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Category: Environment

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Small animals that carry disease adapt well to our activities

Posted on February 11, 2021October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

A study suggests that small mammals like rodents have adapted to thrive on human-influenced land. They also happen to carry a lot of human…

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    Fungi may be able to help clean up polluted water

    Posted on November 24, 2020December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

    Human activities such as coal mining and processing can cause high levels of selenium contamination, which can be harmful to human health.…

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      Symbiotic fungi can save farm crops during droughts

      Posted on September 11, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

      What should farmers do to deal with disappearing water? Add fungi to the soil! This recent study sheds light on the use of mycorrhizae to…

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        How storms may contribute to groundwater contamination in karst systems

        Posted on May 27, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

        Researchers found that minerals from rocks deposited in karst aquifers during storms comes in two waves.

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          Can cigarette butts on the beach influence the local environment?

          Posted on May 22, 2020December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

          A study of burned and unburned cigarettes found that water chemistry and microbes living in Mediterranean beach sediments changed after 4…

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            What can microbes teach us about life in extreme environments?

            Posted on May 13, 2020December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

            Microbes on Earth have adapted to survive in some pretty extreme locations. The extreme dryness of deserts, high salinity in salt deposits,…

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              Fungi influence the recovery of pollutants in the environment

              Posted on May 11, 2020December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

              Researchers found a hidden selenium cycle tied to manganese oxide minerals made by common soil fungi.

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                Tiny green organisms could have a big impact on polluted environments

                Posted on February 17, 2020December 5, 2023 by Sciworthy

                Can photosynthetic organisms help clean up contamination? New research from @DominiqueChaput, @biominerals, @RadicalMicrobe & authors…

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                  Microbe lasagna tells us about what life was like billions of years ago

                  Posted on January 13, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                  Sort of like a fossilized microbial lasagna, fossils called “stromatolites” are formed when layered communities of different types of…

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                    Contaminants in groundwater can take over 20 years to break down

                    Posted on January 8, 2020October 24, 2022 by Sciworthy

                    Have you ever driven past an old factory building and wondered what ever happened to the harsh chemicals that were used there? If you…

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