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Engineers Demonstrate a New Method for Reducing Sulfur Pollution

Someone’s wastewater is just another person’s gold. A new Stanford University study lays the possibility for sewage to be mined for valuable elements used in fertilizers and batteries that could support smartphones and planes in the future.

3 Mar 2022

Water Allocations May Leave NT River High and Dry: Study

Tree ring analysis suggests strong flows in NT’s Daly River can’t go on forever and water allocation could lead to environmental and cultural damage.

3 Mar 2022

Solar-Driven System Successfully Grows Spinach by Using Water Drawn from the Air

Researchers in Saudi Arabia have developed a solar-driven system with the help of a special hydrogel. It has proven efficient in growing spinach by making use of water drawn from the air while generating electricity.

2 Mar 2022

Safe Ways to Reuse “Greywater”

As more parts of the world face drought, reusing water in safe ways makes sense. One of these ways is to reuse "greywater" – water that has been used once in showers, bathroom sinks and showers. The Soil Science Society of America's (SSSA) March 1st Soils Matter blog reviews how greywater systems work in yards.

2 Mar 2022

Researchers Discover Additional Use of Hydrogels: Extracting Freshwater from Air

Hydrogels exhibit an astonishing potential to swell and consume water. On a daily basis, they are utilized in nappies, dressings, and more to lock moisture away.

1 Mar 2022

Global Warming is Amplifying Our Water Cycle - and It's Happening Much Faster than We Expected

A UNSW Sydney-led study shows at least two times more freshwater has shifted from warm to cold regions of the earth than our climate models predicted – signifying broader changes to the global water cycle.

24 Feb 2022

New Guidelines for Safe Treatment and Disposal of Fracking Wastewater to Protect Drinking Water Sources

Chemists at The University of Toledo discovered that the new and unexplored waste contains many environmental contaminants, including organic chemicals and metallic elements, as companies that drill for oil and natural gas using hydraulic fracturing consider recycling and reusing wastewater that surfaces from wells during the fracking process.

18 Feb 2022

Computational Approach can Guide Sustainable Dam Siting to Protect Ecosystem Services

Rapid hydroelectric dam expansion in the Amazon poses a serious threat to Earth's largest and most biodiverse river basin. There are 158 dams in the Amazon River basin, with another 351 proposed; these projects are typically assessed individually, with little coordinated planning.

18 Feb 2022

Hybrid Wind-Hydro Power Generation Systems Emerge as a Key Trend in the Wind Electricity Market

Wind electricity market overview shows that the hybrid wind-hydro power generation systems has emerged as a key trend in the wind electric power generation market.

18 Feb 2022

Novel Low-Cost Strategy for High-Performance Solar Evaporation

MIT researchers have developed a novel low-cost passive solar-evaporation system that demonstrates much promise for wastewater treatment, seawater desalination, medical instrument sterilization and vapor generation.

17 Feb 2022