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Photographic Storytelling
Jon Cox, associate professor of art and design, recently returned from Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, where he spent three weeks as a Fulbright Specialist leading workshops for Ukrainian refugees, members of Roma communities and other displaced people, empowering them to tell their stories through photography.
Read moreWhat is seawater intrusion? A hydrogeologist explains the shifting balance between fresh and salt water at the coast
In an article for The Conversation, DENIN Director and coastal hydrogeologist Holly Michael describes what seawater intrusion is, how it is impacting our lives, and what more effective management might entail. Read the whole story here.
Read moreWhat is seawater intrusion? A hydrogeologist explains the shifting balance between fresh and salt water at the coast
In an article for The Conversation, DENIN Director and coastal hydrogeologist Holly Michael describes what seawater intrusion is, how it is impacting our lives, and what more effective management might entail. Read the whole story here.
Read moreGhost forests haunt the East Coast, harbingers of sea-level rise
Stands of dead and dying trees are spreading. Researchers are trying to track their movements and their implications. All along the margins of the mid-Atlantic today, in Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia, as well as many other low-lying parts of the Eas
Read moreClimate change could threaten Philly’s drinking water
A chemical spill endangered Philly’s biggest drinking water plant. Sea level rise combined with a drought could push salt toward that same facility. Our own Dr, Holly Michael provides comments around extreme climate-driven events. To learn more, click
Read moreGroundwater is Delaware’s — and the world’s — greatest hidden treasure | Opinion
The most precious resource beneath the earth’s surface isn’t oil or diamonds. It’s groundwater. This year, groundwater is the focus of World Water Day, observed March 22. Although we can’t see it, there is more than 1,000 times more water in the ground
Read moreNew Delaware law outlaws sale, import of invasive plants – WHYY
People selling, importing, or planting invasive species in Delaware could face a $50 to $500 fine when a new state law goes into effect next year. It’s part of an effort to preserve not only native plant species but also to help support the local insec
Read more‘A game-changer’ | DelNature celebrates Carney’s renewed efforts to fund Clean Water Trust
Delaware’s natural waterways are polluted. We know that 90% of our waterways are polluted; 100 miles of fish consumption advisories in Delaware; one acre of tidal wetlands is lost daily in our region. We also have rising waters and increased flooding,”
Read moreDisconnected: Thousands in Delaware lack access to safer public water
In Delaware, about 173,000 residents depend on private wells. In Sussex County alone, 98,000 people, or more than half the county’s population, have them. Sussex County has had a long history of a rural agriculture economy, and therefore the people that live out in the rural areas are far enough from the towns and cities they have their own private water systems. They don’t live close enough to get what we call city water from a public water utility. Many residents of the county report their well water is unsafe or undrinkable. To connect to a public water supply, they must first clear several high hurdles.
Read moreBrandywine Creek dam-removal project aiming to start work this year
Brandywine Shad 2020, a nonprofit led by the Brandywine Conservancy, the Hagley Museum & Library, and the University of Delaware, is hoping after three years of preparation to begin removing dams this year, or to modify them in ways that allow the fish to swim upstream through about 23 miles of the creek.
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