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The Ohio again ranked as the most polluted in 2013, and has been the most polluted river since at least 2001, according to the Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation Commission (ORSANCO). The Commission found that 92% of toxic discharges were nitrates, including farm runoff and waste water from industrial processes such as steel production. The ...
The warm sea water created perfect conditions for abundant biological activity and the Cincinnatian Series is highly fossil-bearing, outcropping across much of southwest Ohio in river beds, hillsides and road cuts. Ohio's State Invertebrate Fossil, is a trilobite found in the formation.
Sucrose is formed by plants, algae and cyanobacteria but not by other organisms. Sucrose is the end product of photosynthesis and is found naturally in many food plants along with the monosaccharide fructose. In many fruits, such as pineapple and apricot, sucrose is the main sugar. In others, such as grapes and pears, fructose is the main sugar.
Lactose, maltose, and sucrose are all compound sugars, disaccharides, with the general formula C 12 H 22 O 11. They are formed by the combination of two monosaccharide molecules with the exclusion of a molecule of water. [72] Lactose is the naturally occurring sugar found in milk. A molecule of lactose is formed by the combination of a molecule ...
A USA TODAY analysis of the EPA’s data found that water systems serving 46 million people ... which draws from the Ohio River, supplies water to almost 1 million people in and around the city ...
Fossil formations (Devonian Jeffersonville Limestone) found along the shores of the Ohio River. View of the fossil bed from the overlook. The park includes an interpretive center open to the public. In 1990, the Indiana state government hired Terry Chase, a well-established exhibit developer, to design the center's displays.
Amid concerns of algal blooms, the Ohio EPA reported Tuesday that 86% of the state's major rivers are meeting water quality standards.
Two dead bodies were found in the Ohio River near Cincinnati within a 15-hour span, according to Boone County Water Rescue. On Friday at approximately 8:10 p.m., a Boone County Water Rescue team ...