This Tiny Fish Can Withstand Almost Anything Carrie Arnold
Originating in the Great Dismal Swamp of Virginia, just south of the Chesapeake Bay, the Elizabeth River is turbid and brackish, its banks redolent with the nose-wrinkling stench of rotting vegetation. These muddy, pungent waters support an array of life oak and maple trees, herons, otters, and oysters. But the Elizabeth empties into the massive Norfolk Harbor, making it ideal for shipping and shipbuilding; for decades, local industry spilled thousands of tons of creosote, a wood preservative made from coal tar, into the river.
Over time, the stench of tar and mothballs replaced the natural
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California College Offering Students Gift Cards to Remain on Campus During Spring Break
On 3/10/21 at 7:58 PM EST
In the shadow of last year s late-spring coronavirus surge, a handful of U.S. universities are taking extra steps to dissuade students from traveling in 2021. One northern California university is offering $75 vouchers to those who pledge to remain local during spring break.
The University of California at Davis, one of ten undergraduate and graduate education institutions within the state s UC system, unveiled its spring break grant program last week. Part of the university s and the city of Davis collaborative Healthy Davis Together project, the grant initiative asks students to agree to remain in the area over the weeklong break. The application also asks that interested applicants undergo a COVID-19 diagnostic test.