Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2022 18:00:24 +0000
Water stress — whether too much or too little — is much like the canary in the climate change coal mine. It is a leading indicator as companies and economies struggle to mitigate ecosystem impacts.
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2022 19:15:11 +0000
Accurate predictions of regional sea-level change are essential in understanding the impact of climate change on coastal areas Rising sea levels from melting glaciers and ice sheets pose an increasing threat to coastal communities worldwide. A new analysis of high-resolution satellite observations takes a major step forward in assessing this risk by confirming theoretical predictions […]
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2022 18:45:44 +0000
Abu Dhabi startup Menhat says it has found a way to make a floating desalinization system that runs on sunlight with no emissions.
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 17:30:50 +0000
What test should courts use to determine whether the Clean Water Act applies to EPA-designated wetlands? The answer could have significant implications for the EPA’s efforts to regulate waterways more broadly.
Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 01 Oct 2022 22:16:46 +0000
Blue carbon refers to carbon dioxide that is absorbed from the atmosphere and stored in the ocean. “Blue” refers to the watery nature of this storage. The vast majority of blue carbon is carbon dioxide that has dissolved directly into the ocean. Much smaller amounts are stored in underwater sediments, coastal vegetation and soils; carbon-containing molecules, such as DNA […]
Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:11:00 +0000
The rise and rapid adoption of the circular economy—a systems solution framework that seeks to keep materials, products, and services in circulation for as long as possible—is triggering an interesting
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Read moreCredit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 12:30:11 +0000
The Colorado River basin is running out of water. This is because the demand for water is going up while the supply is going down. This is obviously bad, because the Colorado River is the main source of water for the western United States, including population centers like Las Vegas, the Phoenix Metro Area, and […]
Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2022 14:50:20 +0000
A few weeks ago, I came across an interesting company that offers a product that sounds like a bad idea on the surface. Subsea Cloud offers data center services, but with an interesting twist: the data center lives under the waves. For most people, the closest water comes to computers is when a cat dashes […]
Credit to Author: U.S. Department of Energy| Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 14:00:29 +0000
Drought-strained hydropower sustains 80 percent average power generation capacity In 2022, a quick internet search for Lake Mead or Lake Powell returns startling images of drying lake beds and parched land. The megadrought in the Southwestern United States is the driest—and longest—in the last 1,200 years, depleting water reservoir levels to critically low levels over […]
Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2022 11:10:59 +0000
An enhanced footprint has the potential to reverse a longstanding pattern in the area of situating polluting industrial projects near low-income communities of color. The negative impacts on human and environmental health have been substantial.