Urban ponds as oases of biodiversity
A pond with flowering water lilies and shady trees alongside can offer a restful break from everyday stress for anyone ...
Why is water different colors in different places?
Cleaner, more pure water backscatters light in the blue range, which makes it look blue. One famous example is Crater Lake in ...
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How to Choose the Right Solar Water Features According to Your Needs?
Water features are a fantastic way to elevate your garden or backyard, turning a simple space into a serene oasis. The sound of running water, the shimmering effect of a fountain, or the gentle flow ...
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In our backyard: Triad is home to hundreds of ponds like those where recent deaths occurred
and birds that eat the insects and the small fish.” The ponds also can be home to plants like water lilies and pickerel weed; host wildlife such as small fish, frogs, salamanders and turtles ...
Friends of the Farm River & Estuary receives DEEP grant to remove invasive water chestnut from river
The Farm River in Connecticut is closer to health after Friends of the Farm River & Estuary received an invasive control ...
Wildlife photographer Robert Fuller: A pond that is a lifeline for the wildlife
No wildlife habitat is complete without water. A water source, whether lake, pond or tiny stream, provides a place for ...
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Too Much Salt in the Soil Is No Problem for These Crops
Salinity has been an enemy of agriculture for millennia because even though many crops can withstand low to moderate salt ...
Invasive plants wreak havoc in CT. Meet the new additions to those bringing ecological damage.
Connecticut awarded $400,000 to 12 projects that will reduce the impacts of aquatic invasive species on inland waters in the ...
In the driest place on Earth, water hides in plain sight
Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth. The inhospitable landscape of sand, ...