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MSU Researchers Study How Warming Threatens Global Water and Food Security

Tibet is known as the "Water Tower of Asia," providing water to about 2 billion people and supporting critical ecosystems in High Mountain Asia and the Tibetan Plateau, where many of the largest Asian river systems originate

10 Mar 2023

Atmospheric Rivers Paired with Snow can be Especially Harmful to Vulnerable Communities

Residents in California are bracing for a strong atmospheric river event that could bring torrential rain and dangerous floods across the northern and central part of the state.

9 Mar 2023

Meeting All Pledges to Reduce Carbon Emissions can Help Reduce Flood Risks

Annual damage caused by flooding in the UK could increase by more than a fifth over the next century due to climate change unless all international pledges to reduce carbon emissions are met, according to new research.

7 Mar 2023

Detailed Image of Coral Symbiosis After Mass Coral Bleaching

The Great Barrier Reef mass coral bleaching of 2016 has revealed a complex picture of both loss and growth within the microalgal communities of corals, according to the new study led by a team from the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS).

27 Feb 2023

The Ocean Clean Up: Effectively Removing Carbon Dioxide From Ocean Water

Researchers at MIT have discovered an innovative and effective method for removing CO2 from ocean water which could be carried out by ships as they navigate the ocean waters.

21 Feb 2023

Scientists Develop More Sustainable Water Disinfection Method

For public health, having safe drinking water is important. However, conventional ways of disinfection lead to their own environmental issues. Although chlorine is low-cost and simple to use in centralized water systems, it comes at the cost of toxic chemical byproducts.

17 Feb 2023

American West’s Water Future Hinges on the Future of Precipitation

An ongoing water crisis in the West has seven states struggling to agree on how to divide water from the Colorado River, leaving the federal government to forge a plan that will likely lead to litigation.

17 Feb 2023

Contamination Risk in Groundwater Understated

More than 44 million individuals in the United States rely on unregulated private drinking water wells. Scientists from the University of New Hampshire and other institutions discovered that current monitoring practices do not truly capture groundwater pollution risks.

10 Feb 2023

The Connection Between Sand in Deep Sea and Ancient Extreme Climate

Geologists are fascinated by the sedimentary cycle, which is the process by which sand is created by mountain erosion and transported to the ocean. This cycle is essential to understanding how the world functions.

9 Feb 2023

Trees in Elevated CO2 Environments are Efficient at Water Conservation

According to new research published by the University of Birmingham scientists, trees exposed to greater CO2 treatment were able to boost their water use efficiency by increasing carbon uptake while conserving water by altering the opening and closing of pores, known as stomata, on the leaves.

3 Feb 2023