Water consumption for trees is calculated in order to design precision irrigation systems
Credit: Universidad de Córdoba / PxHere In 1995, the severe drought that devastated Spain left some farms using irrigation agriculture ...
Tag: Hydrology/Water Resources
Fipronil, a common insecticide, disrupts aquatic communities in the U.S.
Credit: Photo courtesy of Janet Miller The presence of insecticides in streams is increasingly a global concern, yet information on ...
Fish exposed to even small amounts of estrogen produce fewer males
UC biologist is studying water quality downstream of sewage treatment plantsCredit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Water tainted with even a small ...
Removal of synthetic estrogen from water
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 20, 2020--Synthetic estrogens from pharmaceuticals contaminate rivers and threaten the ...
SwRI researchers evaluate impact of wastewater systems on Edwards Aquifer
Study supports City of San Antonio's aquifer protection effortsCredit: SwRI SAN ANTONIO -- Oct. 20, 2020 -- Southwest Research Institute ...
Highly selective membranes
Researchers discover how water can affect its own filtrationCredit: © 2020 Kato and Harada et al. Membranes with microscopic pores ...
Food waste: cities can make the difference
Credit: This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC ...
NSF renews Rice-based NEWT Center for water treatment
Partnership primed to introduce game-changing technologies to address global needsCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 15, 2020) - The Nanotechnology ...
Human activity has made Murray estuary more vulnerable to drought
Historic metallic 'fingerprints' allow scientists to reconstruct estuary formationCredit: University of Sydney Human impacts on the Lower Lakes of the ...
Solar-powered system extracts drinkable water from “dry” air
MIT engineers have made their initial design more practical, efficient, and scalable.Credit: Image: Alina LaPotin Researchers at MIT and elsewhere ...
Trees and lawns beat the heat
Mixed landscapes are the best way to adapt to climate change and mitigate the heat island effect in semi-arid regionsCredit: ...
Study shows how climate impacts food webs, poses socioeconomic threat in Eastern Africa
Climate impacts on Lake Tanganyika are a bellwether for global change worldwide, team saysCredit: Michael McGlue, University of Kentucky LEXINGTON, ...
Droughts are threatening global wetlands: new study
Credit: Luke Mosley University of Adelaide scientists have shown how droughts are threatening the health of wetlands globally. Published in ...
The Colorado river’s water supply is predictable owing to long-term ocean memory
Scientists develop new tool to forecast drought and water flow in the Colorado riverCredit: Photo by Stephen Walker A team ...
Climate projection research may help to battle ‘snail fever’ worldwide
Credit: Stony Brook University STONY BROOK, NY, October 8, 2020 - Projections of temperatures and precipitation amounts in climate change ...
Sea-level rise projections can improve with state-of-the-art model
New ice-sheet 'emulator' focuses on Antarctica, Rutgers research showsCredit: Ted Scambos/NSIDC Projections of potentially dramatic sea-level rise from ice-sheet melting ...
NOAA grant advances UToledo research into Lake Erie bacteria that destroys algal toxins
Project is aimed at developing new technologies to ensure clean drinking waterCredit: The University of Toledo Searching for new ways ...
Coastal flooding will disproportionately impact 31 million people globally
Study is first to assess the impact of climate change on the global population of river deltasCredit: Photo by Eduardo ...
Tweaks to land-based conservation efforts would pay huge freshwater ecosystem dividends
Credit: Rede Amazo?nia Sustanta?vel (6) CORVALLIS, Ore. - Conservation projects aimed at protecting land-dwelling species could net major gains in ...
USask water scientist honored with prestigious international lifetime achievement award
Credit: Steve Anderson SASKATOON - University of Saskatchewan (USask) hydrologist Jay Famiglietti has been awarded the 2020 Hydrologic Sciences Award ...