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Why It Took Google So Long to End Shady Rehab Center Ads  Bloomberg

Teenage suicide is extremely difficult to predict. That's why some ...  The Washington Post

Cyanobacteria bloom forces beach closure | NCPR News  North Country Public Radio

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) Elevated levels of toxin-producing bacteria have closed Burlington's North Beach.

Scott Hamshaw, a PhD candidate with Vermont EPSCoR, presented his doctoral dissertation defense on Tuesday, September 12, 2017. The defense, "Fluvial processes in Motion: Measuring Streambank Erosion and Suspended Sediment Flux using Advanced Geomatics and Machine Learning," examined streambank erosion and the resulting sediment increase in the Lake Champlain Basin area.

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Cyanobacteria Bloom Forces Beach Closure
U.S. News & World Report
University of Vermont professor Andrew Schroth says the bacteria thrive in warm still water where phosphorus from runoff sources is present. Cyanobacteria pose a threat to humans and marine organisms. Most local beaches didn't see blooms this summer.
Late bloom of cyanobacteria closes Burlington beachesBurlingtonFreePress.com

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Cyanobacteria bloom forces beach closure
Caledonian Record
The Burlington Free Press reports (http://bfpne.ws/2xqXprB ) the Vermont city's Parks and Recreation Department announced the closure Monday afternoon, citing a cyanobacteria bloom. Cyanobacteria produce a sickening toxin. University of Vermont ...

Cyanobacteria spares Burlington beaches — so far
BurlingtonFreePress.com
Cyanobacteria's late September break-out isn't unusual, although spikes normally take place in August, said Andrew Schroth, a research professor at University of Vermont. The current run of warm, still weather — a contrast to this summer's cool, windy ...

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Carbon tax No. 1 at climate hearing
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Alan Betts Dr. Alan Betts, of Atmospheric Research in Pittsford, speaks at the Governor's Climate Action Commission's public hearing at Burr and Burton on Thursday. Photo by Cherise Madigan/Bennington Banner. (This story by by Cherise Madigan was ...

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Cyanobacteria Bloom Forces Beach Closure  WAMC

Cyanobacteria Bloom Forces Beach Closure  WAMC

Cyanobacteria Bloom Forces Beach Closure | Vermont News  U.S. News & World Report

Late bloom of cyanobacteria closes Burlington beaches  BurlingtonFreePress.com

Look before you leap: The recent shot of torrid beach weather has benefited cyanobacteria — an aquatic species that sometimes produces a sickening toxin.

Late bloom of cyanobacteria closes Burlington beaches  BurlingtonFreePress.com

Look before you leap: The recent shot of torrid beach weather has benefited cyanobacteria — an aquatic species that sometimes produces a sickening toxin.

Carbon tax number one at climate talk
Bennington Banner (subscription)
In the process, it discounts the future of all of our children's lives and the earth itself," said atmospheric researcher, Dr. Alan Betts, of Pittsford, who served on Gov. James Douglas' Climate Commission. "There's a lot we have to pay for; both ...

Sunday marks All Souls Interfaith Gathering's partnership with Shelburne Farms at the 16th annual Choral Celebration at Shelburne Farms' Breeding Barn.

White Nurses at Jacksonville Naval Hospital Caught Making Black Newborns Dance to Rap Music  Eurweb.com

Opinion | Graham-Cassidy Has One Great Idea  The New York Times

Panel: Espaldon broke ethics rule  The Guam Daily Post

Contradicting IDF, US says it didn't establish military base in Israel  The Times of Israel

On its website, Israeli military scrambles to change all mentions of American 'base' to say 'facility,' but insists it's still a first.

Can't do without industrialization
Rutland Herald
I am not a climate scientist, nor do I play one, but I am in tune enough with the history of the world to know that had Alan Betts' ideas re: the climate and life's activities been done his way, there would have been no industrial development and ...