Global e-waste surging: Up 21% in 5 years
A record 53.6 million tons (Mt) of e-waste was produced globally in 2019, the weight of 350 cruise ships the ...
Tag: Hydrology/Water Resources
Microplastic pollution accumulates heavily in coastal areas such as fjords and estuaries
Credit: Peter T. Harris, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111398 Microplastic pollution in marine environments is concentrated most highly in coastal habitats, especially fjords and ...
Anammox bacteria generate energy from wastewater while taking a breath
Credit: © 2020 KAUST A type of anaerobic bacteria responsible for more than 50 percent of nitrogen loss from marine ...
Ancient Maya reservoirs contained toxic pollution
Mercury, algae made water undrinkable in heart of cityCredit: David Lentz/UC Reservoirs in the heart of an ancient Maya city ...
Unorthodox desalination method could transform global water management
Columbia engineers apply their pioneering technique to attain energy-efficient zero-liquid discharge--the last frontier of desalination--of ultrahigh salinity brinesCredit: Chanhee Boo/Columbia ...
Carbon cycling in wet soils
Credit: Courtesy of Adrian Mellage Under changing, increasingly dynamic climatic conditions, temperate soils are forecast to experience a high degree ...
Simulations reveal how saltwater behaves in Earth’s mantle
Credit: Zhang et al Scientists estimate that the Earth's mantle holds as much water as all the oceans on the ...
Removing toxic chemicals from water — New environmentally-friendly method
Credit: IMPACT/Swansea University Researchers from Swansea University have developed a new environmentally friendly method for removing toxic chemicals from water. ...
Inspiring innovative solutions to protect the planet
26 teams from across the world are developing solutions to make artisanal mining more responsibleCredit: Amy Richards / Guy Loftus ...
Fluorocarbon bonds are no match for light-powered nanocatalyst
Rice U. lab unveils catalyst that can break problematic C-F bondsCredit: H. Robatjazi/Rice University HOUSTON -- (June 22, 2020) -- ...
Fish fossils become buried treasure
Fossilized fish could indicate rich deposits of valuable rare-earth metalsCredit: © 2020 Ohta et al. Rare metals crucial to green ...
Taking a landslide’s temperature to avert catastrophe
A new model for deep-seated landslides that takes into account the temperature of a thin, unstable layer of clay could ...
Analysing the effects two decades after a mining spill
Experts highlight the concentrations of metals in the River Guadiamar (south of Spain) twenty years after the disaster at the ...
Free online tool will enable farmers to deliver environmental benefits
E-Planner helps decision-making over which agri-environment options to introduce and where they are likely to work bestCredit: UKCEH A free ...
Proposed seismic surveys in Arctic Refuge likely to cause lasting damage
Credit: Photo by Matt Nolan Winter vehicle travel can cause long-lasting damage to the tundra, according to a new paper ...
Parasitic fungi keep harmful blue-green algae in check
Credit: Angelina Tittmann, IGB When a lake is covered with green scums during a warm summer, cyanobacteria - often called ...
Marine energy devices likely pose minimal impacts to marine life, report shows
PNNL leads 2020 State of the Science report on environmental effects of marine renewable energy developmentCredit: Image courtesy of PNNL ...
Can deep water masses in the Mediterranean cross the Sicily Strait?
Underwater frontier between Mediterranean basinsCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA The Sicily Strait, an underwater relief connecting the Italian island with the ...
Environmental damage from fog reduction is observable from outer space, find hydrologists
IUPUI-led study is the first to find satellite data can detect fog's impact on vegetation levels under climate changeCredit: Image ...
Collaborative research addresses need for conservation of springs in drying climate
The team created a conceptual model that takes into account the response of springs to drying events and what investigations ...