Mountaintop mining, crop irrigation can damage water biodiversity

ScienceDaily: Aquatic life can suffer when high concentrations of dissolved salts enter freshwater ecosystems, a process known as salinization. An international, multi-institutional team of researchers that includes a Virginia Tech graduate student recommends ways that humans can protect freshwater from salts in an article Friday (Feb. 26) in the journal Science. The recommendations include the use of less water for agricultural practices, less salt for road de-icing, less discharge or sequestering salts......

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