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Elephant seal mating behavior and solar radiation- NPS

2/14/2017

Contributed by Holly Fuong,
PhD student at Columbia University

Coastal Wetlands vs. Climate Change - How We (and Sand) Can Decide the Victor- EPA

2/9/2017

Contributed by Robin (Banner) McLachlan,
PhD student at University of Washington

Large-scale comparison of arsenic concentrations in drinking water and cancer incidence across 1,178 counties in the US- EPA

2/9/2017

Contributed by Daniel Garcia,
PhD student in UCSD

Arsenicals may be present in many products including food, pharmaceuticals, and nutrient supplements- EPA

2/8/2017

Contributed by Rachel Leicher,
PhD student at Rockefeller University.

Establishing a new safety standard for drinking water treatment processes - EPA and USGS

2/7/2017

Contributed by Samantha Jones,
PhD student at UCSD

Elk are a reservoir for brucellosis-causing bacteria of cattle in Yellowstone- NPS, USDA, and USGS

2/5/2017

Contributed by Jeremy Ritzert,
PhD student at Northwestern University.

Increased nitrogen in the air leads to biodiversity loss across the US- EPA, USGS, and USDA

2/5/2017

Contributed by Sian Kou-Giesbrecht,
PhD student at Columbia University

Efforts to decrease methane emissions from 1993-2013 reduced global warming by 2% and are expected to save $255 bn - EPA

2/4/2017

Contributed by Kayleen Fulton,
MS student at Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Something’s in the water!- Cyanotoxins in lakes and reservoirs- USGS and EPA

2/3/2017

Contributed by Daniel Yee,
PhD student at UCSD

Only less than half of small children are fully vaccinated against the flu- CDC

2/3/2017

Contributed by Bret Peterson,
PhD student at UC Berkeley