Keep on flowing: the importance of freshwater corridors in the Amazon
The Amazon rainforest and basin are crucial for the balance of the Earth's environmental systems that enable life as we ...
Tag: Freshwater
EWG study: Eating one freshwater fish equals a month of drinking ‘forever chemicals’ water
WASHINGTON – A new study by Environmental Working Group scientists finds that consumption of just a single serving of freshwater ...
Researchers propose new structures to harvest untapped source of freshwater
An almost limitless supply of fresh water exists in the form of water vapor above Earth’s oceans, yet remains untapped, ...
Limiting global warming now can preserve valuable freshwater resource
Snowcapped mountains not only look majestic – They’re vital to a delicate ecosystem that has existed for tens of thousands ...
Virginia Tech team awarded NSF grant to assess how salt in freshwater streams impacts aquatic ecosystems
Headwater streams, which comprise 70 percent of all watersheds, are becoming more and more contaminated by salt. The seemingly innocuous ...
Irreversible declines in freshwater storage projected in parts of Asia by 2060
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Tibetan Plateau, known as the “water tower” of Asia, supplies freshwater for nearly two billion ...
Improving the estimation of microplastic concentrations in freshwater environments
The extent of plastic pollution remains largely hidden from view in the form of microplastics (MPs): plastic particles with diameters ...
Deciphering the biosynthetic gene cluster for potent freshwater toxin
Scientists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego, the University of São Paulo and UC ...
A study by the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology investigates mercury contamination in freshwater lakes in Korea
During the 1950s and 1960s, Minamata Bay in Japan was the site of widespread mercury poisoning caused by the consumption ...
Freshwater habitats are fragile pockets of exceptional biodiversity
While much research has focused on the striking differences in biodiversity between tropical and temperate regions, another, equally dramatic, pattern ...
CMIP6 models have improved in simulating sea surface salinity and freshwater flux
Salinity changes the ocean stratification by affecting the density, which has a certain impact on the thermodynamic processes of the ...
New scoring scale tracks the harmful effects of salt pollution in freshwater streams and rivers
The road salt that makes your drive to work easier on snowy days may be damaging the water quality in ...
Tiny tire particles inhibit growth of organisms in freshwater, coastal estuaries, studies find
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Small particles from tires inhibited the growth and caused adverse behavioral changes in organisms found in freshwater ...
Government guidelines insufficient to protect freshwater ecosystem from salt pollution
TROY, N.Y. — Current water quality guidelines aren’t protecting freshwater ecosystems from increasing salt pollution due to road de-icing salts, ...
Two new species of freshwater goby fish discovered in Palawan, Philippines
A team of biologists from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) in Japan, and Western Philippines ...
Lake formation and expansion due to sea-level rise causes freshwater resource depletion on small islands
Portland, Ore., USA: Coastal regions and small ocean islands face significant risks from rising sea levels due to climate change, ...
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Null results research now published by major behavioral medicine journal
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Seawater split to produce green hydrogen
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Mount Sinai launches phase 1 US trial of NDV-HXP-S, an Egg-based investigational COVID-19 vaccine, in healthy adults previously immunized against COVID-19
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Dogs’ average age at cancer diagnosis is associated with size, sex, breed
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Face masks cut distance airborne pathogens could travel in half, new study finds
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Increase in marine heatwaves expected to affect organisms at bottom of food chain, study suggests