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Researchers Develop New Warning System to Monitor Contamination of Groundwater

Researchers have developed a low-cost technique, in which sensors are used for monitoring the groundwater pollutants in real time.

16 Aug 2018

The Endowment for Clean Oceans (ECO) Announces Its World-Wide $1 Million & $5 Million Contests for Solutions to Remove Micro and Macro Plastics from the Ocean

The design of the Endowment for Clean Oceans (ECO) $1 million contest has been finalized, and we will be making a series of announcements about who will be selected as the judges for our contests to find a sustainable, globally-deployable technology to remove micro and macro plastics from the world’s oceans.

13 Aug 2018

New Solution Integrates Control and Cleaning of Stormwater with Ecological, Recreational Benefits

Flooding, on the rise due to climate change, can devastate urban areas and result in drawn-out, costly repairs. Cities are in dire need of new strategies to manage the influx of stormwater.

13 Jul 2018

Study Shows Stormwater Ponds are not a Major Source of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

According to a new Duke University-led study, storm water retention ponds, an ever-present feature in developed landscapes globally, are not a major source of climate-warming nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions.

10 Jul 2018

Study Reveals Hazards of Land-Based Pollution Caused by Microplastics

Minute plastic particles pose a threat to creatures on land and could have damaging effects similar or even more challenging than in the oceans.

6 Feb 2018

Hydropower has Worst Environmental Impact Out of Renewable Energy Sources

Worldwide, many countries have been encouraging a change from using fossil fuels to adopting renewable sources of energy. Yet, authors of a research published on October 24, 2017 emphasize specific ecological risks of adopting “green” energy.

26 Oct 2017

Study Reveals Higher Health Impacts of Coal-Generated Power

Innovative research revealed that lifetime emissions of toxic chemicals during coal-generated electricity is 10-100 times more than emission fracking.

24 Oct 2017

International Team Reveals Chemistry Behind Biochar’s Nutrient Releasing Potential

For over a century, researchers have been intrigued and thrilled by biochar, a carbon-rich, charcoal-like material derived from oxygen-deprived plant or similar organic matter. When used as a soil additive, biochar has the ability to store carbon and thereby decrease release of greenhouse gas.

23 Oct 2017

Study Reveals Shortening of Oceanic Food Chain Due to Environmental Disturbances

An innovative study has demonstrated that environmental changes such as El Niño disturb the marine food chain at Southern California. This finding is contrast to traditional notion that the hierarchy of food chain in the ocean is mostly unaltered as time passes.

20 Oct 2017

Researchers Reveal Actual Effect of Hydropower Generation in the Amazon

An innovative study performed at the University of Stirling has proposed that the effect of hydropower production on the environment in the Amazon might be more than that speculated earlier.

20 Oct 2017