More and more Gazans are falling ill from their drinking water, highlighting the humanitarian issues facing the Palestinian enclave that the UN says could become uninhabitable by 2020.
Environment
Mar 23, 2017
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Increasing the water table could help to slow down global warming, boost crop yields, and preserve peat soils according to a new study.
Environment
Feb 6, 2017
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As large swathes of drought-devastated India desperately wait for the monsoon rains to arrive, one village in the dry, hot north is flush with water.
Environment
Jun 28, 2016
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Ever come across a slater, woodlouse or pill bug tucked under a rock in your garden? These tiny creatures and others like them hide in the moist earth under rocks and logs to avoid drying out.
Plants & Animals
Feb 15, 2016
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Cooking with chloraminated water could put potentially harmful toxins in your food, according to a new study published in Water Research. The study reveals several molecules that are almost completely new to researchers, ...
Biochemistry
Nov 24, 2015
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Changing flow rates in rivers can be disruptive to bushes and trees that grow on riverbanks. Now, researchers from EPFL have developed a way to predict how fluctuations in the water table impact the roots that nourish them.
Environment
Nov 18, 2015
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A general mathematical theory that predicts how cracks spread through materials like glass and ice can also predict the direction in which rivers will grow, according to a new MIT study.
General Physics
Nov 2, 2015
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An efficient solution to a historic drought, or an environmentally risky pact with the devil?
Environment
Jul 3, 2015
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A University of Wyoming professor has made a discovery that answers a nearly 100-year-old question about water movement, with implications for agriculture, hydrology, climate science and other fields.
Environment
Jul 1, 2015
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In the first-of-its-kind study of the environmental effects of hydropeaking, that is releasing water at hydropower dams to meet peak daily electricity demand, two University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers say their ...
Environment
Mar 31, 2015
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