A recent study led by University of Maryland researchers found that streams and rivers across the United States have become saltier and more alkaline over the past 50 years, thanks to road deicers, fertilizers and other salty ...
Environment
Dec 3, 2018
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Marshes, streams and lakes lie alongside many of the roads and highways that zigzag across North America. Plants and animals inhabit these water bodies and can be exposed to many of the substances we put on those roads, including ...
Environment
Dec 8, 2017
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Smart phones and water just don't mix, as thousands of people in Texas are learning to their distress during the flooding there.
Consumer & Gadgets
Sep 1, 2017
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Engineers at the University of Illinois have taken a step forward in developing a saltwater desalination process that is potentially cheaper than reverse osmosis and borrows from battery technology. In their study, the researchers ...
Materials Science
Oct 13, 2017
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Scientists are monitoring a massive pool of fresh water in the Arctic Ocean that could spill into the Atlantic and potentially alter the key ocean currents that give Western Europe its moderate climate.
Earth Sciences
Apr 5, 2011
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Caltech researchers used the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter to determine that surface water left salt minerals behind as recently as 2 billion years ago.
Astronomy
Jan 26, 2022
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In a rare exchange, scientists and water resources engineers from Iran and Utah are collaborating on a bold scientific study to restore one of the world's largest saline lakes.
Environment
Apr 23, 2021
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In 1923, Te Rangi Hīroa (Sir Peter Buck) documented the last confirmed capture of a special fish—the upokororo or New Zealand grayling.
Molecular & Computational biology
Oct 2, 2022
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Production of energy from the difference between salt water and fresh water is most convenient near the oceans, but now, using an ammonium bicarbonate salt solution, Penn State researchers can combine bacterial degradation ...
Energy & Green Tech
Mar 1, 2012
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A new study from Charles Darwin University (CDU), Monash University and The University of Newcastle has presented almost 100,000 estimates of groundwater recharge rates across Australia, by far the largest known database ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 18, 2024
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