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Study Emphasizes the Need to Significantly Ramp Up Efforts to Protect World’s Inland Waters

According to new research by the JRC, around 15% of the world’s inland surface water areas come under protected areas.

6 Feb 2019

Climate-Driven Changes in Phytoplankton Communities Will Affect Ocean's Color, Study Finds

Climate-driven changes in phytoplankton communities will intensify the blue and green regions of the world’s oceans.

5 Feb 2019

Scientists Solve a Longstanding Mystery About Chemistry of Streamflow in Antarctica

CU Boulder researchers have found a promising solution to a longstanding mystery about the chemistry of streamflow in one of the coldest, driest regions on Earth, which may have wide implications for water quality and watersheds worldwide.

4 Feb 2019

Two Project Proposals from the University of Twente Receive Approval for the Water JPI

The board of the NWO domain Exact and Natural Sciences (ENW) has granted approval for eight project proposals for the Joint Programming Initiative “Water challenges for a changing world” (Water JPI).

28 Jan 2019

Study Weighs the Benefits of Hydropower Developments Against Their Negative Impacts

In recent decades, although a majority of the developed countries have minimized the construction of large dams for electricity generation, developing countries, such as Brazil, have started constructing even more enormous hydropower plants.

11 Jan 2019

Research on Namib Desert Beetles Could Help Solve Water Woes

A large number of threats such as pollution, climate change, etc. are putting freshwater supplies at risk. As a result, water collection and purification technologies are becoming more and more significant, particularly in major urban areas.

7 Jan 2019

Desert Life-Inspired Solutions to Harness Clean Water from Air

Although humans can manage in the roughest shelters and can make a meal from the most humble of ingredients, they cannot survive without clean water.

27 Dec 2018

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