An island of plants is improving the water quality and habitat in the Arboretum Waterway, but it didn't appear there naturally.
The floating pad, described in the above video, was launched near Putah Creek Lodge by Arboretum and Public Garden Learning by Leading Waterway Stewardship interns.
The Arboretum Waterway the lowest place on campus is the catch-all for the stormwater runoff as well as the campuss recycled water. As a result, the water is rich in nitrate and phosphate levels, which creates the perfect growing conditions for algae and duckweed during our warm summers.
In the past, we have had issues of decomposing algae blooms, which result in low dissolved oxygen and potential fish kills in the Waterway, said Nina Suzuki, waterway steward. Our floating island will demonstrate the effectiveness of green solutions to water pollution. Installing wetland plants is a sustainable, energy efficient method for removing nutrients and increasing dissolved oxygen, which will improve water quality.
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51勛圖窪蹋 Davis expert explains different types of honey
Just because it's honey, its flavor can't always be described as "sweet." That's what Amina Harris, director of the at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, says about the numerous varieties of honey in the above video. The video is part of
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