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Highly Porous Sponge Soaks Up Oil and Leaves Water, Marine Life Unaffected

A research team under the guidance of Northwestern University has designed a highly porous smart sponge that selectively soaks up oil from water.

29 May 2020

Hydroelectric Energy Recovery Technology Could Save Energy Used for Irrigation

As well as requiring a huge amount of water, irrigation agriculture involves the use of a considerable amount of energy, which negatively impacts the environment and poses a heavy financial burden for the agricultural sector.

28 May 2020

Reusing Oilfield Water for Irrigation Does Not Pose Major Health Risks

A new study by researchers at Duke University and RTI International finds that reusing oilfield water that's been mixed with surface water to irrigate farms in the Cawelo Water District of California's Kern County does not pose major health risks, as some opponents of the practice have feared.

26 May 2020

New Strategies Could Help Californians to Sustain with Less Water

As climate change and population growth make drinking water costlier, here are six strategies to quench the state’s thirst without busting its budget.

21 May 2020

Global Shift in Phosphorus–Nitrogen Balance in Water Favors Nitrogen

Purification of wastewater has reduced the quantity of phosphorus and nitrogen in surface water. However, toxic algal blooms still grow regularly.

15 May 2020

Researchers Develop First-Ever Global Hydrological Model on a Basin Scale

Water is a global resource which is essential for life on our planet, thus hydrological research and the study of its management has also become crucial work for the continuity of life on Earth.

6 May 2020

New, Efficient Module to Split Water to Produce Hydrogen Fuel

Researchers at Rice University have developed an efficient and inexpensive device that breaks down water to generate hydrogen fuel.

5 May 2020

Study Analyzes Impacts of Implementing Water Transfer or Waterway Projects

The study "The environmental costs of water transfers", published in Nature Sustaintability, studies the proposals for water roads to face the water crisis that affects Chile.

5 May 2020

Study Estimates Increase in Irrigated Areas by 2050 than Predicted Before

The amount of farmland around the world that will need to be irrigated in order to feed an estimated global population of 9 billion people by 2050 could be up to several billion acres, far higher than scientists currently project, according to new research.

5 May 2020

Gisera Examines Hydraulic Fracturing Impacts on Air Quality, Soils, Groundwater and Waterways

A comprehensive three-year scientific study into the air, water and soil impacts of hydraulic fracturing in Queensland has found little to no impacts on air quality, soils, groundwater and waterways.

27 Apr 2020