Hydrology/Water Resources

Credit: Natalie Brassill, University of Arizona. March 20, 2019 - Salads were recently in the news--and off America's dinner tables--when romaine lettuce was recalled nationwide. Outbreaks of intestinal illness were traced to romaine…
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Responsible miningCredit: UT Arlington Artisanal and small-scale gold mining is a way of life for many small towns in Colombia and Peru, but the decades-old techniques employed by workers may have negative effects on residents' health…
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CORVALLIS, Ore. - New research shows that recent climate change is having profound effects on wetlands across the American West - affecting birds that use these wetlands for breeding, migration and wintering. According to a study…
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Collaboration compiled data from 13 states and 1 province over 21 yearsCredit: Stephen Sebestyen, USDA Forest Service NEWTOWN SQUARE, Penn. (March 15, 2018) - Nitrogen in rain and snow falls to the ground where, in theory, it is used by…
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UT Engineers combine hydrogels that are both highly water absorbent and can release water upon heating to create unique material that captures moisture and returns it as clean waterCredit: Cockrell School of Engineering, The University of…
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Credit: Author In a paper to be published in the forthcoming issue in NANO, researchers from China have proposed a way to reduce Uranium concentration in contaminated water. As an essential nuclear fuel, Uranium has been greatly used…
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Conference organizers seek oral and poster presentations on water conservation, Legionella outbreak prevention and related public health topics NSF International and the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) are inviting experts…
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Professor Stefan Williams has been recognized by the IEEECredit: Lachlan Toohey/University of Sydney With a career focused on robotics and mapping ocean floor habitats, Head of Aerospace, Mechatronic and Mechanical Engineering Professor…
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Rice U. researchers find new way to remove PFOS from industrial wastewaterCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (March 13, 2019) -- Cleaning pollutants from water with a defective filter sounds like a non-starter, but a recent…
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Credit: Nicole Valenzuela AMES, Iowa - An Iowa State University biologist is sounding the alarm for the painted turtle, one of many reptiles for which climate change could prove particularly threatening. Fluctuations in temperature…
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Ultrafine particles from exhaust gas filters 'worse than road traffic'Credit: Professor Wolfgang Junkermann Modern coal-fired power stations produce more ultrafine dust particles than road traffic and can even modify and…
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Credit: Portland State University The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a $2 million, three-year grant to Portland State University engineering professor to study a novel method of generating electricity from ocean waves.…
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Improving water quality can help the Great Barrier Reef, but won't suffice to rescue itCredit: Tane Sinclair-Taylor Recent flooding and the mass outflows of dirty water onto the Great Barrier Reef are raising concerns about…
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New centerCredit: UT Arlington What began as a brainstorming session last year about how to unify sustainability efforts across North Texas is now the North Texas Regional Center of Expertise, or RCE, thanks to efforts led by…
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