Water News
April 30, 2025
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Apr. 28, 2025 — With more than 181.5 billion tons of wood produced globally each year, a new method could revolutionize how we build sustainably. By infusing red oak with ferrihydrite using a simple, low-cost process, researchers strengthened the wood at the ...
Apr. 24, 2025 — When bottom trawls are dragged across the seafloor, they stir up sediments. This not only releases previously stored organic carbon, but also intensifies the oxidation of pyrite, a mineral present in marine sediments, leading to additional emissions ...
Apr. 23, 2025 — Paper shares innovative natural capital accounting approach to valuing the benefits of ecosystems in Colombia's Upper Sin Basin to key economic ...
Apr. 22, 2025 — Dust-on-snow is a major threat to water in the Colorado River, yet no snowmelt forecasts integrate dust-accelerated melt. Using pioneering remote sensing techniques, new research is the first to capture how dust impacts the headwaters of the ...
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Apr. 21, 2025 — As farmers debate whether fields should be used for agriculture or solar panels, new research says the answer could be both. Scientists analyzed remote sensing and aerial imagery to study how fields ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Despite advances in wastewater treatment, tiny plastic particles called microplastics are still slipping through, posing potential health and environmental hazards, according to new ...
Apr. 21, 2025 — Microplastics, tiny plastic particles found in everyday products from face wash to toothpaste, are an emerging threat to health and ecology, prompting a research team to identify what keeps them ...
Apr. 17, 2025 — The consequences of wildfires in or near urban areas go beyond the damage to buildings and ecosystems, to the threat of contamination of drinking water according to water quality and treatment ...
Apr. 17, 2025 — Lake ecosystems can receive high inputs of terrestrial organic matter (t-OM) that microbes make available to higher trophic level consumers. A research group examined terrestrial reliance of 19 ...
Apr. 16, 2025 — When two materials come into contact, charged entities on their surfaces get a little nudge. This is how rubbing a balloon on the skin creates static electricity. Likewise, water flowing over some ...
Apr. 16, 2025 — Using advanced DNA sequence analysis, a research team has discovered that tiny organisms in Brooklyn's highly contaminated Gowanus Canal have ...
Apr. 16, 2025 — Researchers have helped overturn the popular theory that water on Earth originated from asteroids bombarding its surface; Scientists have analyzed a ...
Apr. 15, 2025 — Desalination plants, a major and growing source of freshwater in dry regions, could produce less harmful waste using electricity and new ...
Apr. 15, 2025 — A new study reveals the impact of what might may be precursors to harmful contaminants in drinking water, formed during water ...
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Apr. 23, 2025 — Florida's Lake Okeechobee is essential for water management but faces harmful algal blooms, which thrive in warm, nutrient-rich waters. Daily vertical migration enables them to survive in turbid ...
Colombia's Peatlands Could Be a Crucial Tool to Fight Climate Change: But First We Have to Find Them
Apr. 15, 2025 — Researchers conducted three years of extensive fieldwork to develop the first data-driven map of both newly documented and predicted peatlands across Colombia's eastern ...
Apr. 14, 2025 — Microplastics and the much smaller nanoplastics enter the human body in various ways, for example through food or the air we breathe. A large proportion is excreted, but a certain amount remains in ...
Apr. 14, 2025 — A new study has shed unprecedented light on the highly variable and climate-sensitive routes that substances from Siberian rivers use to travel across the Arctic Ocean. The findings raise fresh ...
Apr. 14, 2025 — Engineers have created a sophisticated computer model that tracks how water moves in estuaries -- which is critical for evaluating climate variability and sea level fluctuation impacts for coastal ...
Apr. 11, 2025 — O'ahu's sandy beaches are at risk. New research has determined that 81% of O'ahu's coastline could experience erosion by 2100, with 40% of this loss happening by 2030. ...
Apr. 10, 2025 — What is the role of dissolved organic matter in the deep sea? In a study relating to this question, researchers have investigated the composition of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in detail. Their ...
Apr. 10, 2025 — Urgent action is needed to protect endangered species, human health and industry from the impacts of the Caspian Sea shrinking, research has ...
Apr. 10, 2025 — Bacteria play key roles in degrading organic matter, both in the soil and in aquatic ecosystems. While most bacteria digest large molecules externally, allowing other community members to share and ...
Apr. 10, 2025 — New research into the overlooked environmental impact of pet dogs has found far-reaching negative effects on wildlife, ecosystems and ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — New technology could enable more sustainable and cheaper production of bio-oils to replace petroleum-based products in electronic, construction and automotive applications. The technology, known as ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Engineers have hit the trifecta of sustainability technology: A group has developed a low-cost method to produce carbon-free 'green' hydrogen via solar-powered electrolysis of seawater. A ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Wild fig tree rings offer a cheap method for tracking toxic atmospheric mercury, a byproduct of gold mining in the Global South, according to a new ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Wear and tear on plastic products releases small to nearly invisible plastic particles, which could impact people's health when consumed or inhaled. To make these particles biodegradable, ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — Evidence shows that hunter-gatherers were crossing at least 100 kilometers (km) of open water to reach the Mediterranean island of Malta 8,500 years ago, a thousand years before the arrival of the ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — A new study reveals the modern arid desert between Africa and Saudi Arabia was once regularly lush and green with rivers and lakes over a period of 8 million years, allowing for the occupation and ...
Apr. 9, 2025 — 'Forever chemicals' are everywhere. But only a handful have been evaluated for potentially toxic effects. Researchers think there may be a faster, cheaper way to figure out which ones might ...
Apr. 8, 2025 — A comprehensive study of the long-term health impacts of flooding -- via analysis of over 300 million hospitalizations records in eight countries prone to flooding events -- has found an increased ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Researchers surveyed residential rain barrels to determine how often mosquitoes took up residence in rain barrels and what preventative measures would most effectively keep mosquitoes out. Taking ...
Apr. 7, 2025 — Scientists have discovered a new phylum of microbes in the Earth's Critical Zone, an area of deep soil that restores water quality. Ground water, which becomes drinking water, passes through ...
Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
- Colombia's Peatlands Could Be a Crucial Tool to Fight Climate Change: But First We Have to Find Them
Monday, April 14, 2025
- New Method for Detecting Nanoplastics in Body Fluids
- Pioneering Research Reveals Arctic Matter Pathways Poised for Major Shifts Amidst Climate Change
- New Model to Evaluate Impact of Extreme Events and Natural Hazards
Friday, April 11, 2025
Thursday, April 10, 2025
- New Study on Natural Oil Seeps in the Deep Sea
- Caspian Sea Decline Threatens Endangered Seals, Coastal Communities and Industry
- In Croatia's Freshwater Lakes, Selfish Bacteria Hoard Nutrients
- Man's Best Friend May Be Nature's Worst Enemy, Study on Pet Dogs Suggests
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
- Bio-Oils for Greener Industrial Applications
- Potable Water Happy Byproduct of Low-Cost Green Hydrogen Technology
- Tree Rings Track Atmospheric Mercury Cheaply
- Starch-Based Microplastics Could Cause Health Risks in Mice
- Mediterranean Hunter Gatherers Navigated Long-Distance Sea Journeys Well Before the First Farmers
- 8 Million Years of 'Green Arabia'
- 'Forever Chemicals' Are Everywhere: Most of Their Health Effects Are Unknown
Tuesday, April 8, 2025
Monday, April 7, 2025
- Rain Barrel Basics: Conserving Water but Not Mosquito Habitats
- Scientists Discover Microbes in Earth's Deep Soil
- The Lush Past of the World's Largest Desert
Friday, April 4, 2025
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Southern Ocean Warming Will Mean a Wetter West Coast, US
- New Computer Model Reveals How Bronze Age Scandinavians Could Have Crossed the Sea
- Biodegradable Fake Fingernails Make Manicures More Sustainable
- Reducing Risk of Embankment Slope Failures Along Roads
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Rocky Mountain Snow Is Contaminated, Study Shows
- We Know Nanoplastics Are a Threat -- This New Tool Can Help Us Figure out Just How Bad They Are
Monday, March 31, 2025
- Study Shows Groundwater Gains in Arizona Yet Climate Risks Still Threaten Water Supply
- Scientists Pioneer Method to Tackle 'forever Chemicals'
- Thinner Arctic Sea Ice May Affect Global Ocean Circulation
Friday, March 28, 2025
Thursday, March 27, 2025
- Melting Ice, More Rain Drive Southern Ocean Cooling
- Human Urine, a Valuable Resource as Fertilizer for Sustainable Urban Agriculture, Study Concludes
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
- Coral Diseases and Water Quality Play a Key Role for Coral Restoration and Survival Efforts
- Cleaning Microplastics
- How Elephants Plan Their Journeys: New Study Reveals Energy-Saving Strategies
- Blurring the Line Between Rain and Snow: Limits of Meteorological Classification
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
- Ocean Eddies -- The Food Trucks of the Sea
- New Evidence Links Microplastics With Chronic Disease
- Technology Makes Pesticides Stick to Plant Leaves
Monday, March 24, 2025
- 5,700-Year Storm Archive Shows Rise in Tropical Storms and Hurricanes in the Caribbean
- 3D Nanotech Blankets Offer New Path to Clean Drinking Water
- How Extreme Weather Threatens Nature's Essential Services
Friday, March 21, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025
- Shrinking Andean Glaciers Threaten Water Supply of 90 Million People, Global Policy Makers Warn
- Study Identifies Viruses in Red Tide Blooms for the First Time
- Recycled Cements Drive Down Emissions Without Slacking on Strength
- Restored Stream Supports New Wild Salmon Run
- River Water Temperatures Swing from Hot to Cold: Major Discovery Shows Value of Observational Records
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
- New Carbon-Negative Material Could Make Concrete and Cement More Sustainable
- Good Sphagnum Moss Layer Growth Improves Carbon Sequestration in Restored Peatlands
- Rethinking How We Study the Impact of Heat on Heart Health
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
- Climate Change Fuelling Mental Health Crisis in Areas Most Affected by Climate Crisis
- Quantum Light Source for Eco-Friendly Production of Biogas
- Coastal Guardians Pioneer a New Way to Protect the Florida Keys' Shorelines
- Threatened by Warming Waters, Brook Trout May Be Able to Adapt to Hotter Weather
Monday, March 17, 2025
- Global Warming Can Lead to Inflammation in Human Airways, New Research Shows
- Top Locations for Ocean Energy Production Worldwide Revealed
Friday, March 14, 2025
- 'Microlightning' In Water Droplets May Have Sparked Life on Earth
- Pacific Island Water Security Requires New Approach
- Artificial Photosynthesis: Researchers Mimic Plants
Thursday, March 13, 2025
- Brown Trout Proven to Successfully Navigate Beaver Dams
- Study: 'Sustainable Intensification' On the Farm Reduces Soil Nitrate Losses, Maintains Crop Yields
- 'Surprising' Cause of Sargassum Blooms in Caribbean
Wednesday, March 12, 2025
- Scientists Develop Solar-Powered Method to Convert Sewage Sludge Into Green Hydrogen and Animal Feed
- Delhi Air Pollution Worse Than Expected as Water Vapor Skews Figures
- How Climate Change Affects Rain and Floods
Tuesday, March 11, 2025
- Medical Infusion Bags Can Release Microplastics
- Technique to Manipulate Water Waves to Precisely Control Floating Objects
- Earth's 'dirty Mirror' Effect Is Accelerating Climate Change
- Study Explores Effects of Climatic Changes on Christmas Island's Iconic Red Crabs
- Amino Acid Assists in Recycling Rechargeable Batteries
- Water Movement on Surfaces Makes More Electric Charge Than Expected
- Self-Optimizing Catalysts Facilitate Water-Splitting for the Green Production of Hydrogen
- Plastic Recycling Gets a Breath of Fresh Air
Monday, March 10, 2025
Friday, March 7, 2025
- The Unforseen Effects of Melting Glaciers on Arctic Coastal Ecosystems
- Uncovering Dementia's Environmental Triggers
Thursday, March 6, 2025
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
- Researchers Quantify the Way Rivers Bend, Opening Up the Possibility for Identifying Origins of Channels on Other Planets
- Aluminum: A New Hero of Hydrogen Production
- A Sustainable Iron Catalyst for Water Oxidation in Renewable Energy
- How Agave Plants Survive Extreme Droughts
- The Pot Is Already Boiling for 2% of the World's Amphibians
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
- AI Tool Can Predict Water Quality Across the U.S.
- Breakthrough in Clean Energy: Palladium Nanosheets Pave Way for Affordable Hydrogen
- Heat from the Sun Affects Seismic Activity on Earth
Monday, March 3, 2025
- Ideal Nitrogen Fertilizer Rates in Corn Belt Have Been Climbing for Decades
- Melting Antarctic Ice Sheets Will Slow Earth's Strongest Ocean Current
Thursday, February 27, 2025
Wednesday, February 26, 2025
- Researchers Make Recommendations for Promoting Sustainable Development in Mangrove Forest Areas
- Possible Links Between PFAS Exposure and Childhood Cancers
- Environmental Impact of Unexploded Ordnance in the Baltic Sea
- Microbiologist Calls for Public Vigilance and Urgent Action on the Danger of Raw Sewage in UK Seas
- Microplastics in Ocean Linked to Disabilities for Coastal Residents
Tuesday, February 25, 2025
- New Insights Into Efficient Water Splitting
- From Waste to Wonder: Revolutionary Green Grout for Sustainable Construction Practices