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Environment Jul 15, 2024

Greece fears water shortages after warmest winter ever

After Greece's warmest winter and earliest heat wave on record, authorities are sounding the alarm over the risk of dire water shortages in the heat of the Mediterranean summer.

Environment Jul 8, 2024

Every last drop: Zero-waste water builds water resilience

Reusing wastewater could be the solution to Europe's growing water scarcity problem.

Nanomaterials Jul 3, 2024

Mapping the surfaces of MXenes, atom by atom, reveals new potential for the 2D materials

In the decade since their discovery at Drexel University, the family of two-dimensional materials called MXenes has shown a great deal of promise for applications ranging from water desalination and energy storage to electromagnetic ...

Biotechnology Jul 2, 2024

Study reveals the mechanism of bio-inspired control of liquid flow

The more we discover about the natural world, the more we find that nature is the greatest engineer. Past research believed that liquids can only be transported in fixed direction in species with specific liquid communication ...

Environment Jun 26, 2024

Climate crisis sees rise in illegal water markets in the Middle East

In Jordan's cities, green tanker trucks supplying water are a common sight. The average Jordanian only receives one and a half days of access to piped water per week. When taps run dry, citizens and business owners pick up ...

Earth Sciences Jun 25, 2024

How quickly does groundwater recharge? The answer is found deep underground

You would have learned about the "water cycle" in primary school—water's journey, from evaporation to rainfall to flowing in a stream or sinking into the ground to become groundwater.

Environment Jun 24, 2024

Worried about PFAS in your drinking water? Here's what the evidence says about home filters

Recent news about PFAS "forever chemicals" in Australian drinking water supplies has been very confronting. Many people are asking how they can remove these contaminants from their home drinking water.

Environment Jun 10, 2024

Researchers measure the cost of unsustainable industrial fishing on coastal communities—and it's vast

Shark finning—the practice of removing the fins from a captured shark and discarding the rest, often still alive, back into the ocean—is banned in many countries due to its inhumane and unsustainable nature. However, these ...

Environment Jun 7, 2024

$700 million to go to Colorado River water conservation, federal officials say

The U.S. Department of the Interior has announced it will invest $700 million in federal funding for long-term water conservation projects across the Lower Colorado River Basin, including Lake Mead.

Environment Jun 7, 2024

Lake Mead could get more help, thanks to water conservation investments

The Department of Interior announced a $700 million investment in water conservation projects across the Lower Colorado River Basin that has the potential to save more than 700,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead.

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