscopic algae at the base of the marine food web, thanks to the infusion of nutrients from burned plants. No one yet knows how a massive infusion of ash from urban fires — with its mix ...
Weather Underground14d
Scientists Worry About Urban Ash And The Impacts From Its Toxins Long After California Wildfires
The devastating wildfires in Southern California are in a league of their own for many reasons, but one that has scientists concerned is the impact of "urban ash." When ordinary wildfires burn in ...
Frontiers11d
Anthropogenic Footprints on Marine Ecosystems: Insights into Biogeochemical Shifts
The study of marine biogeochemical cycles has historically concentrated on natural components, but the growing understanding of the complex relationships ...
Canada20d
Reductions in phosphorus loads to Lake Winnipeg
However, when phosphorus levels are too high, or too low, they can have harmful impacts on a lake's water quality and food web as observed in Lake ... human-related factors such as agricultural runoff ...
The Sarnia Journal13d
Ontario's growing environmental crisis: how two major projects are harming the Great Lakes
Both projects—Ontario Place and Highway 413—threaten the ecological health of the Great Lakes and surrounding ecosystems. An ...
KOAT Albuquerque8d
Water runoff will be low due to lower snowpack
STATE OFFICIALS SAY THE LOW SNOWPACK WILL LEAD TO A VERY LOW SPRING RUNOFF. THIS MEANS LAKES AND RIVERS STATEWIDE WON’T GET THE BOOST OF WATER THAT WE TYPICALLY SEE. THE GROUP IN CHARGE OF ...
AOL7d
Toxic runoff, debris flows threaten wildfire-ravaged areas of Southern California
"Some of the runoff can be toxic in some locations as it washes ash and other debris into streams and then reaches the beaches," AccuWeather Senior Director of Forecasting Operations Dan DePodwin ...