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Lessons From Sandy: extreme weather will be the new normal

Lessons From Sandy: extreme weather will be the new normal | The Glory of the Garden | Scoop.it

Ina recent forumheld at the Harvard School of Public Health four expert panelists discussed the most important lessons learned from Hurricane Sandy.

Daniel Schrag, climate scientist and Director of the Harvard Center for the Environment said that "hurricane Sandy has been connected by the public to climate change in a way that other storms have not".

This storm has brought the conversation of our vulnerability and need for adaptation to climate change back to the table.

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Boosting bacteria in drinking water may improve health

Boosting bacteria in drinking water may improve health | The Glory of the Garden | Scoop.it
Drinking water is teeming with microbial life – but some of it could benefit human health.

 

Lutgarde Raskin of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor says that workers at water treatment facilities across the US try to destroy all of the bacteria in drinking water with infusions of chlorine and other disinfectants. Raskin and her team suggest that encouraging the growth of some bacteria in drinking water could actually improve the quality and safety of the product. . . .

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