Water News
January 22, 2025
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Jan. 21, 2025 — Following two months of record heat and precipitation in fall 2022, an estimated 7,500 lakes in West Greenland turned brown, began emitting carbon and decreased in water quality in less than a year. ...
Jan. 21, 2025 — A new study provides compelling new evidence that a colossal 'megaflood' refilled the Mediterranean Sea, ending a period during which the Med was a vast expanse of salt flats. The study suggests the ...
Jan. 21, 2025 — Instead of relying on energy-hungry reactors to generate high temperatures and pressure, researchers are looking underground at Earth's natural heat and forces to cook up ammonia for fertilizer. In a proof-of-concept study, researchers generated ...
Jan. 21, 2025 — Researchers present paper-based temperature and humidity sensors that are accurate, reliable, and eco-friendly. The team created the sensors by printing silver lines on commercially available paper through dry additive nanomanufacturing. As the ...
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Jan. 17, 2025 — New research emphasizes that studying the impacts of past tropical storms can help communities better prepare for future storms. A key part of the study is analyzing the types and quantities of ...
Jan. 17, 2025 — Salt pollution from road deicing salts threatens freshwater ecosystems and urban green infrastructure. New research on salt-tolerant plants like cattails highlights their potential role in mitigating ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — Engineering researchers have developed carbon capture systems that use molecules called quinones, dissolved in water, as their capturing compounds. A new study provides critical insights into the ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — A new study analyzing a lake formed by a glacier surge in the Karakoram Mountains has revealed how satellite images can be used to monitor the ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — DDT soil pollution is still a major problem in many parts of the world. Researchers have developed a new method to manage ecological risks from the toxin by binding it with biochar. When they mixed ...
Jan. 13, 2025 — Wildfires increasingly threaten public drinking water systems, but guidance on how to address damage to these systems from a wildfire has been ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — New research reveals that drought and increased temperatures in a CO2-rich climate can dramatically alter how grasslands use and move water. The study provides the first experimental demonstration of ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — In an interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary study, an international team examined the social risks for Arctic regions associated with thawing permafrost. They identified five key risks related to ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — Engineers have found a way to eliminate the fluid flow 'dead zones' that plague the types of electrodes used for battery-based seawater desalination. ...
Jan. 16, 2025 — Increasingly common since 1980, persistent multi-year droughts will continue to advance with the warming climate, warns a new study. This publicly available forty-year global quantitative inventory ...
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Jan. 15, 2025 — Methane from the destroyed Nord Stream pipelines spread over a large part of the southern Baltic Sea and remained for several ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) has not slowed down since the mid-20th century based on the North Atlantic air-sea heat fluxes over that time. This finding contrasts with ...
Jan. 15, 2025 — Experts are warning of the risks of spreading invasive and non-native species when moving large volumes of untreated lake, reservoir and river ...
Jan. 14, 2025 — Beneath sandy beaches, microbes filter chemicals from groundwater and safeguard ocean health. A new study reveals that sneaker waves provide a lens to explore the impending impacts of sea level rise ...
Jan. 14, 2025 — Federal reservoirs could help meet the country's solar energy needs, according to a new study. Geospatial scientists and senior legal and regulatory analyst quantified exactly how much energy ...
Jan. 14, 2025 — A researcher conducted a survey on the use of private wells during the 2018 Western Japan floods in Kure City, Hiroshima Prefecture, which was affected by water supply ...
Jan. 14, 2025 — Carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRPs) are used in the aerospace, automotive, and sports equipment industries. However, their recycling remains a major problem. In a recent study, researchers ...
Jan. 13, 2025 — Bats depend on open bodies of water such as small ponds and lakes for foraging and drinking. Access to water is particularly important for survival in the increasingly hot and dry summers caused by ...
Jan. 13, 2025 — Scientists have mapped the amount of water stored beneath volcanic rocks at the crest of the central Oregon Cascades and found an aquifer many times larger than previously estimated -- at least 81 ...
Jan. 10, 2025 — The way cricket frogs move across the surface of water has long been thought to resemble walking on water, but researchers have now discovered a different ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — A new study provides the first comprehensive global estimates of the amount of water stored in Earth's plants and the amount of time it takes for that water to flow through them. The information ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — Laboratory experiments designed to deform ice at its pressure-melting temperature were like grabbing a bagel at the top and the bottom, then twisting the two halves to smear the cream cheese in the ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — Hydroclimate whiplash -- rapid swings between intensely wet and dangerously dry weather -- has already increased globally due to climate change, with further large increases expected as warming ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — An international team of scientists has called for the creation of an 18th addition to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, which would aim to mitigate against the accumulation of space ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers analyzed 22 recent studies exploring HIV-related outcomes in the context of climate change and identified several links between extreme weather events and HIV prevention and ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers have found that the taller the Japanese black pine trees (Pinus thunbergii) along the coast, the deeper their roots penetrate the ground. Deeper roots make trees more resistant to damage ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — Researchers have created a simulation that maps underground water on a continental scale. The result of three years' work studying groundwater from coast to coast, the findings plot the unseen ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — The Great Salt Lake has lost more than 15 billion cubic yards of water over the past three decades, is getting shallower at the rate of 4 inches a year, and an analysis of its water budget suggests ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — A new way to identify salts in nuclear waste melters could help improve clean-up technology, including at the Hanford Site, one of the largest, most complex nuclear waste clean-up sites in the world. ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — The tiny particles that shed from clothing, packaging and other plastic products are winding up in the fish that people eat, highlighting a need for technologies and strategies to reduce microfiber ...
Wednesday, January 15, 2025
- Nord Stream Methane Spread Across the Southern Baltic Sea
- Critical Ocean Current Has Not Declined in the Last 60 Years
- Calls to Curb Invasive Species Spread Via Untreated Water Transfer
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
- Beach Guardians: How Hidden Microbes Protect Coastal Waters in a Changing Climate
- Floating Solar Panels Could Support US Energy Goals
- Hiroshima Flooding: A Case Study of Well Usage and Adaptive Governance
- Direct Discharge Electrical Pulses for Carbon Fiber Recycling
Monday, January 13, 2025
- Wind Turbines Impair the Access of Bats to Water Bodies in Agricultural Landscapes
- Atop the Oregon Cascades, Team Finds a Huge Buried Aquifer
Friday, January 10, 2025
Thursday, January 9, 2025
- Rapid Return of Water from Ground to Atmosphere Through Plants
- Researchers Use Lab Data to Rewrite Equation for Deformation, Flow of Watery Glacier Ice
- Floods, Droughts, Then Fires: Hydroclimate Whiplash Is Speeding Up Globally
- A Sustainable Development Goal for Space?
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
- Climate Change Linked With Worse HIV Prevention and Care
- Study Identifies Coastal Black Pine Trees Resistant to Tsunamis and Strong Winds
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
- New Research Reveals Groundwater Pathways Across Continent
- Reducing Irrigation for Livestock Feed Crops Is Needed to Save Great Salt Lake, Study Argues
- Method Can Detect Harmful Salts Forming in Nuclear Waste Melters
Monday, January 6, 2025
- Microplastics Widespread in Seafood People Eat
- How We Classify Flood Risk May Give Developers, Home Buyers a False Sense of Security
- U.S. Corn Belt: Intensive Farming and Shallow Groundwater Affect Precipitation Patterns
- Climate Extremes in 2024 'wreaking Havoc' On the Global Water Cycle
- Floods Linked to Rise in US Deaths from Several Major Causes
- Marked Decrease in Arctic Pressure Ridges
Friday, January 3, 2025
Thursday, January 2, 2025
- Water Treatment: Catching Steroid Hormones With Nanotubes
- Big Leap Forward for Environmentally Friendly 'e-Textiles' Technology
- Chemists Create Eco-Friendly Method to Make Chlorine-Based Materials for Drugs and Chemicals
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
Friday, December 20, 2024
- Geothermal Aquifers Offer Green Potential but Quality Checks Required
- AI-Driven Approach Reveals Hidden Hazards of Chemical Mixtures in Rivers
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- Changes in Store for Atmospheric Rivers
- More People Living Without Running Water in U.S. Cities Since the Global Financial Crisis, Study Reveals
- Study Uses Remote Sensing to Monitor Plastic Debris in Rivers and Lakes
- Origins of Lunar Water and Its Connection to Earth's Early History
- Are Particle Emissions from Offshore Wind Farms Harmful for Blue Mussels?
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Breakthrough in Photochemical Water Oxidation: Paving the Way for Sustainable Energy
- Phytochromes: The 'eyes' That Enable Microalgae to Find Their Way in the Depths
- Giant Virus Encodes Key Piece of Protein-Making Machinery of Cellular Life
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- Step Forward in Generating Solar-Powered Hydrogen
- Hyperspectral Imaging Lidar System Achieves Remote Plastic Identification
Monday, December 16, 2024
Friday, December 13, 2024
Thursday, December 12, 2024
- Surveys Show Full Scale of Massive Die-Off of Common Murres Following the 'warm Blob' In the Pacific Ocean
- Floods, Insufficient Water, Sinking River Deltas: Hydrologists Map Changing River Landscapes Across the Globe
- Researchers Reveal Key Factors Behind Japan's Plastic Waste Removal Rates in Rivers
- Water and Forests in Southern US
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
- Better Environmental Performance Boosts Profits and Cuts Costs
- A Greener, Cleaner Way to Extract Cobalt from 'junk' Materials
- Seals Strategically Scoot Around the Seas on Icebergs
- Bighorn Sheep Face Death by Avalanche in Sierra Nevada Range
- Flood Disasters Associated With Preterm Births and Low Birth Weights
- Aerosol Pollutants from Cooking May Last Longer in the Atmosphere
- Tiny Poops in the Ocean May Help Solve the Carbon Problem
- New Concept for Sustainable Fuel Cell Polymer Electrolytes Overcomes Barriers in High-Temperature, Low-Humidity Use, Advancing Net-Zero Carbon Goals
Monday, December 9, 2024
Friday, December 6, 2024
- Less Is More: Why an Economical Iridium Catalyst Works So Well
- Scientists Urged to Pull the Plug on 'bathtub Modeling' Of Flood Risk
- How Do Marine Food Webs Respond to Increasing Alkalinity?
- From Chip Shop to Pit Stop -- Scientists Make Old Cooking Oil Biofuel as Efficient as Diesel
- New Biodegradable Material to Replace Certain Microplastics
Thursday, December 5, 2024
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
- The Amazon Rainforest as a Cloud Machine: How Thunderstorms and Plant Transpiration Produce Condensation Nuclei
- After Decades of Plantation Agriculture, Coconut Palms Dominate Over Half of Pacific Atoll Forests
- Swelling Streams -- Climate Change Causes More Sediment in High-Mountain Rivers
- How Non-Toxic and Efficient Solar Cells Can Be Produced
- What Triggered Nepal's Catastrophic 2021 Flood -- And Could It Happen Again?
Tuesday, December 3, 2024
- Ocean Density Identified as a Key Driver of Carbon Capture by Marine Plankton
- Can Plastic-Eating Bugs Help With Our Microplastic Problem?
- Microfiber Plastics Appear to Tumble, Roll and Move Slowly in the Environment
- Streams Near Farms Emit High Levels of Greenhouse Gas
- Chemical Structure's Carbon Capture Ability Doubled
Monday, December 2, 2024
- New Research Provides an Improved Understanding of Earthquake Hazards in the Permian Basin
- Even Low Levels of Arsenic in Drinking Water Raise Kidney Cancer Risk
- Clay Minerals: Researchers Observe for the First Time How Sediment Particles Align During Deposition
Friday, November 29, 2024
- Satellite Evidence Bolsters Case That Climate Change Caused Mass Elephant Die-Off
- Strategies for Safe and Equitable Access to Water: A Catalyst for Global Peace and Security
- The Melting of Greenland: A Climate Challenge With Major Implications for the 21st Century
Wednesday, November 27, 2024
- Making a Difference: Efficient Water Harvesting from Air Possible
- Shells, Teeth and Bones of 'weird and Wonderful Organisms' Provide Historical Environmental Clues
Tuesday, November 26, 2024
- Enhancing Seaglider Technology to Measure Carbon Dioxide
- Two-Way Water Transfers Can Ensure Reliability, Save Money for Urban and Agricultural Users During Drought in Western U.S.
- Improved Catalyst Turns Harmful Greenhouse Gases Into Cleaner Fuels, Chemical Feedstocks
- Quantum Mechanism Identified as a Key to Accelerating Ocean Temperatures
Monday, November 25, 2024
- To Design Better Water Filters, Engineers Look to Manta Rays
- Impact of Climate Change on Water Resources Will Increase Price Tag to Decarbonize the Grid
Friday, November 22, 2024
Thursday, November 21, 2024
- Researchers Identify Previously Unknown Compound in Drinking Water
- Bye-Bye Microplastics: New Plastic Is Recyclable and Fully Ocean-Degradable
- Climate-Driven Hazards Increases Risk for Millions of Coastal Residents, Study Finds
- Environmental Impacts of Plastics: Moving Beyond the Perspective on Waste
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
- New Model Sheds Light on Groundwater Declines by Linking Irrigation Decisions and Groundwater Use
- Garden Produce Grown Near Fayetteville Works Fluorochemical Plant Contains GenX, Other PFAS
- Researchers Catalog the Microbiome of US Rivers
- Superior Photosynthesis Abilities of Some Plants Could Hold Key to Climate-Resilient Crops