Re-establishing oyster beds to maximize their ecological benefits
New GIS-based tool identifies best locations Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a mapping tool that identifies sites ...
Tag: Hydrology/Water Resources
Many Arctic lakes give off less carbon than expected
Credit: David Butman/University of Washington The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. One consequence ...
NUS marine scientists find toxic bacteria on microplastics retrieved from tropical waters
When these tiny pieces of plastics are ingested by marine organisms, they may accumulate and be transferred up the food ...
Scientists advance new technology to protect drinking water from Lake Erie algal toxins
The Journal of Great Lakes Research published the study identifying Lake Erie bacteria that degrades microcystin.Credit: Dr. Jason Huntley, The ...
New device simplifies measurement of fluoride contamination in water
Credit: Marie-Thé and Etienne Roux Adding fluoride to water has been common practice in a number of countries, including the ...
Rating riverside corridors — the 'escape routes' for animals under climate change
Credit: Bureau of Land Management Under climate change, plants and animals will shift their habitats to track the conditions they ...
Think big — at least when it comes to global conservation
Canada and Russia have the most to lose or gain, say researchersCredit: UBC Okanagan According to a group of international ...
Ben-Gurion University, Bayer and Netafim to collaborate on research optimizing drip irrigation
Credit: Netafim/BGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel...February 7, 2019 - Bayer, Netafim and BGN Technologies, the technology transfer company of Israel's Ben-Gurion University ...
USDA grant to blend data with agriculture for improved production
Technology in agricultureCredit: UT Arlington A University of Texas at Arlington math professor will use a U.S. Department of Agriculture ...
Daily and Mace win the Frontiers of Knowledge Award for their 'visionary' work in ecology
The BBVA Foundation recognize Gretchen Daily and Georgina Mace, two 'visionary' ecologists who have devised indispensable tools to compute 'the ...
Early spring rain boosts methane from thawing permafrost by 30 percent
Credit: Kiyomi Taguchi/University of Washington Arctic permafrost is thawing as the Earth warms due to climate change. In some cases, ...
Study: Environmental regulations may have unintended consequences in energy production
Many countries have passed environmental laws to preserve natural ecosystems. Although the regulations seem to have improved preservation efforts, they ...
Study of brine discharge from desalination plant finds good news and bad news
Brine discharged from the Carlsbad Desalination Plant raises offshore salinity levels more than permitted, but researchers found no direct local ...
UN University compares technologies that remove arsenic from groundwater
At least 140 million people in 50 countries have been drinking water containing arsenic at levels above the World Health ...
Major study could benefit 11 million Thai people living in vulnerable coastal zones
Credit: Suparee Boonmanun A major study aims to improve understanding of the vulnerability of Thailand's shoreline and coastal communities to ...
Microplastic contamination found in common source of groundwater, researchers report
Credit: Photo by Fred Zwicky CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Microplastics contaminate the world's surface waters, yet scientists have only just begun ...
Trout, salamander populations quickly bounce back from severe drought conditions
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Populations of coastal cutthroat trout and coastal giant salamanders in the Pacific Northwest show the ability to ...
New method uses ultraviolet light to control fluid flow and organize particles
Credit: Sen Lab, Penn State A new, simple, and inexpensive method that uses ultraviolet light to control particle motion and ...
£20 million to tackle nitrogen pollution
Experts in UK and South Asia link up for government-backed research projectCredit: Mark Sutton The UK Government today (January 22) ...
BFU physicists developed a method of determining the composition of microplastic in water
Physicists from Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University developed and applied a method of identifying microplastic collected in sea waters.Credit: Courtesy ...