water quality
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3Qs: Why you should not love that dirty water
A recent outbreak of blue-green algae in the Charles River prompted officials to issue a health advisory. Here, water quality expert Ferdi Hellweger explains how…
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Love that clean water
On Saturday, civil and environmental engineering professor Ferdi Hellweger participated in the first community swim of Boston’s Charles River in more than half a century.
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Metallic personalities
Image via Thinkstock. Civil and environmental engineering professor Philip Larese-Casanova has had a life-long love affair with metals. In his work…
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AAAS 2013: Environmental Challenges and Adaptation in Cities
Photo via Thinkstock. “If we want to use research to inspire action by cities and have that research be inspired by…
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Protect the water
One of the big ideas in healthcare today is preventative medicine. Treat the causes instead of the symptoms, proponents say, and you’ll…
