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Seventy percent of the Earth is covered in oceans, but humanityâs water needs are met by less than one percent of the planetâs total water in the form of aquifers or snowpack-fed rivers. We pump it from the ground, treat it, drink it or spray it on crops, and dispose of it. With global population expected to exceed 10 billion by 2050 and water scarcity a critical challenge, itâs time to rethink that model.
The National Alliance for Water Innovation is focused on treatment and reuse technologies for nontraditional water sources. Examples are municipal wastewater, seawater, meat- and dairy- processing wastewater, and agricultural-drainage water.
CLEVELAND, Ohio Ohio is seeing an upswing in tick-borne Lyme disease, and this spring’s mild, wet weather is to blame. As more people and their pets get outside, they are more likely to pick up ticks, especially in wooded or weedy areas. “As far as this year goes, we’ve had a pretty comfortable spring, and lots of rain and ticks,” said Richard Gary, state public health entomologist with the .
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IMAGE: North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana have more residents with traditionalist values, said Michael Manfredo, lead investigator and department head of the Department of Human Dimensions of Natural Resources. view more
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Humans regularly exert a powerful influence on the survival and persistence of species, yet social-science information is used only sporadically in conservation decisions.
Researchers at Colorado State University and The Ohio State University have created an index depicting the mix of social values among people across all 50 states, providing data that can be useful for wildlife conservation policy and management.
As a specific illustration, the research team found a supportive social context for gray wolf reintroduction in Colorado. Last fall, citizens in the state voted by ballot initiative to mandate the reintroduction of gray wolves. The data and maps in the study reveal that Colorado s social environment is far more