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Grape Varieties in Dry Regions Exhibit Traits to Cope with Climate Change

Several grape-cultivating regions across the globe are expected to become too hot and dry to produce high-quality wine from conventional varieties due to the effect of climate change.

18 Dec 2020

Central Asia’s River Civilizations Vanished due to Climate Change, not Mongol Invasion

According to a new study, the long-held view that Central Asia’s medieval river civilizations were destroyed directly due to the Mongol invasion in the early 13th century CE is not right.

16 Dec 2020

New Technology can Remove Harmful Pollutants from Drinking Water

There is no life without drinkable water. But despite this scary fact, almost 1.1 billion people across the world do not have access to freshwater, while another 2.4 billion individuals suffer from diseases caused by unclean drinking water.

10 Dec 2020

The Ocean Cleanup Prepares for Series Production of Interceptor – Partners with MHE-Demag

The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch non-profit developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, and Konecranes, a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, announced today that MHE-Demag is the chosen partner to design, manufacture, and service The Ocean Cleanup’s Interceptor to extract plastic from rivers before entering the ocean.

10 Dec 2020

Simpler, Cheaper, Greener Process to Treat Sewage Water

Scientists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have created a new process to treat sewage water. This process is relatively cheaper, simpler and greener when compared to prevalent techniques.

9 Dec 2020

Reduced Use of Water Pipes with High Chromium Alloy can Prevent Toxication

A new study performed by engineers from the University of California Riverside (UC Riverside) reports that rusted iron pipes could react with residual disinfectants present in drinking water distribution systems and generate carcinogenic hexavalent chromium in drinking water.

4 Dec 2020

Groundwater Reservoirs in Bavaria have Turned Warmer due to Climate Change

In the last few decades, groundwater reservoirs in Bavaria have heated up significantly. Scientists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have now compared temperatures at 35 measuring stations, taken at various depths, with the 1990s data.

2 Dec 2020

Study Reveals Onshore-to-Offshore Freshwater Movement in Hawai'i Island

A new study by the University of Hawai?i (UH) reports that twice as much freshwater is stored offshore of Hawai?i Island compared to what was thought earlier.

27 Nov 2020

llinois-Led Research Receives $1.12 Million to Clean Agricultural Drainage Water

The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has awarded $1.12 million to support University of Illinois-led research to clean agricultural drainage water through saturated buffers and denitrifying bioreactors. The investment, part of NRCS's Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) program, was matched by numerous stakeholder partners in Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota, for a total of nearly $2.25 million.

19 Nov 2020

PUB, Singapore’s National Water Agency Selects ABB to Automate World’s Largest Membrane Bioreactor

With a treatment capacity of 800,000m³? per day – enough to fill over 300 Olympic-size swimming pools – the Tuas Water Reclamation Plant will ensure Singapore’s water security through the reclamation of used water.

From ABB 17 Nov 2020