Research suggests ways to tackle water security challenges in world’s drylands
Credit: Lindsay Stringer The research - published ahead of World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought on 17 June 2021 ...
Tag: Hydrology/Water Resources
NASA Snow Campaign Wraps for 2021
Credit: Courtesy of Alex Olsen Mikitowicz. As the last snow melts, NASA's SnowEx teams are packing up the snowshoes, skis, ...
Using machine learning and radar to better understand storm surge risk
Credit: University of Texas at Austin. The types of land around us play an important role in how major storms ...
Biodiversity ‘hotspots’ imperiled along California’s streams
Intensive water management promotes 'live fast, die young' cycle in floodplain forestsCredit: John Stella, ESF A study of woodland ecosystems ...
CAPPA students win national environmental design challenge
UTA student teams take first place, honorable mention in EPA competitionCredit: UT Arlington Student teams from The University of Texas ...
Combating maritime litter
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon categorizes innovative solutions for fighting pollution in the oceansCredit: Photo: Brian Yurasits via Unsplash Plastic bottles drifting in ...
IPBES/IPCC: Tackling the biodiversity and climate crises together, and their combined social impacts
Global experts identify key options for solutions; First-ever collaboration between IPBES- and IPCC-selected scientistsCredit: IPBES BONN, 10 June - Unprecedented ...
German researchers involved in seawater desalination project in the Persian Gulf
Researchers of Mainz University cooperate with partners in the Middle East to provide drinking water to settlements on the Persian ...
Using a mineral ‘sponge’ to catch uranium
Remediation technology reduces uranium levels ten-thousandfold at legacy site in ColoradoCredit: Graphic by Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- A ...
Drone improves odor management in water treatment plants
Credit: SNIFFDRONE, ATTRACT initiative (GA 777222, Horizon 2020). The bad odors produced by the Waste Water Treatment Plants, known as ...
Mapping a successful recovery
Novel methods and dedicated fieldwork offer good news for cleaning up mining pollution in riversCredit: Dave Herbst Mining involves moving ...
Fungus creates a fast track for carbon
Stanford scientists find epidemics of fungal infections in algae alter carbon cyclingCredit: Klawonn et al. 2021, PNAS Tiny algae in ...
Corals tell Arabian Sea story of global warming
Credit: Tsuyoshi Watanabe Coral insights into 1,000 years of seasonal changes in the Arabian Sea warn of significant impacts caused ...
Underwater ancient cypress forest offers clues to the past
Credit: LSU When saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths and giant sloths roamed North America during the last Ice Age about 18,000 ...
UN urges intense restoration of nature to address climate and biodiversity crises
Launching the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, UN calls on countries to meet commitments to restore 1 billion hectares of ...
Seeking sustainable solutions for the global challenge of safe drinking water
Pitt's Leanne Gilbertson will use a $500K CAREER award to address the UN's Sustainable Development Goal to ensure access to ...
Panayiotis ‘Panos’ Diplas recognized with 2021 Hunter Rouse Hydraulic Engineering Award
ASCE's Environmental and Water Resources Institute honors Lehigh University water resources engineering professor for outstanding contributions to the study of ...
SwRI works to improve atmospheric water harvesting
Researchers seek to create more efficient, cost-effective methodCredit: Southwest Research Institute SAN ANTONIO -- June 1, 2021 -- Engineers and ...
New ‘Swiss Army knife’ cleans up water pollution
First used to soak up oil in water, new sponge sequesters excess phosphate from waterCredit: Northwestern University Phosphate pollution in ...
Research: Countries in violation of Baltic Sea Convention, polluting marine environment
The countries around the Baltic Sea do not respect their binding international agreement to reduce agricultural pollution of the marine ...