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Surface Runoff
Surface Runoff: water, from rain, snowmelt, or other sources, that flows over the land surface, and is a major component of the water cycle. Runoff that occurs on surfaces before reaching a channel is also called overland flow. A land area which produces runoff draining to a common point is called a watershed. When runoff flows along the ground, it can pick up soil contaminants such as petroleum, pesticides, or fertilizers that become discharge or overland flow. The rate of runoff flow depends on the ratio of rain intensity to the infiltration rate.
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MAR 08, 2024Earth & The Environment
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A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences may change the way we think abou ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 08, 2024
Earth & The Environment
How can murky waters from melting ice impact the biodiversity in shallow waters? This is what a recent study published i
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
FEB 14, 2024
Earth & The Environment
An analysis of satellite records has revealed that over the past 30 years, Greenland has lost about 28,707 square kilome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 07, 2024
Earth & The Environment
California's Central Valley is a vital agricultural region. The San Joaquin Valley sits in its souther portion, and
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Oil slicks, or spills, are a type of marine pollution on the ocean surface resulting from spills from ships, oil and gas
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
MAY 10, 2022
Earth & The Environment
Climate change is real and it’s happening literally right before our very eyes. These ongoing, observable effects
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JAN 18, 2022
Health & Medicine
370,000 people are drinking contaminated water in a state where access to safe, clean water is a legal human right. A ne
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
DEC 21, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Land use, or what humans use their land for like agriculture, residential, or industrial purposes, has a big impact on t
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
OCT 13, 2021
Earth & The Environment
Harmful algal blooms, or HABs, are a common summertime nuisance for people that live near fresh or saltwater all over th
...
Written By:
Samantha Lott
JUL 16, 2021
Earth & The Environment
High mountain glaciers that are melting in the Tibetan plateau in Asia contain greenhouse gases and should be counted in
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 06, 2020
Microbiology
Bacterial runoff is a serious threat to our waterways and oceans; pathogenic microbes are known to contaminate stormwate
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 27, 2019
Earth & The Environment
As part of the “Sullied Sediments” program, which is assessing pollutant levels in European waterways to man
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 04, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Experts say Greenland lost 12.5 billion tons of surface ice in a single day on Thursday of last week – a number eq
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 11, 2019
Earth & The Environment
According to a news release from The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA), this summer’s hypoxic zo
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUL 23, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Plants of the future may not need to be fertilized; they might create their own nutrients. That could be a huge relief f
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 27, 2018
Technology
Mitton's reactor is already being deployed in Florida to remove phosphorous and nitrates from lakes.
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 01, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Everyone loves a good Caribbean getaway, especially with the cold-streak that some of us up North are having. But how mu
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 15, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A recent study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences may change the way we think abou
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan