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  2. Water pollution in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Topsoil runoff from farm, central Iowa (2011). Water pollution in the United States is a growing problem that became critical in the 19th century with the development of mechanized agriculture, mining, and industry, although laws and regulations introduced in the late 20th century have improved water quality in many water bodies. [1]

  3. Environmental issues in the United States - Wikipedia

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    According to a 2024 report: "39% of people living in America—131.2 million people—still live in places with failing grades for unhealthy levels of ozone or particle pollution." Analyzing data from 2020 to 2022, the American Lung Association found the number of people living in counties with a failing grade for ozone declined, this year by 2 ...

  4. List of places in Tasmania by population - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of places in the Australian state of Tasmania by population. ... Population 2006 census [1] 2011 ... This page was last edited on 7 April 2024, ...

  5. Drinking water quality in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Eight percent of the community water systems—large municipal water systems—provide water to 82 percent of the US population. [2] The Safe Drinking Water Act requires the US EPA to set standards for drinking water quality in public water systems (entities that provide water for human consumption to at least 25 people for at least 60 days a ...

  6. List of countries by population (United Nations) - Wikipedia

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    List of countries by population (United Nations) This is a list of countries and other inhabited territories of the world by total population, based on estimates published by the United Nations in the 2024 revision of World Population Prospects. It presents population estimates from 1950 to the present. [2]

  7. Ancient plant life unearthed in 53-million-year-old forest in ...

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    The goal of the dig was to "understand the ancient ecosystems of Tasmania," Slodownik told Fox News Digital in an email. Slodownik's research was published in the American Journal of Botany on Aug ...

  8. Ecology of Tasmania - Wikipedia

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    The biodiversity of Tasmania is of exceptional biological and paleoecological interest. A state of Australia, it is a large South Pacific archipelago of one large main island and a range of smaller islands. The terrain includes a variety of reefs, atolls, many small islands, and a variety of topographical and edaphic regions on the largest ...

  9. Tasmania - Wikipedia

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    Tasmania from space. Tasmania (/ tæzˈmeɪniə /; palawa kani: lutruwita[14]) is an island state of Australia. [15] It is located 240 kilometres (150 miles) to the south of the Australian mainland, and is separated from it by the Bass Strait. The state encompasses the main island of Tasmania, the 26th-largest island in the world, and the ...