Search results for dew harvesting

Plants & Animals Jul 4, 2024

Grasses in the fog: Plants support life in the desert

Researchers from the Senckenberg Center for Human Evolution and Paleoenvironment (SHEP) at the University of Tübingen and the Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Görlitz have studied the role of the desert grass Stipagrostis ...

Astronomy Mar 27, 2024

What is a 'worm moon' and does it still mark the start of spring?

The worm moon has risen. The final full moon of winter in the northern hemisphere appeared on March 25 and owes its name to Native Americans who noted winter's end by the trails of earthworms it illuminated on the newly thawed ...

Polymers Jan 26, 2024

Bioinspired hydrogel pattern enhances atmospheric water harvesting via directional droplet steering

The water in the air originates from both natural and forced evaporation, with condensation being the final and crucial step in water harvesting. Condensation involves nucleation, growth, and shedding of water droplets, which ...

Biochemistry Oct 30, 2023

Researchers reveal how common desert shrub efficiently harvests water from the air

A team of scientists, led by Post-Doctoral Associate Marieh Al-Handawi and Professor of Chemistry Panče Naumov from NYU Abu Dhabi's Smart Materials Lab and NYU Abu Dhabi Institute's Center for Smart Engineering Materials ...

Ecology Sep 7, 2023

A slacker's guide to climate-friendly gardening

A pristine garden can come with an environmental cost. The chemicals we use to kill weeds and bugs rely on fossil fuels, and can disrupt local wildlife.

Analytical Chemistry Mar 16, 2023

Researchers discover a new approach to harvesting aerial humidity with organic crystals

Researchers of the Smart Materials Lab (SML) and the Center for Smart Engineering Materials (CSEM) at NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) have reported a novel method of harvesting water from naturally occurring sources such as fog and ...

Environment Oct 8, 2021

Volcanic grit, water shortage threaten La Palma's bananas

"It's worse than a plague," curses Pedro Antonio Sanchez, fuming over the volcanic grit coating his bananas, the main source of wealth on the Canaries' island of La Palma.

Plants & Animals Sep 27, 2021

Valuable crab populations are in a 'very scary' decline in warming Bering Sea

Federal biologist Erin Fedewa boarded a research vessel in June in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and journeyed to a swath of the Bering Sea that typically yields an abundance of young snow crab in annual surveys.

Environment May 27, 2021

Applying circular water solutions from India to Sweden

Ralegan Siddhi, a drought-prone and semi-arid village in western India's Maharashtra state might not appear to offer many lessons for a Swedish island in the Baltic Sea. But since 1975 the village has used innovative rainwater ...

Nanomaterials Sep 23, 2020

Scientists create world's smallest 'refrigerator'

How do you keep the world's tiniest soda cold? UCLA scientists may have the answer.

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