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Local Wastewater Tests Show COVID Decline
March 8, 2021
A collaborative effort between the city of Corvallis and Oregon State University researchers has been progressing since July 2020 to monitor city-wide COVID-19 prevalence in a uniquely non-invasive way, and their results may play a large role in future re-openings of schools and business in Benton County.
Dr. Tiffany Garcia and Public Utilities employees collect weekly samples of wastewater at multiple locations from the city’s sewer system, and samples are analyzed in Dr. Taal Levi’s lab on the OSU campus to identify the virus RNA. In contrast with most other COVID detection programs, like OSU’s TRACE project that relies on individuals seeking out tests for the virus, this method of sampling wastewater allows researchers to quantify theSARS-CoV-2 virus in different regions of the city.
Sixth round of Corvallis TRACE-COVID-19 sampling set for March 13 and 14 miragenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from miragenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Protected areas see continued deforestation but at a reduced rate, OSU research shows Published: - Feb 18, 2021
A survey of more than 18,000 land parcels spanning 2 million square miles across 63 countries shows that a protected area designation reduces the rate of deforestation but does not prevent it.
The findings are important because most terrestrial species live in forests and because the study suggests that just 6.5% of the Earth s woodlands are truly protected. Photo: Oregon State University
EurekaAlert | OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
Published today in
Nature Ecology and Evolution, the findings are important because most terrestrial species live in forests and because
the study suggests that just 6.5% of the Earth s woodlands are truly protected, well below the 2020 target of 17% set by the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity.
A survey of more than 18,000 land parcels spanning 2 million square miles across 63 countries shows that a protected area designation reduces the rate of deforestation but does not prevent it.