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U.S: Tracking the virus in wastewater is helping respond to the most recent wave of the coronavirus, but a more coordinated national effort is needed, experts sa

Fri, 2022-01-21 09:07 — mike kraft

As the highly contagious Omicron variant pushes national coronavirus case numbers to record highs and sends hospitals across the country into crisis mode, public health officials are eagerly searching for an indication of how long this surge might last.

The clues are emerging from an unlikely source: sewage.

People who contract the coronavirus shed the virus in their stool, and the virus levels in local wastewater provide a strong, independent signal of how much is circulating in a given community.

The sewage data reveal an Omicron wave that is cresting at different times in different places.

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At least 85 percent of the world’s population has been affected by human-induced climate change, new study shows Researchers used machine learning to analyze more than 100,000 studies of weather events and found that four-fifths of the world’s land area has suffered impacts linked to global warming. Washington Post

At least 85 percent of the world’s population has been affected by human-induced climate change-- new study

Wed, 2021-10-13 00:22 — mike kraft

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Sea-level rise is accelerating to its highest levels in at least 2,000 years across the Northeast, including New York City, study says Along a stretch of the East Coast that includes New York City, sea-level rise has increased at its fastest rate in the prior 100 years compared to the past 2,000 years, according to a new study led by Rutgers University. Jackson Dill and Brandon Miller, CNN CNN

Sea-level rise is accelerating to its highest levels in at least 2,000 years across the Northeast, including New York City, Rutgers study

Mon, 2021-03-29 08:05 — mike kraft

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Earth is losing ice faster today than in the mid-1990s, study suggests Earth’s ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change nudges global temperatures ever higher. Yereth Rosen U.S.

Earth is losing ice faster today than in the mid-1990s, study suggests

Tue, 2021-01-26 23:05 — mike kraft

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - Earth’s ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change nudges global temperatures ever higher.

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http://www.sci-news.com/othersciences/materials/high-performing-water-desalination-membranes-09209.html

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Researchers Make Progress Toward High-Performing Water Desalination Membranes

Sun, 2021-01-03 01:47 — mike kraft

Biological membranes can achieve remarkably high permeabilities while maintaining ideal selectivities by relying on homogeneous internal structures in the form of membrane proteins. In new research, a team of scientists led by Penn State University and the University of Texas at Austin applied such design strategies to desalination polyamide membranes.

Dr. Enrique Gomez, Dr. Manish Kumar and their colleagues from Iowa State University, Penn State University, the University of Texas at Austin, DuPont Water Solutions, and Dow Chemical Co. found that creating a uniform membrane density down to the nanoscale of billionths of a meter is crucial for maximizing the performance of reverse-osmosis, water-filtration membranes.

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RESEARCH - PNAS - Reduction of cholera in Bangladeshi villages by simple filtration - January 14, 2003

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Research - Folding Saris to Filter Cholera-Contaminated Water

Tue, 2013-11-26 10:19 — Kathy Gilbeaux

The New York Times - by Abigail Zuger, M.D. - September 26, 2011

Rural Bangladeshi women often pour sweetened drinks through a piece of sari cloth to get rid of leaves, insects and other visible debris. But disease-causing micro-organisms are thousands of times smaller than the pores in the fabric and slip right through.

About 10 years ago, a team of researchers in Maryland and Bangladesh came up with a ridiculously simple solution: Wash and fold the sari. Four thicknesses of laundered sari fabric, with its loosened, roughened cotton fibers, will strain out most of the microscopic plankton in water. In water contaminated by cholera, enough bacilli are attached to plankton for the quantity of cholera in filtered water to drop by more than 99 percent.

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YALE/TULANE ESF-8 PLANNING AND RESPONSE PROGRAM SPECIAL REPORT TYPHOON HAIYAN (YOLANDA PH) – THE PHILIPPINES

Wed, 2013-11-20 06:08 — Kathy Gilbeaux

In light of Typhoon Haiyan, the Yale-Tulane ESF #8 Planning and Response Program has produced special reports for current efforts. To access these reports, click here.

The Yale-Tulane ESF #8 Program is a multi-disciplinary, multi-center, graduate-level program designed to produce ESF #8 planners and responders with standardized skill sets that are consistent with evolving public policy, technologies, and best practices. The group that produced this summary and analysis of the current situation are graduate students from Yale and Tulane Universities. It was compiled entirely from open source materials.

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Philippines - Needs Assessments

Wed, 2013-11-20 06:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

ECHO Daily Maps - http://ercportal.jrc.ec.europa.eu/Maps/Daily-maps-catalogue#

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STAR-TIDES - Typhoon Haiyan Update (As of 15 November 2013)

Tue, 2013-11-19 10:00 — Kathy Gilbeaux

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The strength of STAR-TIDES is in its knowledge-sharing rather than as an operations center or a logistics hub. We would like to do what is most useful in providing reach-back support. Below are the latest updates from 4 broad areas (Equipment, Communications, Coordination, and Documentation):

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