by Ellie Cabell | June 7, 2023 | Agriculture, Environment, History, Water
Imagine a water regulation in the west that encourages those with the largest water rights to waste such a precious resource. Actually, you don’t have to imagine. The “Use It Or Lose It” rule was created when Colorado became a state, and it forces those with water...
by Liam Smith | May 30, 2023 | Environment, History, Oceans, Water
Tsunamis are one of the most destructive natural disasters known to humankind. These massive waves are often triggered by underwater earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, landslides, and even impacts from meteorites. Tsunamis are typically caused by large...
by Liam Smith | September 21, 2022 | Environment, History, Population
The New Deal. You probably learned about the New Deal in middle or high school as President Roosevelt’s (the one without a mustache) plan to get the United States out of the doldrums of the Great Depression. But have you ever stopped to think of the effect that the...
by Liam Smith | November 28, 2021 | Health, History
Metals are lustrous minerals that conduct heat and electricity to some degree. Other minerals are classified as non-metals or metalloids. Both classes are non-conductive or less conductive than true metals. Metals have been crucially important to the development of...
by Liam Smith | November 10, 2021 | Environment, Health, History, Industrial Pollution, Industrial Wastewater, Irrigation, O & G Produced Wastewater, Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was created by Richard Nixon in 1970, charged with the mission of making public health policy to protect human life and the environment. Over the past 50 years, the EPA has used the best available scientific research to create...
by Liam Smith | November 4, 2021 | Drinking Water, Environment, Health, History, Population
Don’t drink like the Romans did, you may end up mad as a hatter! A paper in the New England Journal of Medicine revealed that the prevalence of lead in its citizens contributed to the fall of the Roman empire. According to the CDC, the short-term effects of lead...