Toward a smarter way of recharging the aquifer
Researchers find a cause of high arsenic concentrations in recharged aquifers: Dissolved organic compoundsCredit: Jun Lab To replenish groundwater, many ...
Tag: Hydrology/Water Resources
Study: How US sewage plants can remove medicines from wastewater
New research shows that technologies are available, but the upgrades can be expensiveCredit: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki Stanford, CA-- Corals depend ...
Researchers develop predictive tools to tackle childhood diarrheal disease outbreaks in Botswana
Credit: Virginia Tech In 2006, more than 400 children under the age of 5 died during an outbreak of diarrheal ...
Rural water wells in High Plains Aquifer show large increase in nitrate levels
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Private well owners should test water quality annually, according to a recent Kansas ...
Abandoning pastures reduces the biodiversity of mountain streams
A study of 15 South Tyrolean waterways shows that the presence of extensive pastures increases biodiversity in streams and riversCredit: ...
Grower citizen science project uses collaboration to improve soil health
Credit: Natasja van Gestel West Texas cotton growers face many environmental challenges, including rising temperatures, higher temperature extremes, less rainfall, ...
Polluted wastewater in the forecast? Try a solar umbrella
Berkeley Lab scientists demonstrate a 'photo-thermal' umbrella that can double evaporation rates, thus reducing environmental impact of settling pondsCredit: Berkeley ...
MDI Biological Laboratory to expand innovative data literacy program
Grant will support study of seasonal variations of arsenic in well waterJane E. Disney, Ph.D., is the leader of the ...
New study estimates the global extent of river ice loss as Earth warms
This decline will have economic and environmental consequencesCredit: Courtesy Landsat imagery/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and U.S. Geological Survey More ...
Life could have emerged from lakes with high phosphorus
Credit: Matthew Dillon/Flickr Life as we know it requires phosphorus. It's one of the six main chemical elements of life, ...
Arup SenGupta awarded second Fulbright research fellowship
Water technology expert returning to India to explore new opportunities to deploy HIX-Nano to mitigate drinking water crisis in affected ...
How do conifers survive droughts? Study points to existing roots, not new growth
Scientists can't see underground, but computational models are providing a new way to investigate how root systems might be changingCredit: ...
Book looks at how landscape design helps solve water issues
Landscape design research can help solve environmental problems related to water systemsCredit: Courtesy Mary Pat McGuire CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- North ...
When good plants go bad
Some native plants can behave as invasive speciesCredit: Lyn Gettys, University of Florida A study out of the University of ...
Watered down biodiversity: sample type is critical in environmental DNA studies for biomonitoring
Credit: Photo by Daryl Halliwell DNA-based biomonitoring relies on species-specific segments of organisms DNA for their taxonomic identification and is ...
Australian desalination plant attracts fish
Credit: Mclennans Diving With growing populations and climate uncertainty, water security is a global concern. Many nations operate desalination plants, ...
Preparing for extreme sea levels depends on location, time, UCF study finds
Using historical data from tide gauges that line US coasts, researchers created an extreme sea level indicatorCredit: Karen Norum, University ...
Developing a technique to study past Martian climate
UH Geology student awarded $285,000 NASA grantCredit: University of Houston Joanna Clark has been interested in geology ever since she ...
Would a deep-Earth water cycle change our understanding of planetary evolution?
Substantial quantities of water could be present farther into the mantle than previously thought possibleCredit: Photo is provided by Yanhao ...
How do silt and sand differ when going with the flow?
Rice-led scientists show grain size, not speed of water, sets silt and sand transportCredit: Rice University HOUSTON - (Dec. 16, ...