Tag Archives: water quality

Elevated Zinc Concentrations in Colorado Waterway Likely a Result of Climate Change

By Guest PostDecember 17, 2010Environmentacid rock drainage, ard sources, colorado waterway, groundwater conditions, hard water, snake river watershed, water quality, zinc concentration

Rising concentrations of zinc in a waterway on Colorado’s Western Slope may be the result of climate change that is affecting the timing of annual snowmelt, says a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. (more…)

Great Lakes Water Quality is Focus of New $5-Million Grant

By Guest PostSeptember 20, 2010Environmentextreme precipitation events, great lakes, precipitation cycle, surface fresh water, water quality

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— How could climate change and our response to it affect the Great Lakes’ water quality? That’s the primary question a team of 27 researchers from across the University of Michigan and collaborators at other institutions will answer with a new $5-million grant from the National Science Foundation. (more…)