The 20 best places to tackle US farm nitrogen pollution
Scientists find 63% of surplus US cropland nitrogen in only 24% of cropland area, reveal which counties to targetCredit: University ...
Tag: Hydrology/Water Resources
Climate change and suppression tactics are critical factors increasing fires
Integrated research approach shows wildfire solutions must be specific to location and conditionsCredit: Photo Courtesy University of Nevada, Reno The ...
UNEP synthesis of scientific assessments provides blueprint to secure humanity’s future
Meeting ramped-up climate and biodiversity targets, cutting deadly pollution and achieving SDGs needs an all-society push for sustainabilityCredit: UNEP Shifting ...
Mark Torres wins Geochemical Society’s Clarke Award
Early-career honor goes to fourth Rice U. geochemist in 12 yearsCredit: Photo by Woodward Fisher HOUSTON - (Feb. 12, 2021) ...
Heat islands and lack of running water promote dengue fever in Delhi, India
Credit: © Olivier Telle/CSH/CNRS What if more inclusive urban planning for poor populations was key to fighting dengue fever? This ...
Spanish Journal of Soil Science selects Frontiers as first publishing partner
Credit: SJSS Open access society journal the Spanish Journal of Soil Science (SJSS) has chosen Frontiers as its first commercial ...
International research team begins uncovering Arctic mystery
New study on submarine permafrost suggests locked greenhouse gases are emergingCredit: Artwork by Victor O. Leshyk, Center for Ecosystem Science ...
Commodity farming accelerating climate change in the Amazon rainforest
Credit: Eduardo Maeda Researchers report that large-scale commercial farms on deforested land in the southern Amazon result in higher temperature ...
High greenhouse gas emissions from Siberian Inland Waters
Credit: Egor Istigechev Rivers and lakes at high latitudes are considered to be major sources for greenhouse gas emissions to ...
Cleaning Up the Mississippi River
Louisiana State University Boyd Professor tracks 100-year historyCredit: LSU Louisiana State University College of the Coast & Environment Boyd Professor ...
Half of global wastewater treated, rates in developing countries still lagging
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A new study by scientists at Utrecht University and the United Nations University concludes that about ...
Songbirds exposed to lead-contaminated water show telltale signs about human impacts
Credit: Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock / Xavier MARCHANT Humans, wildlife, and the environment are all interconnected and play a ...
Global warming found to be culprit for flood risk in Peruvian Andes, other glacial lakes
Credit: Stuart-Smith et al./Nature Geoscience As the planet warms, glaciers are retreating and causing changes in the world's mountain water ...
Drone and landsat imagery shows long-term change in vegetation cover along intermittent river
Study examines vegetation cover change in the Kuiseb river in the Namib desertCredit: Photo by Oliver Halsey. In the Namib ...
Standard water treatment technique removes and inactivates an enveloped virus
Credit: Adapted from Environmental Science & Technology 2021, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c07697 Enveloped viruses have been detected in raw sewage and sludge, ...
Physicists have developed new material for water desalination
Credit: FEFU press office Titanium dioxide nanoparticles decorated by gold absorb about 96% of the solar spectrum and turn it ...
Algorithm for algal rhythms
Credit: © 2021 Morgan Bennett Smith An atlas of harmful algal blooms across the Red Sea reveals their link with ...
Wellbeing benefits of wetlands
Study measures high value of natural coastal assetsCredit: Professor Sabine Dittmann, Flinders University Australians love their beaches, and now a ...
Prosopis juliflora acutely reduces water resources in Ethiopia, costing rural livelihoods
Prosopis juliflora seriously diminishes water resources in the Afar Region of Ethiopia, consuming enough of this already scarce resource to ...
In Brazil, many smaller dams disrupt fish more than large hydropower projects
Credit: Victor Baptista The development of small hydropower dams is widespread throughout Brazil and elsewhere in the world, vastly overshadowing ...