EPA Research Updates
Impervious surfaces, like most buildings and pavement, can’t absorb rain water as well as forests and other natural environments. This can create water quality issues for many urban areas due to stormwater runoff. To help with this issue, EPA researchers in Cincinnati, Ohio are partnering with local organizations and other federal agencies to retrofit urban stormwater infrastructure networks with technology to improve water quality and moderate flows in the Cooper Creek Watershed.
EPA turns 50 in 2020. We’ll be sharing videos throughout the year to provide an historical glimpse into the research by EPA scientists and engineers to protect public health and the environment. The first video features EPA’s Kevin Teichman discussing how research has advanced our understanding of the impacts of air quality on human health.
EPA’s annual Water Fest engages the Pontotoc County, Oklahoma community and celebrates groundwater research. For sixteen years, researchers at EPA’s Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center in Ada, Oklahoma, have co-organized the annual community science education and outreach event for local elementary-age students.
February is American Heart Month. EPA is raising awareness of heart disease and its link to air pollution and other environmental factors. Read about EPA’s Healthy Heart Toolkit.
EPA has released its Guidelines for Human Exposure Assessment. The guidelines incorporate advances in exposure science, promote consistency in agency assessments, better reflect the way exposure assessments are conducted across the agency, and incorporates updated Agency policies.
The EcoTox TARGET Challenge is open until March 15th. Learn more about the challenge.
Meet Our Researchers
EPA research scientist Blake Schaeffer develops satellite remote sensing technologies to monitor water quality in coastal oceans, estuaries, and lakes. His current work is related to cyanobacterial harmful algal blooms, estuarine seagrass, and surface oil slicks. Learn more about his work.
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