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Environment Aug 11, 2022

California plans to boost water supply as drought bites

More than two decades of devastating drought worsened by man-made climate change mean California must harvest, recycle and desalinate much more water, the state's governor said Thursday.

Environment Aug 11, 2022

With California expected to lose 10% of its water within 20 years, Gov. Newsom calls for urgent action

With California enduring historic drought amplified by global warming, Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday released a new plan to adapt to the state's hotter, drier future by capturing and storing more water, recycling more wastewater ...

Ecology Aug 3, 2022

Record amount of seaweed is choking shores in the Caribbean

Near-record amounts of seaweed are smothering Caribbean coasts from Puerto Rico to Barbados, killing fish and other wildlife, choking tourism and releasing stinky, noxious gases.

Earth Sciences Aug 2, 2022

New 'lab on a chip' may accelerate carbon storage efforts

Scientists at Stanford University have developed a new solution for the challenge of making sure that when carbon dioxide (CO2) is injected underground, it actually stays put.

Materials Science Jul 25, 2022

Using machine learning to identify promising polymer membranes

Polymer membranes are commonly used in industry for the separation of gases like CO2 from flue gas and methane from natural gas. Over several decades, researchers have been studying various polymers to improve their permeability ...

Environment Jul 21, 2022

Natural systems in Australia are unraveling. If they collapse, human society could too

In the long-delayed State of the Environment report released this week, there is one terrifying sentence: "Environmental degradation is now considered a threat to humanity, which could bring about societal collapses."

Economics & Business Jul 11, 2022

Morocco, a top fertilizer producer, could hold a key to the world's food supply

Morocco has a large fertilizer industry with huge production capacity and international reach. It is one of the world's top four fertilizer exporters following Russia, China and Canada.

Nanomaterials Jul 5, 2022

New photocatalytic membrane that can be cleaned using light energy

An international collaboration lead by Kobe University researchers has successfully developed a nanosheet-laminated photocatalytic membrane that demonstrates both excellent water permeance and photocatalytic activity. The ...

Analytical Chemistry Jun 29, 2022

Honeycomb structure with oxygen-poor pores found in oxide scale on small lead-based reactor materials

A research team led by Jiang Zhizhong from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has found a honeycomb structure in localized regions at the top of the magnetite layer on ...

Ecology Jun 22, 2022

Grape growers are adapting to climate shifts early, and their knowledge can help other farmers

It's commonly assumed Australia's farmers and cities are divided over climate issues. This is not true. After all, farmers are on the front line and face the realities of our shifting climate on a daily basis.

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