Compare and contrast: Researchers seek to expand ‘citizen scientist’ testing of UK river quality
The Guardian Citizen science testing of river water quality will expand this year in an attempt to make the data part of official monitoring of waterways, the head of an […]
Compare and contrast: New method estimates Atlantic freshwater transport across latitudes
Phys.org The ocean, which contains 97% of the Earth’s water, plays a crucial role in the global water cycle. It exchanges freshwater with the atmosphere, land, and cryosphere, and these […]
Compare and contrast: Lake bacteria evolve like clockwork with the seasons, study reveals
Phys.org According to a study in Nature Microbiology, researchers found that over the course of a year, most individual species of bacteria in Lake Mendota rapidly evolve, apparently in response […]
Compare and contrast: I figured out how to use two-thirds less water and it only took a week to set up
The Guardian While droughts are a natural feature of California’s climate, human-induced warming has made them even drier. After Eric Haas, 62, moved to Oakland in 2007, California was in […]
Compare and contrast: New Mexico Lawmakers to Decide Whether Oil and Gas Wastewater Could Be Reused on Wide Scale
Inside Climate News Gov. Michelle Grisham introduced the Strategic Water Supply, a program that recommends tapping into some of the nearly two billion barrels of produced water that can’t be […]
Compare and contrast: How to detect more antimicrobial resistant bacteria in our waterways
Phys.org By 2050, Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) could cause 10 million deaths annually, according to the UN Environment Program. But AMR is not just a human health issue. It also contributes […]
Compare and contrast: My invention brought clean water to millions. Don’t rewrite the law that made it possible
Salon Roughly the size of a microwave, the device sanitizes water using UV light to kill harmful bacteria, viruses and molds. It can purify approximately four gallons of water per […]
Compare and contrast: Leaves’ resilience to raindrops offer insights into energy harvesting potential
Phys.org To a leaf, a falling raindrop is equivalent in mass to a bowling ball dropping on a person so how does the leaf survive? New research elucidates the raindrop’s […]
Compare and contrast: Farmers Are Using Wool To Save Water in the Drought-Ridden West
TIME Wilde was less interested in compost and more intrigued by waste wool’s potential to be a water-saving, plant-feeding, synthetic-fertilizer-replacing gamechanger for a drought-ravaged West. Click here to read […]
Compare and contrast: Cutting-edge satellite tracks lake water levels in Ohio River Basin
Phys.org The Ohio River Basin stretches from Pennsylvania to Illinois and contains a system of reservoirs, lakes, and rivers that drains an area almost as large as France. Since early […]