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The International year of soil (2015) is a great time to get back to your roots and learn more about how roots and soil interact to bring you the nitrogen cycle.

Dig even dipper and learn what is happening beneath the Earth’s Crust:

The Province of BC is in the  process of enacting new legislation for the sale of BC Groundwater.  The Water Sustainability Act (WSA) goes into effect on January 1, 2016.  This means that next year large groundwater uses will be charged for the water they use.  The rate for groundwater and surface water users has been set at $2.25 for every million litres of water purchased.

Do you know what groundwater and surface water is?

Do you know how long it takes for water to go into the ground and then return from out of the ground?

Time to learn more about the water cycle and how much it is worth.

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Learn more about the folks who keep BC water the best on the planet.

Worlds oceans are warming faster than anticipated – learn more.

Scientists have discovered that children who spend time out doors can reduce the incidence of myopia (nearsightedness) by up to 50% by spending time outside in the sunlight looking at mountains and the trees.

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Researchers have worked out how the eye is able to guide light to the cells in the eye that are sensitive to light.  The retina is the part of the eye that is sensitive to light.  The retina is located at the back of the eye. Light sensitive cells are called photoreceptor cells. At first, scientists were not sure why the eye was “blurring” the light before making use of light for image formation.   The cells on top of the photoreceptors have the ability to guide light to photoreceptor cells.

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