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Water Cycle Pictures Do Not Reflect Current Water Scarcity

A new study by an international group of hydrology experts has shown that there is an urgent need to update the Earth’s water cycle images used in research and education worldwide to demonstrate the influences of human interference.

2 Jul 2019

Ancient Methods Could Increase Water Availability in Coastal Peru

According to a new study conducted at Imperial College London, 1,400-year-old methods can possibly increase the availability of water in Lima during the dry season.

25 Jun 2019

Scientists Use New Approach to Eliminate Antibiotics in Water

An innovative method has been used by Chinese researchers to achieve a broader application of the Fenton system, which is regarded as one of the most popular techniques used for eliminating antibiotics in water.

17 Jun 2019

New Thin Film Nanocomposite Reverse Osmosis Membrane with Improved Water Flux and Salt Rejection Properties

Reverse osmosis (RO) desalination technology is one of the most valuable methods for tackling the global water scarcity by generating fresh water from groundwater, sea water, and other wastewater sources.

7 Jun 2019

Researchers Design a New Method that Permits High Utility of Harvested Energy

Scientists from Italy have designed a method that can help smart homes that are connected to a microgrid—a set of individualized units that are linked to one another and by one common energy source—to use energy more efficiently.

6 Jun 2019

Researchers Investigate Kunin’s Lenses to Understand the Stability of Water Lenses

In the 1950s, freshwater lenses in the Karakum Desert of Turkmenistan were discovered and explained by Vladimir Kunin, a Russian academician and one of the founders of the Institute of Deserts in Ashkhabad and Institute of Water Problems in Moscow.

4 Jun 2019

A New Greener and More Economical Desalination Technology

People are aware that disproportionate consumption, industrial activity, and growth in the worldwide population are some of the issues threatening access to drinking water for an increasing proportion of people worldwide.

3 Jun 2019

Rose Provides Inspiration for Developing New Kind of Solar-Steaming System for Water Production

In popular culture, the rose may be one of the most iconic representations of the delicateness of love; however, now, the flower could possess more than just symbolic value.

30 May 2019

Swapping Water for CO2 Could Make Fracking Greener and more Effective

Scientists at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and China University of Petroleum (Beijing) have demonstrated that CO2 may make a better hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluid than water.

From Hydra Light International Ltd 30 May 2019

Researchers Design New Method for Removing Strontium from Wastewater Produced by Hydraulic Fracturing

Scientists from the University of Houston and the national laboratories across the United States discovered a new approach for removing toxins from water, as well as wastewater generated by hydraulic fracturing, to find a solution for a scientific problem.

22 May 2019