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Purifying water with the help of wood, bacteria and the sun
Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)
Now, researchers reporting in Nano Letters have developed a wood-based steam generator that, with the help of bacterial-produced nanomaterials, harnesses solar ...
Keeping a Steady Eye on Sea Level Change From Space
Jul 13, 2020 (JPL)
Both spacecraft are a part of the Sentinel-6/Jason-CS (Continuity of Service) mission, a U.S.-European collaboration that aims to make some of the most accurate...
1.5 billion people will depend on water from mountains
Jul 13, 2020 (SPX)
Water is a key resource for the 21st century, and many lowland regions all over the world depend on water resources originating in mountain regions, not least w...
Warming winter seas could be disrupting fish stocks
Jul 13, 2020 (UPI)
The model showed the effects of warming winter waters on fisheries in the Mediterranean Sea, write Nicholas Clark of The University of Queensland School of Vete...
Nile dam dispute spills onto social media
Jul 09, 2020 (AFP)
For nearly a decade, multiple rounds of talks between Cairo, Addis Ababa and Khartoum have failed to produce a deal over the filling and operation of the Grand ...
New technology combines wood, bacteria, sunlight to purify water
Jul 08, 2020 (UPI)
Solar steam generators, which use the sun's energy to separate water molecules from contaminants via evaporation, aren't new, but the quest to make the technolo...
Ancient Polynesians, Native Americans made contact before Europeans arrived
Jul 08, 2020 (UPI)
The topic of precolonial interaction between Polynesians and Native Americans has been debated for several decades. Proponents of precolonial contact point to a...
To curb climate change, scientists call for robust seagrass preservation efforts
Jul 07, 2020 (UPI)
According to a recent survey of marine carbon stocks in Western Australia's Cockburn Sound, the region lost nearly nine square miles of seagrass between the 196...
Climate change to fuel extreme waves in Arctic
Jul 07, 2020 (UPI)
For the study, published Tuesday in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, researchers at Environment and Climate Change Canada, a publicly funded scienti...
Sea turtles find protection from Senegal fishermen
Jul 03, 2020 (AFP)
Three species can be found on the Senegal coast in west Africa. The most populous is the green turtle and they are joined by the loggerhead and leatherhead whic...
Let me flow: Bosnians wage war on mini hydro plants
Jul 03, 2020 (AFP)
In a country criss-crossed by hundreds of rivers and their tributaries, the hydro sector is booming in Bosnia but so is resistance against it: locals have decla...
Sudan says talks on Nile dam resumed with Egypt, Ethiopia
Jul 03, 2020 (AFP)
The three countries have been at odds after multiple rounds of talks over the years failed to produce a deal on the operation and filling of the Grand Ethiopian...
Anammox bacteria generate energy from wastewater while taking a breath
Jul 03, 2020 (SPX)
Living organisms use oxidation/reduction reactions to harvest the energy they need for survival. This involves the transfer of electrons from an electron donor ...
Soft coral garden found in Greenland's deep sea
Jun 29, 2020 (UPI)
The ecosystem -- described Monday in the journal Frontiers in Marine Biology -- was discovered using a novel, low-cost underwater video system developed by rese...
'It's my dam': Ethiopians unite around Nile River mega-project
Jun 29, 2020 (AFP)
"My mothers seek respite/From years of abject poverty/Their sons a bright future/And the right to pursue prosperity," Billene Seyoum wrote in her poem, entitled...
14 missing after Philippines sea collision
Jun 29, 2020 (AFP)
The boats crashed early Sunday in waters southwest of Manila, capsizing the Philippine fishing vessel Liberty 5 off the coast of Occidental Mindoro province. Th...
Ethiopia says on track to fill mega-dam as African Union pushes for deal
Jun 27, 2020 (AFP)
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), set to be Africa's largest hydroelectric project, has been a source of tension in the Nile basin ever since Ethiopia...
New DLR institutes to research maritime energy systems and future mobility
Jun 26, 2020 (SPX)
On 14 November 2019, the Budget Committee of the German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) approved and released the necessary funds to the Federal Ministry for Eco...
Unorthodox desalination method could transform global water management
Jun 26, 2020 (SPX)
Desalination processes are increasingly being relied upon to augment water supplies. In fact, global desalination capacity is projected to double between 2016 a...
Four new species of giant single-celled organisms discovered on Pacific seafloor
Jun 26, 2020 (SPX)
The species were described, based on morphology and genetic data, from specimens collected with the University of Hawai'i's Remotely Operated Vehicle Lu'ukai on...
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