Hydrological modeling is at the core of many environmental, agricultural, and engineering applications, research, and practices. Decision-making on managing our water resources has become increasingly…
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As many of you might remember, on August 26, 2017, Hurricane Harvey, a category 4 hurricane, made landfall along the Texas coast and remained in…
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Despite stemming from phylogenetic lineages separated by 500 million years of evolution, octopuses and humans surprisingly have a lot in common. Of all the marine…
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Jasper stone is an aggregate stone, made out of chalcedonic quartz or microgranular quartz. Jasper is typically opaque in appearance and is usually green, brown,…
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Black Onyx is a mineral, specifically a type of quartz that has a cryptocrystalline structure. Onyx is known for its varying color patterns, as it…
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The Giant huntsman spider (Heteropoda maxima) is a species of huntsman spider, members of the family Sparassidae. The species is native to the Southeastern Asian country…
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Shungite is a lightweight yet hard stone with a deep black finish. Shungite is also a specific form of carbon that is created by the…
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Glyphosate is an active ingredient in the herbicide known as Roundup, and one of the most widely used weed killers in the world. A new…
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The term sand dollar refers to several species of flattened burrowing sea urchins that belong to the order Clypeasteroida. Sand dollars, also sometimes called sea biscuits…
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You’ve surely heard of common animal names like rats, dolphins, rabbits, apes, ducks, pigs and snakes. However, what follows are a list of animals with…
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The first major study of water pollution within the past few decades has found that the Clean Water Act (CWA) of 1972 succeeded in substantially…
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