Flood risk uncertainties assessed at the global scale
Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - A research team from the Institute of Industrial ...
Tag: Hydrology/Water Resources
Professor Qingwei Ma seeks to unlock the potential of marine wave energy
The City, University of London academic will lead on the development of a new generation modelling suite, combining machine learning ...
Groundwater discharge affects water quality in coastal waters
Credit: Isaac Santos Water quality management in the ocean often targets visible pollution sources such as sewage, rivers or ships. ...
‘Bottom-up’ approach needed to study freshwater blooms
A national research team urges more complete study of harmful cyanobacteriaCredit: Midge Eliassen HANOVER, N.H. - March 30, 2021 - ...
Study exposes global ripple effects of regional water scarcity
Computer model shows how human economic activity can transmit and magnify climate change impactCredit: Drought.gov Water scarcity is often understood ...
Palm oil production can grow without converting rainforests and peatland
Nebraska agronomist: 'Potential impact is huge'Credit: Hendra Sugianto/University of Nebraska-Lincoln Lincoln, Neb., March 25, 2021 -- Palm oil, the most ...
Nearly $1 million for an INRS research project in Madagascar
A project to assess the risks of well contamination in Madagascar receives major fundingCredit: INSTN-Madagascar The project of Professor Geneviève ...
Dangerous landfill pollutants ranked in order of toxicity by MU researchers
In partnership with the USDA Forest Service, University of Missouri researchers developed a system to prioritize most toxic pollutants.Credit: Missouri ...
Floating solar farms could help reduce impacts of climate change on lakes and reservoirs
Scientists from Lancaster University and the University of Stirling have completed the first detailed modelling of the environmental effects of ...
UBCO researcher recommends systematic approach to forest and water supply management
Human and natural changes to forests impacting natural filtration systemCredit: UBCO As World Water Day is observed around the globe, ...
Organic crystals’ ice-forming superpowers
Credit: Valeria Molinero/University of Utah At the heart of clouds are ice crystals. And at the heart of ice crystals, ...
Twice as much carbon flowing from land to ocean than previously thought
Credit: Eun Young Kwon Every year 600-900 million tons of carbon flow through rivers to the ocean either as particles ...
Modeling the probability of methane hydrate deposits on the seafloor
Sandia scientists use machine learning to find fuel source, climate-change driverCredit: Image courtesy of William Eymold/Sandia National Laboratories RALEIGH, N.C. ...
University of Utah scientists plumb the depths of the world’s tallest geyser
Credit: Courtesy of Sin-Mei Wu/University of Utah When Steamboat Geyser, the world's tallest, started erupting again in 2018 in Yellowstone ...
NASA images reveal important forests and wetlands are disappearing in Belize
Credit: Image from the Landsat 8 archive, NASA/USGS. AUSTIN, Texas -- Using NASA satellite images and machine learning, researchers with ...
Story tips: Urban climate impacts, materials’ dual approach and healing power
Credit: Andy Sproles/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Modeling - Urban climate impacts Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory have identified ...
Global river flow contingent upon climate change
Credit: Michigan State University More often than ever before, water available in rivers is at the mercy of climate change, ...
Melting glaciers could speed up carbon emissions into the atmosphere
Credit: Lee Brown The loss of glaciers worldwide enhances the breakdown of complex carbon molecules in rivers, potentially contributing further ...
European summer droughts since 2015 unprecedented in past two millennia
Credit: Ulf Büntgen Recent summer droughts in Europe are far more severe than anything in the past 2,100 years, according ...
Zealandia Switch may be the missing link in understanding ice age climates
Credit: Photo courtesy of Aaron Putnam Orono, Maine -- The origins of ice age climate changes may lie in the ...