NREM at Ball State University

Watch an informative deep dive into the problems if the Colorado in today's terms.

Colorado River in Crisis: A Los Angeles Times documentary Journalists from the Los Angeles Times travel along the Colorado River to examine how the Southwest is grappling with the water crisis.The Colorado River can...

Indigenous communities in South America are raising native bees to help protect the insects, conserve forests, and strengthen their own cultural ties to the ecosystem.

The Bee Whisperers - bioGraphic Indigenous communities in South America are raising native bees to help protect the insects, conserve forests, and strengthen their own cultural ties to the ecosystem.

Success in dam removals!

How Tearing Down Small Dams Is Helping Restore Northeast Rivers More than 30,000 small dams currently block river tributaries from Maine to Maryland. New initiatives to remove them are aimed at restoring natural flows, improving habitat for aquatic life, and reopening thousands of river miles to migratory fish, from shad to American eels.

A very interesting article about the gunk that clogs sewage lines, especially focusing on London, is in this insightful article.

Descend Into the Sewers With London’s Fatberg-Busters What can we learn from wipes, oils, and fats when they overwhelm the arteries of the modern world?

https://www.voronoiapp.com/energy/America-Leads-Global-Nuclear-Energy-Production--1007

America Leads Global Nuclear Energy Production ☢️ What we’re showing: The top nuclear energy producing countries by their share of global nuclear energy produced, and their total supply in terawatt hours (…

The end of an era: UK closes last coal fired power plant. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y35qz73n8o?utm_campaign=mb&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_source=morning_brew

Octopuses and fish share leadership — and enforcement — in group hunting. 3 min. listen.

Octopuses and fish share leadership — and enforcement — in group hunting When octopuses and fish hunt in groups in the Red Sea, the leadership roles are more dynamic than researchers knew — as are some ways the animals enforce cooperation.

A compelling & useful depiction od the distribution of water on Earth.
https://informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/water-world-distribution-of-the-all-the-water-in-all-the-world/?utm_source=join1440&utm_medium=email&utm_placement=newsletter

This is an interesting picture to study: Texas turning to renewables. It's as if the state is getting 'woke.'

America’s Oil Country Increasingly Runs on Renewables Texas, the biggest oil-producing state, has turned to solar power and battery storage to see it through extreme weather. But with demand rising, much more power will be needed.

Update!

Ranked: The Largest Producers of Wind Power, by Country Global wind power capacity hit fresh records in 2023 thanks to strategic government investment and lower technology costs.

Here's a brief look at a serious problem for our nation's farmers: lack of access to long-term health care.
https://www.npr.org/2024/09/01/nx-s1-5096814/why-farmers-worry-about-the-costs-of-long-term-care