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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.

Biochemistry Jun 5, 2024

New method for creating biomimetic membranes offer solutions for energy, desalination and medicine

Researchers from the Adolphe Merkle Institute (AMI), together with international collaborators, have pioneered a novel method for creating thin, energy-converting membranes that mimic the structure and function of biological ...

Environment May 17, 2024

Controversial floating beach unveiled off French Riviera

A controversial private floating beach anchored off the French Riviera has entered service despite opposition from local politicians and environmental groups, its backers said on Friday.

Environment May 13, 2024

More desalination is coming to Australia's driest states—but super-salty outflows could trash ecosystems and fisheries

From around 1996 to 2010, Australia was gripped by the millennium drought. As water shortages bit hard, most of Australia's capital cities built large seawater desalination plants—Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and ...

General Physics Apr 23, 2024

How light can vaporize water without the need for heat

It's the most fundamental of processes—the evaporation of water from the surfaces of oceans and lakes, the burning off of fog in the morning sun, and the drying of briny ponds that leaves solid salt behind. Evaporation is ...

Environment Apr 23, 2024

A new electrochemical approach could reduce ocean acidity and remove carbon in the process

In the effort to combat the catastrophic impacts of global warming, we must accelerate carbon emissions reduction efforts and rapidly scale strategies to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and the oceans. The ...

Environment Apr 22, 2024

Czechs 3D-print Eiffel Tower from ocean waste for Olympics

A Czech company is 3D-printing a giant Eiffel Tower model for a local Olympics event, using recycled ocean waste as the primary material.

Ecology Apr 5, 2024

Reef management techniques have the potential to save coral

Scientists say the relocation of coral away from the path of a new wastewater pipe has been a success and shows how coral can be moved to reduce the impact of developments and natural disasters.

Earth Sciences Mar 30, 2024

New electrochemical technology could de-acidify the oceans—and even remove carbon dioxide in the process

In the effort to combat the catastrophic impacts of global warming, we must accelerate carbon emissions reduction efforts and rapidly scale strategies to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and the oceans. The ...

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