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Freshwater Information Platform for Sustainable Management of Threatened Freshwater Ecosystems

Four European research institutes have launched an online platform to make information from a large set of freshwater ecosystem research activities accessible to all. The Freshwater Information Platform offers a forum for information exchange and open-access publishing of maps and data, and aims to stimulate cutting-edge research and collaborations in the field. The Platform provides a unique and comprehensive knowledge base for sustainable and evidence-based management of our threatened freshwater ecosystems and the resources they provide.

8 May 2015

UTEP Center for Inland Desalination Team Wins 2nd Place in Desal Prize Competition

Carbon, held in frozen permafrost soils for tens of thousands of years, is being released as Arctic regions of the Earth warm and is further fueling global climate change, according to a Florida State University researcher.

25 Apr 2015

A-Frame-Like Contraption Produces Ceramic Water Filters for Making Unsafe Water Potable

A game-changer. That’s what Penn State art education professor B. Stephen Carpenter II calls the approximately 50-pound portable filter press designed by engineering students during the spring 2014 semester. The A-frame-like contraption, small enough to fit in a suitcase, produces ceramic water filters that, simply but significantly, make unsafe water potable.

10 Mar 2015

Satellite ‘Superhero Vision’ Helps Visualise Pollution Levels of Water on Earth

An international team of researchers has demonstrated a way to assess the quality of water on Earth from space by using satellite technology that can visualise pollution levels otherwise invisible to the human eye through ‘Superhero vision’.

3 Mar 2015

Effect of Nutrients Overwhelm Those of Global Warming in Development of Harmful Algae

Intensified land-use, sewage discharge, and climate change have likely favored disproportionate development of harmful algae in freshwaters. A new study found that blooms of one type of harmful algae, called cyanobacteria, have increased disproportionately over the past two centuries relative to other species, with the greatest increases since 1945.

3 Mar 2015

Potentially Toxic Algae Proliferates in Lakes

Global study shows increase in potentially toxic algae accelerating since mid-1900s

28 Feb 2015

Cube Hydro Partners Acquires Ownership Interest in 10 Run-of-the-River Hydro Facilities from Harbor Hydro

Cube Hydro Partners, LLC, a portfolio company of the ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund, has acquired a 100 percent ownership interest in ten run-of-the-river hydro facilities from Harbor Hydro, LLC, a portfolio company of LS Power Equity Advisors.

24 Feb 2015

Cortec Introduces CorrBlock Biodegradable Eco-Friendly Corrosion Inhibitor Block for Water Treatment

CorrBlock™ is time-release, biodegradable corrosion inhibitor block for water treatment industries as well as being friendly to marine ecosystems.

18 Feb 2015

Quest Water Global Announces Acquisition of New Patented Breakthrough Solar Technology

Quest Water Global, Inc., an innovative water technology company, and developer of the AQUAtap™ Community Drinking Water Station and WEPSTM Atmospheric Water Extraction and Purification System, announced today that the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Heliosource, Inc., has acquired a new patented high performance solar technology from the Hohulin Family Trust.

4 Feb 2015

Aquatic Resources Need Protection in Canada's Changing Landscape

The Tar Sands in Alberta, potential development in the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario, declining timber harvest and farming - human activity is transforming Canada's landscape, yet many of the country's aquatic resources remain unprotected, according to research by ecologists at the University of Toronto.

28 Jan 2015