Posts for tag "Yale"
Water Level Sensors Show Promise Of New Haven Rain Gardens
Yale University investigators track New Haven rain gardens with water level sensors, showing their usefulness in reducing flow to combined sewer overflows.
- Posted September 6, 2016
Climate Change Expected To Affect Monsoons Gradually
Monsoons are massive air circulations that may or may not contain rain depending on the season. Although it has long been acknowledged that climate change is likely to affect monsoons, influencing rainfall patterns over large swaths of...
- Posted February 8, 2016
Fracking Fluids, Wastewater Full Of Toxins
A new study reveals fracking fluids are fraught with toxins, according to a release from Yale University. The study is an important step toward future studies to identify and rank the toxicity of chemicals found in fracking...
- Posted January 11, 2016
Survey Finds More Than 3 Trillion Trees Worldwide
Scientists in the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences have completed a survey of all the trees worldwide, according to National Public Radio. Their results are staggering when compared to previous estimates of the total tree...
- Posted January 8, 2016
Yale Study Links Organic Compounds In Pennsylvania Drinking Water To Surface Fracking
Researchers at Yale University have found that the presence of organic compounds in groundwater aquifers overlying the Marcellus Shale don’t come from deep shale layers or gas wells, according to a release. Instead, the scientists say that...
- Posted October 13, 2015
New Estimate Of Global Tree Populations
A study has updated the globally estimated tree count from 400.25 billion to approximately 3.04 trillion. With an estimated human population of 7.2 billion, that increases the tree-to-person ratio from 61:1 to 422:1. Before the study, scientists...
- Posted September 30, 2015
