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Healthy Oceans Need Healthy Soundscapes

A global team of researchers has documented the pervasive impacts of noise on marine animals and ecosystems and identified actions to return to the soundtrack of the healthy ocean.

5 Feb 2021

Future Ice Thinning in the Arctic Could Mean More Toxic Plankton Algae

In the Arctic, as the sea ice contracts, the plankton community that synthesizes food for the whole marine food web has been changing.

4 Feb 2021

Sea Ice Complicated Relationship Between Oxygen and Carbon During Last Ice Age

A new study has discovered that over the last ice age period, widespread sea ice covered the oceans of the world, which blocked the penetration of oxygen into the deep ocean waters, thereby making the relationship between carbon and oxygen complex.

3 Feb 2021

Ability of Monsoons to Replenish Streamflow Diminishes with Warmer Climate

In the summer of 2019, Desert Research Institute (DRI) scientist Rosemary Carroll, Ph.D., waited for the arrival of the North American Monsoon, which normally brings a needed dose of summer moisture to the area where she lives in Crested Butte, Colo. - but for the fourth year in a row, the rains never really came.

2 Feb 2021

New Catalyst Efficiently Produces Drinking Water, Hydrogen from Seawater

Seawater constitutes nearly 96% of all water on planet Earth, a fact that makes it an enticing resource to address the world’s ever-increasing demand for carbon-free energy and clean drinking water.

29 Jan 2021

Improvements Observed in Water Quality of Maryland’s Choptank River

Water in the Chesapeake Bay has long been polluted by nutrients, leading to water quality degradation.

27 Jan 2021

Study Investigates Microplastic Abundance, Characteristics Along the Ganges

According to a new study, the Ganges River, including the combined flows of the Meghna and Brahmaputra rivers, could be accountable for the entry of up to 3 billion microplastic particles into the Bay of Bengal daily.

25 Jan 2021

A Modeling Framework to Predict Beach Water Quality

Less than two days of water quality sampling at local beaches may be all that's needed to reduce illnesses among millions of beachgoers every year due to contaminated water, according to new Stanford research.

25 Jan 2021

Study Reveals the Role of Dams for Mitigating Flood Risk Under Climate Change

A new collaborative study led by researchers at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, the University of Tokyo, and Michigan State University exposes the role of dams for mitigating flood risk under climate change.

25 Jan 2021