Earth from space: Farming the desert
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over El Oued, in northeast Algeria, about 80 km west of the border with Tunisia.
Planetary Sciences
May 5, 2023
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Earth from space: Blooming California
Captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission on 8 April 2023, this image shows Los Angeles and part of the hinterland in Southern California.
Planetary Sciences
Apr 28, 2023
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Researchers fight shallow lake algae blooms with floating filtration technique
Climate change and human activity have been putting pressure on water bodies worldwide, and Canada's vast network of lakes is no exception. Over the past decades, increasing nutrient levels have led to a process called eutrophication, ...
Environment
Apr 18, 2023
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Large ponds can cool cities, but small ones can make temperatures and pollution worse, finds study
A new study shows that large bodies of water in urban areas can be effective at removing pollutants and heat from cities, but smaller ones can actually make the problem of the "heat island effect" worse.
Environment
Apr 18, 2023
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River pollution recovery slows down in the UK
New research has found that rivers in England and Wales have recovered biologically from pollution since the early 1990s, but improvements appear to have slowed in recent years.
Environment
Apr 14, 2023
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Opinion: Gender-blind policies ignore the disproportionate effects of water crisis on women
The demand for water resources is higher than ever before. The growing global population, expanding industrial development and the impacts of climate change are exacerbating the global water crisis.
Social Sciences
Apr 13, 2023
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Joint NASA mission offers first stunning views of Earth's surface water
The international Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission—led by NASA and the French space agency Centre National d'Études Spatiales (CNES)—has sent back some of its first glimpses of water on the planet's ...
Planetary Sciences
Mar 27, 2023
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Climate change and nutrient fluctuations disrupt networks in lakes
Thanks to a unique data set from ten Swiss lakes, an international team of researchers led by Eawag has succeeded in reconstructing entire ecological plankton networks and determining how they respond to climate change and ...
Ecology
Mar 23, 2023
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Some bugs live in water as larvae: Now there is a database to track these semi-aquatic insects
From water to air: we only know many flying insects as adults, but many of them have their first life stages in the water. The larvae of mayflies, for example, spend almost a year in the shallow shore zones of standing waters ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 21, 2023
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Innovative technologies to remove pharmaceutical residues from wastewater
Every year on 22 March, World Water Day reminds us of the importance of one of the most important resources of life. Almost two-thirds of our planet is covered with water, but not even 3% is drinkable freshwater. Every day, ...
Environment
Mar 20, 2023
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