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Quality Control System for Ocean Temperature In-Situ Profiles

Over the last century, various devices acquired over 16 million ocean temperature profiles. But each instrumentation gives data with varying degrees of precision, quality, and metadata completion.

30 Jan 2023

Xylem To Acquire Evoqua in $7.5 Billion All-Stock Transaction

Xylem Inc. (NYSE: XYL), a leading global water technology company (“Xylem”), and Evoqua (NYSE: AQUA), a leader in mission-critical water treatment solutions and services, today announced they have entered int...

From Xylem Analytics 25 Jan 2023

10 Entrepreneurs Share CHF1.75 million to Tackle Global Freshwater Crisis

Securing the world’s global freshwater ecosystems, under increasing threat from climate change, population growth and consumer demand, has become more critical than ever.

19 Jan 2023

Ocean Temperatures Continued Setting New Records in 2022

Continuous ocean temperature records, rising stratification, and shifting patterns of water salinity provide a glimpse into what the future may hold in a climate that is constantly warming.

12 Jan 2023

Sunlight Exposure Aids the Survival of Corals Worldwide

According to new research from Pennsylvania State University, what occurs above the water’s surface is just as crucial to maintaining the world’s coral reefs as what occurs below it.

12 Jan 2023

New Open-Access Database to Help Identify Plastic Pollution Sources

A new open-access Raman spectral library developed by research led by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute) can be used to identify molecular “fingerprints” of particles and more accurately identify the sources of ocean plastic pollution.

6 Jan 2023

Sodium Carbonate-Activated Polyacrylonitrile-Based Carbon Fibers for Nitrate Ion Removal

The nitrate ion is known as a common pollutant that has been produced by agricultural run-offs, livestock waste, and municipal waste treatment systems.

12 Dec 2022

Global Warming Prompts Oxygen Deprivation in the Lakes

New research from Cornell University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows a continually warming world is leading to extended, late-summer weeks of water stratification in lakes, which prompts oxygen deprivation in the water - provoking conditions called hypoxia (low oxygen) and anoxia (no oxygen) - and negative consequences for fish and other species.

7 Dec 2022

New Infrastructure Proposed to Harvest Untapped Source of Freshwater

An almost limitless supply of fresh water exists in the form of water vapor above Earth's oceans, yet remains untapped, researchers said.

7 Dec 2022

Analyzing Bacteria Colonization of Microfibers in the Mediterranean Sea

According to a new study headed by Maria Luiza Pedrotti of Sorbonne Universite, nearly 200 species of bacteria tend to colonize microfibers present in the Mediterranean Sea.

1 Dec 2022