Jenna Ladd| June 26, 2017 This week's On The Radio segment discusses Dr. Cara Hamann's research into the increasing number of bicycle fatalities in Iowa. Transcript: Deaths of Iowa bicyclists have risen by 260 percent in the last four years, and Dr. Cara Hamann of the University of Iowa is working to do something about it.…
2016 ranks third wettest 'water year' since 1872 | Iowa Environmental Focus iowaenvironmentalfocus.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iowaenvironmentalfocus.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Jenna Ladd | March 9, 2017 The Lake Michigan Ozone Study 2017, a collaborative research campaign designed to better understand ozone levels around the lake, will begin this May. The communities around Lake Michigan frequently experience an overabundance of surface-level ozone, which can cause respiratory problems for humans and harm plant life. Through the study, scientists are working…
Jenna Ladd| July 11, 2017 In the largest study of its kind, UI researchers have detected polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in six schools throughout the midwest. Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are a class of manmade organic chemicals that were heavily used in construction and industry from 1929 until they were banned in 1979. PCBs are now known to…
Oxbow restoration improves water quality, habitat iowaenvironmentalfocus.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from iowaenvironmentalfocus.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.