Extreme rainfall days in metropolitan São Paulo have risen four-fold in seven decades
Study by researchers at Brazil's National Disaster Surveillance and Early Warning Center (CEMADEN) also shows a rise in the number ...
Tag: Hydrology/Water Resources
Most of Earth’s carbon was hidden in the core during its formative years
New work reveals how carbon behaved during Earth's violent formative periodCredit: Rebecca Fischer, Elizabeth Cottrell and Marion Le Voyer, Kanani ...
Bison in northern Yellowstone proving to be too much of a good thing
Credit: Bob Beschta, OSU CORVALLIS, Ore. - Increasing numbers of bison in Yellowstone National Park in recent years have become ...
HKU team develops new wastewater treatment process
HKU researchers develop a novel wastewater treatment process to effectively remove health hazardous chemical contaminantsCredit: @The University of Hong Kong ...
Control of anthropogenic atmospheric emissions can improve water quality in seas
HKU study shows that control of anthropogenic atmospheric emissions can improve water quality in China's coastal SeasCredit: Photo courtesy: Dr ...
Reducing reliance on nitrogen fertilizers with biological nitrogen fixation
Credit: Beverly J. Agtuca, Sylwia A. Stopka, Thalita R. Tuleski, Fernanda P. do Amaral, Sterling Evans, Yang Liu, Dong Xu, ...
Co-occurring contaminants may increase NC groundwater risks
Contaminant safety standards don't account for mixturesCredit: Vengosh Lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. - Contaminants that occur together naturally in ...
Electric jolt to carbon makes better water purifier
Credit: Nagahiro Saito Nagoya University scientists have developed a one-step fabrication process that improves the ability of nanocarbons to remove ...
New satellite-based algorithm pinpoints crop water use
The BESS-STAIR framework, developed by CABBI researchers at the University of Illinois, was tested in 12 sites across the US ...
Greenland shed ice at unprecedented rate in 2019; Antarctica continues to lose mass
UCI, NASA JPL project tracking Earth-sensing satellite turnover yields striking resultsCredit: Linette Boisvert / NASA Irvine, Calif., March 18, 2020 ...
Salmon provide nutrients to Alaskan streambanks
Credit: David D'Amore Adult Pacific salmon spend a great portion of their life in the ocean. But their life began ...
Invisible plastics in water
Credit: WSU A Washington State University research team has found that nanoscale particles of the most commonly used plastics tend ...
Natural bayou better when floods threaten Houston
Rice comparison of Buffalo, Brays bayous give natural form higher marks during heavy rainsCredit: Andrew Juan/Rice University HOUSTON - (March ...
Natural organic matter influences arsenic release into groundwater
Credit: Andreas Kappler Millions of people worldwide consume water contaminated with levels of arsenic that exceed those recommended by the ...