Fraser River feels the burn: Wildfires spiking pollutants and altering ocean carbon | The-14

Wildfires near the Fraser River are spiking heavy metals & nutrients in water, harming aquatic life and altering how ocean carbon is stored, new research warns.

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Speaking at a #KapihanSaSenado forum, Gatchalian said 47 #PowerPlants in the country failed and succumbed to “forced outages,” adding that a total of 21 #HydroelectricPower plants have also stopped working because #RiverSystems, which serve as the source of their power, have dried up. #PowerCrisis #Philippines

#MetroManila #brownouts feared amid heat, power supply woes
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Metro Manila brownouts feared amid heat, power supply woes

MANILA, Philippines — Rotating brownouts may hit Metro Manila and other areas if the national government fails to act on the country’s power supply woes, Senator Sherwin

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Here's a newsletter from Universiti Malaysia Pahang (#UMP) that follows up on our previous post and skepticism about Ahmed's et. al. 2022 study results indicating 'acceptably clean' #WQ for the Langat #river. The UMP newsletter points out that #Malaysian #riversystems continue to suffer from a myriad of anthropogenic pressures, incl. #urbanisation #industrialisation #agricultural intensification, and that the number of viable rivers have declined by 18% since 2008. #SDG6
https://mygreen.ump.edu.my/index.php/news/512-river-water-quality-issues-in-malaysia
River Water Quality Issues in Malaysia

The main objective of the Faculty is to address the need for manpower in Science and Technology; to increase knowledgeable and competent human capital especially Research Scientists and Engineers (RSE) as well as technical support in the chemical, petrochemical, oleo-chemical and bioresources - based industries.