Downstream Explores Threats to Pennsylvania Watersheds
Pennsylvania’s endangered watersheds are the focus of Downstream, a documentary produced by Point Park University's School of Communication Environmental Journalism program, in association with WQED Multimedia, and made possible through a grant from the Heinz Endowments.
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Why no aquarium has a great white shark
Many have tried to keep a white shark in captivity. Here's why that's so difficult.
There are several aquariums around the world, including one in Georgia, that house whale sharks, the biggest fish in the sea. But not one has a great white shark on display.
Aquariums have made dozens of attempts since the 1970s to display a captive great white shark. Most of those attempts ended with dead sharks.
By the 2000s, the only group still trying was the Monterey Bay Aquarium, which spent a decade planning its white shark program. In 2004, it acquired a shark that became the first great white to survive in captivity for more than 16 days. In fact, it was on display for more than six months before it was released back into the ocean.
In the following years, the Monterey Bay Aquarium hosted five more juvenile white sharks for temporary stays before ending the program in 2011. It was an expensive effort and had come under criticism due to injuries that some of the sharks developed in the tank.
Responding to those critics, Jon Hoech, the aquarium's director of husbandry operations, said: We believe strongly that putting people face to face with live animals like this is very significant in inspiring ocean conservation and connecting people to the ocean environment. We feel like white sharks face a significant threats out in the wild and our ability to bring awareness to that is significant in terms of encouraging people to become ocean stewards.
Check out the video above to learn why white sharks are so difficult to keep in captivity and how the Monterey Bay Aquarium designed a program that could keep them alive.
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Seniors Resource Center Line Dancing
In the Skyline area of San Diego a Senior center comes alive when Seniors do line dancing for exercise. Some of them have known each other for over 50 years.
Trends in Nutrients and Pesticides in the Nation's Rivers
Congressional Briefing at the Capitol Visitors Center on April 11, 2014. The briefing focuses on the Mississippi River Basin, which covers about 40% of the nation and represents a wide range of important climatic, agricultural, and urban influences that are present throughout the country. Note: Suzanne Bricker will also present information about efforts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to trace the health of the Nation's valuable estuaries and will explain how information learned from NAWQA's monitoring and assessments make estuarine protection more effective.
What Makes Blue-Green Algae Dangerous?—Speaking of Chemistry
Pond scum is usually just a nuisance, but it can become dangerous. Check out the chemistry behind these harmful algal blooms. And don’t forget to subscribe!
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When the environmental conditions are right, blue-green algae (which are actually blue-green bacteria) can blossom into harmful algal blooms. These blooms can release all sorts of deadly poisons into the environment. In this episode, SOC’s Sophia Cai explains how human health could be at risk, with help from SOC’s structure-drawing extraordinaire, Lauren Wolf.
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Lake and Wetland Restoration: A Tale of Three Systems
Presented by Alan Steinman - Director of Grand Valley State University's Annis Water Resources Institute (MI)
Excess nutrient runoff is negatively impacting aquatic ecosystems in the Great Lakes and throughout the world. Understanding these impacts and how to mitigate them have become, for better or worse, something of a growth industry in the environmental and ecological disciplines. In this talk, I will describe three coastal systems located in west Michigan that have been exposed to a history of environmental abuses. Excess nutrients, phosphorus in particular, have resulted in impaired ecological structure and function, including potentially toxic algal blooms. I will discuss the unique attributes of each system, the nature of the key stressor(s), our restoration approach, and how successful we have been in meeting our restoration targets. Two key themes underpinning our efforts include: 1) a modest upfront investment in scientific investigations can save substantial resources in the long run, despite societal anathema to “studies”; and 2) post-restoration monitoring is critical to assess restoration success, and when necessary, be sufficiently nimble to make adjustments as necessary.
Where Does Your Sewage Go? | I Didn't Know That
Visit the Becton Sewage Treatment Works—one of Europe's biggest plants—which processes sewage from 3.4 million Londoners into water clean enough to return to the Thames.
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Quality of Our Nation's Groundwater: Where and Why Is it Vulnerable to Contamination
The USGS National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program will describe its findings from two decades of monitoring at over 6,600 wells that tap extensive aquifers supplying most of the groundwater pumped for drinking water, irrigation, and other uses in the U.S. Among the findings was that one in five (22 percent) samples contained at least one contaminant at a concentration of potential concern for human health. NAWQA used contaminant data, along with detailed information on geology, hydrology, geochemistry, chemical use, and water use, to explain how and why vulnerability to contamination varies across the Nation and to predict future water quality changes. USGS will describe the occurrence of contaminants in groundwater, how natural features and human activities can affect groundwater quality, and how models are used to predict contaminant concentrations in unmonitored areas and inform decisions necessary to protect groundwater resources, given a growing population and current development stresses.
Geospatial Forum: Dr. Dan Obenour
Speaker: Dr. Dan Obenour | Assistant Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering | North Carolina State University
Presentation Title: Leveraging Multi-Decadal Spatial Datasets to Model Water Quality in Coastal Systems
Abstract: Coastal systems are subject to water quality degradation through excessive anthropogenic nutrient loading and climate change. Common problems include hypoxia (low dissolved oxygen) and harmful algal blooms that threaten ecosystems, recreation, and fisheries. While multiple organizations are tasked with monitoring such systems, sampling is often sparse and disjointed, limiting our ability to assess water quality trends and to infer or verify mechanistic linkages. This forum will highlight recent research synthesizing large-scale spatial datasets to enhance our understanding of water quality dynamics. First, space-time geostatistics will be employed to synthesize data from multiple monitoring programs to characterize hypoxia in the northern Gulf of Mexico and cyanobacteria bloom dynamics in Lake Erie. Second, hierarchical modeling will be used to assess water quality and nutrient loading dynamics across North Carolina watersheds. In each study area, implications for watershed management and probabilistic forecasting will be discussed.
Woodworker Builds The Perfect Tiny House Boat for Life on the Water
A woodworking wizard named Richard built the Koroc - a beautiful floating tiny house RV on aluminum pontoons. It's unbelievable what a comfortable home he's created in such a small space. Imagine living in this micro cabin, floating on a river or a lake, and enjoying fresh air on an enormous deck? If you can't tell already, we're in love with this boat!
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We randomly drove past this houseboat in Montebello, Quebec, Canada on our way to pick up some RV windows so we emailed the owner and asked him if we could take a tour inside and have him put it in the water for us. Luckily he said yes!
We spent a beautiful sunny afternoon on Le Koroc (built by Richard's company Daigno) admiring his handy work. Everything in this house boat is built by hand, from the beams to the cabinets, the deck, water filter, bathroom, kitchen and more.
Richard has a solar panel for electricity, a Martin propane heater, a propane cooktop, a DIY carbon filter for filtering grey water, a self-contained toilet, two dinettes (one that converts into a double bed), and tons of windows, not to mention the huge deck. It's off-grid minimalist living paradise!
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Outdoor Wisconsin visits Grant Park in South Milwaukee. Dan Small stops in at the Wisconsin Bowhunting Museum in Clintonville. Jeff Kelm goes to the Wisconsin Humane Society for a look at their wildlife rehabilitation program. DNR naturalist Randy Hetzel shows us two box turtle species at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sports Show.
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Environment Matters 2017 - Episode 11
A pilot program is underway to find a commercially viable way to extract valuable rare earth elements from acid mine drainage sludge, a byproduct of the treatment process. Plus: Recycling Christmas trees into fish habitat, one county's new mobile recycling program and the winners of this year's Youth Recycling Contest.
Building U.S. Resilience to Global Warming Impacts
Building U.S. Resilience to Global Warming Impacts - Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming - 2009-10-22 - The consequences of global warming in the United States will be significant even in the case of deep reductions in future heat-trapping emissions. The current and anticipated impacts -- including sea level rise, more frequent heat waves, regional drought and flooding, and more intense tropical storms -- pose a serious threat to our health, environment, economic well-being, and national security. While Congress works to curb carbon pollution to avoid the worst effects of global warming, America must look at adaptation measures that will protect communities from harm caused by global warming that is already set to occur. On Thursday October 22, 2009 at 9:30 a.m., the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming held a hearing on adaptation entitled, Building U.S. Resilience to Global Warming Impacts in room 2175 Rayburn House Office Building. WITNESSES: John Stephenson, Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; Eric Schwaab, Deputy Secretary of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources; Stephen Seidel, V.P. for Policy Analysis and Gen. Counsel, Pew Center on Global Climate Change; Kenneth Green, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute. Video provided by the U.S. House of Representatives.
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Provo City Council Work Meeting | March 19, 2019
PROVO MUNICIPAL COUNCIL
Work Meeting
12:30 PM, Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Room 310, City Conference Room
351 W. Center Street, Provo, UT 84601
Agenda
Roll Call
Prayer
Approval of Minutes
November 27, 2018 Work Meeting
Budget Committee
(0:04:55) 1. A presentation on the Parks and Recreation Department and potential budget requests. (19-004)
(0:34:50) 2. A discussion regarding the Provo City Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan for FY 2019-2020 (part 1 of 2). (19-035)
Business
(1:18:32) 3. A presentation from the Administration about proposed organizational changes. (19-036)
(1:50:25) 4. A discussion regarding a proposed ordinance amendment prohibiting the sale of dogs, cats, and rabbits from commercial animal establishments (19-030)
(2:18:37) 5. A discussion regarding the proposed Community Land Trust Request for Proposal/Request for Qualifications. (19-032)
(2:32:01) 6. A policy discussion related to the Neighborhood Housing Services of Provo proposal with regards to homes purchased with CDBG/HOME Dollars. (18-076)
Policy Items Referred from the Planning Commission
(2:47:47) 7. A discussion regarding a proposed ordinance to amend Downtown Streetscape standards to clarify right-of-way improvements for 100 West. City-wide Impact. (PLOTA20190007)
Business
(2:53:16) 8. A discussion about Wastewater Recommendations, Treatment Resolution, and Code Changes. (19-037 and 19-038)
Closed Meeting
The Municipal Council or the Governing Board of the Redevelopment Agency will consider a motion to close the meeting for the purposes of holding a strategy session to discuss pending or reasonably imminent litigation, and/or to discuss the purchase, sale, exchange, or lease of real property, and/or the character, professional competence, or physical or mental health of an individual in conformance with � 52-4-204 and 52-4-205 et. seq., Utah Code.
Adjournment
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The 2017 Ideas Conference
While it’s early in the Trump administration, it’s clear that progressives will need to resist and respond aggressively every single day. It is in this spirit of resistance that progressives will be able to protect the gains we’ve made in the past eight years, and work toward further progressive change in the future.
Charting a path for progressives in 2017 and into the future is one of our highest priorities at the Center for American Progress. The Ideas Conference brings together national leaders of the progressive cause. This daylong conference will be our signature event of the year. We will host leading elected officials, thought leaders, movement leaders, and others to discuss their ideas to move the country forward and address the needs of all Americans, covering topics from economics to energy, national security to the rise of the Resist movement.
Attendance at this event is by invitation only.
To view the Ideas Conference agenda, please click here.
Confirmed speakers include:
Senator Cory Booker, D-NJ
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY
Senator Kamala Harris, D-CA
Senator Amy Klobuchar, D-MN
Senator Jeff Merkley, D-OR
Senator Chris Murphy, D-CT
Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-MA
Governor Steve Bullock, D-MT
Governor Roy Cooper, D-NC
Governor Terry McAuliffe, D-VA
Representative Keith Ellison, D-MN
Representative Adam Schiff, D-CA
Mayor Eric Garcetti, Los Angeles, CA
Ambassador Susan Rice
Leah Greenberg, Vice President and co-founder, Indivisible
Jason Kander, founder, Let America Vote
DeRay Mckesson, activist
Markos Moulitsas Zúniga, founder and publisher, Daily Kos
Astrid Silva, activist and DREAMer
Additional speakers will be added as they are confirmed.
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ASC Science Sundays: Elisabeth Root - Has Cholera Met its Match?
Elisabeth Root takes us into the past with the story of John Snow, who stopped the London cholera epidemic by using geographic science to figure out the source of the outbreak. Then, back to the present, we see how modern geographic science can track and prevent outbreaks. 21st Century climate makes it even more pressing because today cholera is being driven by rising sea-surface temperatures.
Elisabeth Root is an associate professor of geography at Ohio State. Her research area lies at the intersection of geography and public health. She uses spatial statistical methods and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to integrate socioeconomic and environmental context into studies of disease processes and health behaviors.
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