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Even Slight Changes in Oxygen Levels Can have Big Consequences for Tiny Marine Organisms

According to the findings of oceanographers at The University of Rhode Island, even slight levels of ocean oxygen loss, or deoxygenation, have significant impact on tiny marine organisms known as zooplankton.

20 Dec 2018

Improving Crop Production While Saving Water and Energy

PhD student Julia Sokol is helping develop drip irrigation technologies that allow farmers to save water and energy.

20 Dec 2018

Superheated Steam from Novel Device Could be Used for Industrial Processes and to Produce Drinking Water

Engineers at MIT have developed a device that absorbs enough heat from the sun to boil water and generate “superheated” steam hotter than 100 °C, without the need for expensive optics.

12 Dec 2018

Stanford Scientists Reveal How Human-Generated Carbon Dioxide Could Reshape Oceans

Something strange is taking place in the blue waters off the rocky cliffs of Ischia, Italy. There, streams of gas-filled volcanic bubbles rising up to the surface are drastically altering life around them by turning the seawater acidic.

12 Dec 2018

MIT Water Summit Addresses Urban Water Scarcity

Experts gather at MIT to share insights, techniques, and strategies for building resilient urban water systems.

7 Dec 2018

Co-Treatment of Legacy Wastewater in Mine and Drilling Sites Could Reduce Environmental Impact

Although the energy history of Pennsylvania is famous for the amounts of fossil fuels it has produced, it also filled with the environmental legacies of coal mining and, more recently, hydrofracturing.

28 Nov 2018

Researchers Develop Prototype Device to Tap Water from Air

A new study by researchers at KAUST proposes that a simple device with the ability to capture its own weight in water from fresh air and subsequently release that water upon being warmed by sunlight could be a new, secure source of drinking water in remote arid regions.

27 Nov 2018

Researcher Models Movement of Microplastic Fibers in Environment

A researcher from Washington State University has for the first time modeled how microplastic fibers travel through the environment.

27 Nov 2018

Importance of Less Intrusive Technologies to Harness Hydropower than Dams

Much of the developed world was built with the help of a renewable source of electricity—hydropower from dams. However, five researchers from Michigan State University (MSU) state that behind the roaring cascades is a legacy of overestimated value and underestimated costs.

7 Nov 2018

Study Explores Use of Geothermal Energy for Powering Desalination Plants

Certain regions of the world are affected worst by water shortages, and with rising global temperatures, many more areas may be experiencing drought conditions.

5 Nov 2018