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UrduWASHINGTON–Scientists have captured the birth of a high-speed ice feature for the first time on top of a Russian glacier. In a remote archipelago of the Russian Arctic, Vavilov Ice Cap had been moving at a glacial pace for decades.…
Tag: HYDROLOGY/WATER RESOURCES
Unusual glacier flow could be first-ever look at ice stream formation (video available)
WASHINGTON–Scientists have captured the birth of a high-speed ice feature for the first time on top of a Russian glacier. In a remote archipelago of the Russian Arctic, Vavilov Ice Cap had been moving at a glacial pace for decades.…
Developing a technique to study past Martian climate
UH Geology student awarded $285,000 NASA grant
Developing a technique to study past Martian climate
UH Geology student awarded $285,000 NASA grant
Would a deep-Earth water cycle change our understanding of planetary evolution?
Substantial quantities of water could be present farther into the mantle than previously thought possible
Oil-catching sponge could soak up residue from offshore drilling
Drilling and fracking for oil under the seabed produces 100 billion barrels of oil-contaminated wastewater every year by releasing tiny oil droplets into surrounding water. Most efforts to remove oil from water focus on removing large oil slicks from industrial…
Simple test could prevent fluoride-related disease
Method uses synthetic biology to detect dangerous levels of fluoride in drinking water
How do silt and sand differ when going with the flow?
Rice-led scientists show grain size, not speed of water, sets silt and sand transport
Would a deep-Earth water cycle change our understanding of planetary evolution?
Substantial quantities of water could be present farther into the mantle than previously thought possible
Oil-catching sponge could soak up residue from offshore drilling
Drilling and fracking for oil under the seabed produces 100 billion barrels of oil-contaminated wastewater every year by releasing tiny oil droplets into surrounding water. Most efforts to remove oil from water focus on removing large oil slicks from industrial…
Simple test could prevent fluoride-related disease
Method uses synthetic biology to detect dangerous levels of fluoride in drinking water
How do silt and sand differ when going with the flow?
Rice-led scientists show grain size, not speed of water, sets silt and sand transport
Deforestation, erosion exacerbate mercury spikes near Peruvian gold mining
Modeling mercury release from soil erosion could help mine-heavy, deforested regions create helpful policies
Deforestation, erosion exacerbate mercury spikes near Peruvian gold mining
Modeling mercury release from soil erosion could help mine-heavy, deforested regions create helpful policies
Helping plant nurseries reduce runoff
You may have heard how excess nutrients, such as phosphorus, can run off of crop fields. This can cause harm when the nutrients end up in rivers and lakes. However, there are other sources of excess nutrients you might not…
A likely trigger of tropical glacier melt 20,000 years ago
High-latitude warming initiated the onset of the last deglaciation in the tropics
Shrinking of Greenland’s glaciers began accelerating in 2000, research finds
Satellite images show first 34-year record of ice melt on the island
Shrinking of Greenland’s glaciers began accelerating in 2000, research finds
Satellite images show first 34-year record of ice melt on the island
Asian water towers are world’s most important and most threatened
Scientists from around the world have assessed the planet’s 78 mountain glacier-based water systems. For the first time, they ranked them in order of their importance to adjacent lowland communities while assessing their vulnerability to future environmental and socioeconomic changes.…
Newly identified jet-stream pattern could imperil global food supplies, says study
Warming climate expected to worsen simultaneous heat waves over widespread regions
Asian water towers are world’s most important and most threatened
Scientists from around the world have assessed the planet’s 78 mountain glacier-based water systems. For the first time, they ranked them in order of their importance to adjacent lowland communities while assessing their vulnerability to future environmental and socioeconomic changes.…
Newly identified jet-stream pattern could imperil global food supplies, says study
Warming climate expected to worsen simultaneous heat waves over widespread regions
Water management grows farm profits
A healthy lifestyle consists of a mixture of habits. Diet, exercise, sleep and other factors all must be in balance. Similarly, a sustainable farm operates on a balanced plan of soil, crop, and water management techniques. The western United States…
Hundreds of environmental health professionals in US report challenges, research needs
With more than a quarter of the professionals expected to retire in five years, a national effort is needed for preparedness, according to study by Baylor University and national health partners
Studying water quality with satellites and public data
Access to abundant, clean, water for drinking, recreation and the environment is one of the 21st century’s most pressing issues. Directly monitoring threats to the quality of fresh water is critically important, but because current methods are costly and not…
Water management grows farm profits
A healthy lifestyle consists of a mixture of habits. Diet, exercise, sleep and other factors all must be in balance. Similarly, a sustainable farm operates on a balanced plan of soil, crop, and water management techniques. The western United States…
Hundreds of environmental health professionals in US report challenges, research needs
With more than a quarter of the professionals expected to retire in five years, a national effort is needed for preparedness, according to study by Baylor University and national health partners
Studying water quality with satellites and public data
Access to abundant, clean, water for drinking, recreation and the environment is one of the 21st century’s most pressing issues. Directly monitoring threats to the quality of fresh water is critically important, but because current methods are costly and not…
Raising plants to withstand climate change
Proof of concept for changing mitochondrial respiration
Finnish rivers transport carbon to the Baltic Sea at an increasing rate
The amount of carbon transported via Finnish rivers to the Baltic Sea has risen substantially in the past few decades. This was found in a collaborative study by the University of Helsinki, Aarhus University and the Finnish Environment Institute. The…
Raising plants to withstand climate change
Proof of concept for changing mitochondrial respiration
Finnish rivers transport carbon to the Baltic Sea at an increasing rate
The amount of carbon transported via Finnish rivers to the Baltic Sea has risen substantially in the past few decades. This was found in a collaborative study by the University of Helsinki, Aarhus University and the Finnish Environment Institute. The…
New membrane technology to boost water purification and energy storage
Imperial College London scientists have created a new type of membrane that could improve water purification and battery energy storage efforts. The new approach to ion exchange membrane design, which is published today in Nature Materials , uses low-cost plastic…
McGill-led research unravels mystery of how early animals survived ice age
New findings further our understanding of extreme climate change and evolution
Evidence: Antarctica’s thinning ice shelves causing more ice to move from land into sea
Researchers have produced the first physics-based quantifiable evidence that thinning ice shelves in Antarctica are causing more ice to flow from the land into the ocean
New membrane technology to boost water purification and energy storage
Imperial College London scientists have created a new type of membrane that could improve water purification and battery energy storage efforts. The new approach to ion exchange membrane design, which is published today in Nature Materials , uses low-cost plastic…
McGill-led research unravels mystery of how early animals survived ice age
New findings further our understanding of extreme climate change and evolution
Evidence: Antarctica’s thinning ice shelves causing more ice to move from land into sea
Researchers have produced the first physics-based quantifiable evidence that thinning ice shelves in Antarctica are causing more ice to flow from the land into the ocean
UTA civil engineer studying threats to industry, environment posed by severe flooding
Investigating economic, environmental impacts of natural disasters
Six Berkeley Lab scientists named AAAS fellows
Honorees recognized for achievements in heavy element chemistry, tectonics, microbial photosynthesis, geological processes, particle physics, and biomolecular engineering
McMaster researcher warns plastic pollution in Great Lakes growing concern to ecosystem
Research from a leading international expert on the health of the Great Lakes suggests that the growing intensity and scale of pollution from plastics poses serious risks to human health and will continue to have profound consequences on the ecosystem.…
University of Minnesota Sea Grant director John A. Downing named 2019 AAAS Fellow
DULUTH, Minn. — The University of Minnesota Sea Grant program is proud to announce that Director John A. Downing has been elected a 2019 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. AAAS is the world’s largest multidisciplinary…
UTA civil engineer studying threats to industry, environment posed by severe flooding
Investigating economic, environmental impacts of natural disasters
Six Berkeley Lab scientists named AAAS fellows
Honorees recognized for achievements in heavy element chemistry, tectonics, microbial photosynthesis, geological processes, particle physics, and biomolecular engineering
McMaster researcher warns plastic pollution in Great Lakes growing concern to ecosystem
Research from a leading international expert on the health of the Great Lakes suggests that the growing intensity and scale of pollution from plastics poses serious risks to human health and will continue to have profound consequences on the ecosystem.…
Floating nurseries and robotic fleet deliver coral babies to damaged parts of Great Barrier Reef
Coral experts have scaled up their advanced technological approach to restoring baby corals on damaged areas of the Great Barrier Reef, using large inflatable ‘coral nurseries’ to help grow coral babies and a robotic ‘LarvalBoat’ to help disperse them back…
University of Minnesota Sea Grant director John A. Downing named 2019 AAAS Fellow
DULUTH, Minn. — The University of Minnesota Sea Grant program is proud to announce that Director John A. Downing has been elected a 2019 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. AAAS is the world’s largest multidisciplinary…
FAU receives $1.3 million grant from Florida Division Of Emergency Management
FAU College of Engineering and Computer Science and FDEM project will create framework for flood risk management
Changes in oxygen concentrations in our ocean can disrupt fundamental biological cycles
New research led by scientists at the University of Bristol has shown that the feedback mechanisms that were thought to keep the marine nitrogen cycle relatively stable over geological time can break down when oxygen levels in the ocean decline…
A study compares how water is managed in Spain, California and Australia
Turning on the faucet and having water come out has become such a common daily occurrence that nobody stops to think about it. In times of abundance, everything goes smoothly. However, when rain is scarce or almost inexistent and reservoir…