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New Project Proposes Solutions for Water Resources, Water Use, and Water Management

The availability and sustainable management of water as well as safe sanitation for all are important goals of the United Nations' 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

19 May 2021

More Than Three-Quarters of Iran's Land is Under Extreme Groundwater Overdraft

More than three quarters of Iran's land is under extreme groundwater overdraft, where the rate of human uptake is higher than the rate of natural recharge.

19 May 2021

More than Three-Quarters of Iran’s Land is Under Extreme Groundwater Overdraft

Over three-quarters of Iran’s land is experiencing severe groundwater overdraft, where the rate of human uptake is greater compared to the rate of natural recharge.

19 May 2021

New Insight on Acid Formation can Help Refine Atmosphere and Climate Models

Atmospheric acidity is increasingly established by organic acids, like formic acid, and carbon dioxide.

13 May 2021

Study Assesses Long-Term Impacts of Two Fisheries Management Methods

A strong and sustainable study performed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) offers scientific evidence for universal calls for preserving 30% of the world’s ocean.

5 May 2021

Study Observes What Happens to Ocean and Sea Ice When Cyclone Hits

A huge storm on par with a Category 2 hurricane was hit the Arctic Ocean in August 2016. The cyclone resulted in the third-lowest sea ice extent that has been recorded so far.

30 Apr 2021

Novel Solar-Driven Desalination Unit Could Resolve World’s Freshwater Scarcity

Although Earth has a vast amount of water, a major portion of it is non-potable seawater. Freshwater makes up just about 2.5% of the total. Many places around the world hence experience acute water scarcities.

28 Apr 2021

Transforming Corn Stover into Activated Carbon for Use in Water Treatment

Corn is America's top agricultural crop, and also one of its most wasteful. About half the harvest--stalks, leaves, husks, and cobs-- remains as waste after the kernels have been stripped from the cobs.

27 Apr 2021

Wild Blueberry Fields in Down East Maine are Warming Faster than Previously Thought

A new study by researchers from the University of Maine on the impacts of climate change on the barrens in the last four decades reports that in Down East Maine, wild blueberry fields are warming faster compared to the state as a whole.

27 Apr 2021

Climate Change Has Shifted the Axis of the Earth

New research says that the redistribution of water thanks to glacial melting driven by climate change has been causing the Earth to shift on its axis.

26 Apr 2021