"Page 2" - Scientific Topics of Interest

USask-led study shows insecticides threaten survival of wild birds (News Release, University of Saskatchewan ; September 12, 2019) https://news.usask.ca/articles/research/2019/usask-led-study-shows-insecticides-threaten-survival-of-wild-birds.php Neonicotinoid insecticides cause rapid weight loss and travel delays in migrating songbirds (News Release, EurekAlert! ; September 12, 2019) https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-09/aaft-nic090919.php Also... NRDC to EPA:  Red Flags on Imidacloprid Health Risks (Jennifer SASS, NRDC; November 29, 2017) https://www.nrdc.org/experts/jennifer-sass/nrdc-epa-red-flags-imidacloprid-health-risks Selected Research Articles :   Exposure to neonicotinoids in the U. S. general population:  Data from the 2015-2016 National Health and nutrition examination survey (OSPINA et al., 2019) https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0013935119303524 N. B.:  Abstract only! Accidental human poi...

How California wildfires can impact water availability : A new study by scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) uses a numerical model of an important watershed in California to shed light on how wildfires can affect large-scale hydrological processes, such as stream flow, groundwater levels, and snowpack and snowmelt. The team found that post-wildfire conditions resulted in greater winter snowpack and subsequently greater summer runoff as well as increased groundwater storage. (News Release by  Julie CHAO, LBNL/EurekAlert ; September 4, 2019) By U.S. Department of Agriculture Lance Cheung/Multimedia PhotoJournalist - 20160824-FS-LSC-1330 , Public Domain, Link