Materials Science
Feb 1, 2023
Seawater split to produce green hydrogen
Researchers have successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen.
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Biotechnology
Jan 24, 2023
How plants are inspiring new ways to extract value from wastewater
Scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) are drawing inspiration from plants to develop new techniques to separate and extract valuable minerals, metals and nutrients from resource-rich wastewater.
Environment
Jan 20, 2023
Droughts can make water unaffordable for low-income households
Access to safe, affordable water is a necessity for human health and well-being. But when droughts strike areas that are already water-stressed, water providers are forced to enact measures to curtail water usage or invest ...
Environment
Jan 19, 2023
Desalination could give the Middle East water without damaging marine life. But it must be managed carefully
More than 2 billion people live in "water stressed" countries. These are territories where more than 25% of the available freshwater resources are withdrawn for human use each year.
Environment
Jan 19, 2023
Chile sinks controversial mining project over environmental concerns
Chile's government on Wednesday torpedoed a controversial billion-dollar mining project due to be built near a nature reserve that is home to a rare species of penguin.
Ecology
Jan 11, 2023
Human actions created the Salton Sea, California's largest lake. Here's how to save its ecosystem
The Salton Sea spreads across a remote valley in California's lower Colorado Desert, 40 miles (65 kilometers) from the Mexican border. For birds migrating along the Pacific coast, it's an avian Grand Central Station. In midwinter ...
Environment
Jan 9, 2023
How California could save up its rain to ease future droughts as epic atmospheric river rainfall drains into the Pacific
California has seen so much rain over the past few weeks that farm fields are inundated and normally dry creeks and drainage ditches have become torrents of water racing toward the ocean. Yet, most of the state remains in ...
Environment
Dec 29, 2022
In Arizona, Colorado River crisis stokes worry over growth and groundwater depletion
Kathleen Ferris stared across a desert valley dotted with creosote bushes, wondering where the water will come from to supply tens of thousands of new homes. In the distance, a construction truck rumbled along a dirt road, ...
Environment
Dec 12, 2022
Team predicts environmental effects of increased desalination and climate change in the Gulf region through 2050
A team of researchers from NYU Abu Dhabi's Arabian Center for Climate and Environmental ScienceS (ACCESS) and Water Research Center have studied how increased use of desalination technologies in combination with projected ...
Ecology
Dec 7, 2022
New food technologies could release 80% of the world's farmland back to nature
Here's the basic problem for conservation at a global level: food production, biodiversity and carbon storage in ecosystems are competing for the same land. As humans demand more food, so more forests and other natural ecosystems ...
