Hydrology/Water Resources

Government must invest in adequate water systems to reduce mosquito habitats Dengue risk is exacerbated in highly populated areas of Brazil after extreme drought because of improvised water containers housing mosquitoes, suggests a new…

Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada Members of the Alaska Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration (ACUASI) recently completed a high resolution map of the Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway, Canada's first all-weather road to the…

Research from KU Leuven and VUB on sensitive geopolitical conflict around Ethiopian mega-damCredit: Google A new study shows that several disagreements between Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt around Africa's largest hydropower plant, the new…

Connecticut public health officials urge private well owners to test water qualityCredit: Tiziana Shea, Connecticut Department of Public Health A new U.S. Geological Survey study provides an updated, statewide estimate of…

Climate change impacts assessed on water supplies in 17 western statesCredit: Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation today released final technical reports supporting the Water Reliability in the West - 2021 SECURE Water Act…

Researchers have confirmed for the first time that Pine Island Glacier in West Antarctica could cross tipping points, leading to a rapid and irreversible retreat which would have significant consequences for global sea levelCredit: Dr…

Photographer's images aid research of rare Great Lakes waveCredit: Photo credit: Debbie Maglothin On the afternoon of April 13, 2018, a large wave of water surged across Lake Michigan and flooded the shores of the picturesque beach…

It is well known that climate-induced sea level rise is a major threat. New research has found that previous ice loss events could have caused sea-level rise at rates of around 3.6 metres per century, offering vital clues as to what lies…

Credit: Ian Willis Using satellite data to 'see in the dark', researchers have shown for the first time that lakes on the Greenland Ice Sheet drain during winter, a finding with implications for the speed at which the world's…

Pufferfish-inspired device relies on sunlight to produce clean drinking waterCredit: Video by Xiaohui Xu, Princeton University A new invention that uses sunlight to drive water purification could help solve the problem of providing clean…

Surface-towed marine controlled-source electromagnetic (CSEM) imaging can be used to map oceanic freshwater plumes in high-resolutionCredit: University of Hawai'i The first imaging of substantial freshwater plumes west of…

UMass Lowell-led team tracks path of pollutant worldwide LOWELL, Mass. - Researchers studying mercury gas in the atmosphere with the aim of reducing the pollutant worldwide have determined a vast amount of the toxic element is absorbed…

Researchers analyzed socioeconomic and environmental indicators for the 180 municipalities in the mega-region around São Paulo state capital, detecting environmental inequity and dependency.Credit: Leandro Luiz Giatti In Brazil,…

Credit: Qinjian Jin LAWRENCE -- New research from the University of Kansas published in Earth-Science Reviews offers insight into one of the world's most powerful monsoon systems: the Indian summer monsoon. The study details how the…

Collaboration between Leipzig University, the University of Tübingen and the Technical University of DarmstadtCredit: Christoph Zielhofer, Leipzig University Floodplains are exceptionally dynamic landscapes and key areas of Europe's…

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - A research team from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo has conducted a detailed analysis of the uncertainties associated with…

Lakes could be suitable for the extraction of methane for energy production Lakes store huge amounts of methane. In a new study, environmental scientists at the University of Basel offer suggestions for how it can be extracted and used as…

Bangladesh's historic farming systems could offer a way forward COLUMBUS, Ohio - Bangladesh's floating gardens, built to grow food during flood seasons, could offer a sustainable solution for parts of the world prone to flooding because of…

The City, University of London academic will lead on the development of a new generation modelling suite, combining machine learning techniques, for the survivability of wave energy converters in marine environmentsCredit: Mocean Energy …

Credit: Isaac Santos Water quality management in the ocean often targets visible pollution sources such as sewage, rivers or ships. A new global study, led by researchers at the University of Gothenburg, reveals that invisible…