A unusual technology transfer, involving sailboats and commercial wind energy systems, highlights space-related spinoffs for home, consumer, and recreational use. These include clothing for cooling athletes, high-intensity lighting, an advanced welding tool, and a water filter. (Author/JN)

As a lesson topic, acid rain is defined, its chemistry given, and its development since the 1950s described. The worldwide effects of acid rain are discussed along with the available technology for controlling the problem. (CM)

Data collected from a sample of farmers representing 15 Pakistani villages show that greater equality in village power distribution is positively related to greater adoption of agricultural technology as analyzed at the village level. When effects of water control are parceled out, the power-adoption relationship is strengthened. (LC)

A program of supplying opportunities for fishing at locations within and near urban areas was developed. This effort included stocking, management of bodies of water for fishing, and presentation of fishing clinics for urban fishermen. (RE)

The small coastal city of Rockland, Maine solved its pollution problems by building a treatment plant to handle the combined domestic and industrial wastewaters that were being discharged into Rockland Harbor. (BB)

In a study conducted by the National Wildlife Federation in the fall of 1976, readers were asked to rank ten key environmental issues in order of their importance. Fighting water pollution was regarded as the top overall priority, but encouraging population control received the most first place votes. (BT)

The following methods for reaching new extension audiences were used by a small ranch water quality program in Nevada: agency collaboration in identifying audience needs and idiosyncracies; an array of teaching techniques (workshops, individual visits, print materials); audience participation in program development; and maintenance of interest…

Explains the design and development of a high school science curriculum covering the properties of water as a natural phenomena. Uses principles from a curriculum design model known as backward design to promote learning. (Author/SOE)

Describes the process of selecting and installing geothermal water source heat pumps for new residence halls at Johnson Bible College in Knoxville, Tennessee, including choosing the type of geothermal design, contractors, and interior equipment, and cost and payback. (EV)

Discusses the physical basis and current understanding of hydrophobic effects. The thermodynamic background of the effects, hydrophobic hydration, and hydrophobic interactions are described. Four existing controversies are outlined. (YP)

Recounts the author's experiences investigating the oyster fisheries off the panhandle of Florida. Describes the life of an oyster fisherman whose business has declined because of media claims of fishery contamination, and discusses those claims with an environmental administrator, a university professor, and a biologist. (MDH)

Four experiments involving 159 undergraduates examined beliefs about the nature of water, testing a strong version of psychological essentialism that takes belief in an essence to be the primary determinant of category membership and word use. Results suggest that essentialist beliefs may not fully explain category membership judgments. (SLD)

Data on the health of wildlife in the Great Lakes ecosystem are reviewed. Researchers infer from data on eight species that the effects in offspring are the result of exposure to chlorinated chemicals by adults and passed to the offspring via maternal transfer. Policy implications are discussed. (CW)

Surveys sent to 233 extension agents in New York received 112 responses; 21% had natural resources as a primary responsibility. There was greater interest in water resource topics than in forest management topics; rankings differed by agents' programming responsibilities. Several new areas were identified for which there is no current Extension…

An evaluation was conducted to measure the impact of a curriculum implemented through the Jordan Water Conservation Education Project. Examines the effect of recommending water conservation at the household level and the impact of using interactive teaching methods to promote conservation behaviors among students and their families. (Author/SAH)