The trials of turfgrass breeders
Study reveals important insight regarding breeding and distribution practices and management in the turfgrass industryCredit: Chengyan Yue ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA--The ...
Tag: Hydrology/Water Resources
Improving ecosystems with aquatic plants
Study shows how to grow aquatic plants in large-scale plant production systems Davie, Florida--Improving Ecosystems with Aquatic Plants Researchers Lyn ...
Getting to the core of underwater soil
Scientists collect data, map little-understood soilsCredit: Mark Stolt Soils all over the Earth's surface are rigorously tested and managed. But ...
More extreme coastal weather events likely to increase bluff erosion, landslide activity
Credit: Ben Leshchinsky, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Unstable slopes on Oregon's coastline could see a 30 percent jump ...
‘Dead zone’ volume more important than area to fish, fisheries
Dubravko Justic, the Texaco Distinguished Professor in the LSU Department of Oceanography & Coastal Sciences, and Research Associate Lixia Wang ...
Can we address climate change without sacrificing water quality?
Some efforts at reducing carbon emissions could actually increase the risk of water quality impairments, researchers findCredit: NASA Earth Observatory, ...
Report cards show continued sea-level rise on East & Gulf coasts
Nearly all non-Alaskan West Coast tide stations also saw higher seasCredit: © J.D. Loftis/VIMS. Researchers at William & Mary's Virginia ...
CCNY’s Nir Krakauer in monsoon research breakthrough
Credit: Nir Krakauer With average precipitation of 35 inches per four-month season over an area encompassing most of the Indian ...
Scientists reveal impacts of anthropogenic nitrogen discharge on nitrogen transport in global rivers
Credit: Obtained from Google Earth, compiled and annotated by Shuang Liu Excess nutrients from fertilizer application, pollution discharge, and water ...
More water resources over the Sahel region of Africa in the 21st century under global warming
The Sahel is a semi-arid region of transition in Africa between the Sahara and the Sudanian Savanna, which is extremely ...
CLEAR at UTA continues collaboration with the Apache Corporation
Analyzing surface, groundwaterCredit: UT Arlington The Collaborative Laboratories for Environmental Analysis and Remediation at The University of Texas at Arlington ...
Good news: Habitats worthy of protection in Germany are protected
Credit: Simone Langhans The world's largest coordinated network of protected areas is not located at the South Pole or in ...
SNoOPI: A flying ace for soil moisture and snow measurements
Credit: Credits: NASA/W. Hrybyk Work has begun on a new CubeSat mission that will demonstrate for the first time a ...
2 Rice faculty members awarded Sloan Research Fellowships
Torres, Yi selected for work in ocean sciences, physicsCredit: Photo courtesy of Dawn Harmer/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory HOUSTON -- (Feb. ...
Innovative nanocoating technology harnesses sunlight to degrade microplastics
Credit: CLAIM Low density polyethylene film (LDPE) microplastic fragments, successfully degraded in water using visible-light-excited heterogeneous ZnO photocatalysts. The innovative ...
Winners of Inaugural Johnson & Johnson Innovation Champions of Science Africa Storytelling Challenge
Program spotlights scientific innovation across African continent February 15, 2019 (Washington, D.C.) - Johnson & Johnson Innovation today announced five ...
Research forms complex picture of mercury pollution in a period of global change
Toxic metal's fate in marine food webs uncertain due to anthropogenic impacts HANOVER, N.H. - February 14, 2019 - Climate ...
UBC researchers develop diagnostic tool for detecting cryptosporidium
Cost-effective biosensor provides immediate and accurate resultsCredit: UBC Okanagan A handheld 'tricorder' that can test for biological contamination in real-time ...
Sea Grant & ASLO bring helping hands to Puerto Rico
Annual scientific meeting features community service projects SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Scientists from 52 countries will be providing hands-on ...
Study yields new clues to predict tipping points for marsh survival
By analyzing hundreds of estuaries at multiple spatial scales, new research identifies factors that drive marsh loss but may be ...