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Flint water crisis:For young engineers,a lesson on the importance of listening
Flint water crisis young engineers listening
2016/3/28
Sheldon Masters, a former Virginia Tech Ph.D. student, says he used to think scientists and engineers should be like robots: "Emotionally unattached."But after attending a class entitled Engineer...
National Science Foundation invests in a clean water future
National Science Foundation invests clean water future
2016/3/28
Today, at the White House Water Summit, the National Science Foundation (NSF) joins other federal agencies to emphasize its commitment to a sustainable water future.Access to affordable clean wat...
On World Water Day,scientists peer into rivers to answer water availability questions
World Water Day scientists rivers to answer water availability questions
2016/3/28
The following is part nine in a series on the National Science Foundation's Critical Zone Observatories (CZO) Network.Parts one, two, three, four, five, six, seven&#...
Behind the Levee
Behind Levee
2016/2/23
People living behind levees on floodplains may not be as immune to flood damage as they think, according to results of a study led by the University of California, Davis.Levees often prevent costly fl...
Study finds High Plains Aquifer peak use by state,overall usage decline
High Plains Aquifer peak state decline
2015/12/7
A new Kansas State University study finds that the over-tapping of the High Plains Aquifer's groundwater beyond the aquifer's recharge rate peaked in 2006. Its use is projected to decrease by roughly ...
UCI-led group suggests ways to better manage urban stormwater runoff
UCI-led group urban stormwater runoff
2015/11/12
As meteorologists monitor the El Nino condition currently gaining strength in the Pacific Ocean, Californians look with hope to the much-needed rain and snow it could yield. But if we’re going to make...
UW Researcher Discovers Groundwater Modeling Breakthrough 84 Years in the Making
UW Researcher Groundwater Modeling Breakthrough 84 Years
2015/7/13
A University of Wyoming professor has made a discovery that answers a nearly 100-year-old question about water movement, with implications for agriculture, hydrology, climate science and other fields....
New study reveals mechanism regulating methane emissions in freshwater wetlands
mechanism regulating methane emissions freshwater wetlands
2015/7/13
Though they occupy a small fraction of the Earth's surface, freshwater wetlands are the largest natural source of methane going into the atmosphere. New research from the University of Georgia i...
Levee detonations reduced 2011 flood risk on Mississippi River, UCI-led study finds
Levee detonations reduced 2011 flood risk Mississippi River UCI-led
2015/3/25
A controversial decision in 2011 to blow up Mississippi River levees reduced the risk of flooding in a city upstream, lowering the height of the rain-swollen river just before it reached its peak, acc...
Scientists confirm that Midwest floods are more frequent
Scientists confirm Midwest floods more frequent
2015/3/4
The U.S. Midwest region and surrounding states have endured increasingly more frequent floods during the last half-century, according to results of a new study.The researchers, affiliated with the Uni...
The U.S. Midwest and surrounding states have endured increasingly more frequent flood episodes over the past half-century, according to a study from the University of Iowa.The UI researchers base...
A discussion exploring options for South East Queensland’s future water supply is being held on Thursday 19 June.
California mountains rise as groundwater depleted in state's Central Valley
California mountains rise groundwater depleted state's Central Valley
2014/6/12
Winter rains and summer groundwater pumping in California’s Central Valley make the Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges sink and rise by a few millimeters each year, creating stress on the state’s earthqua...
West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse is under way
West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse under way
2014/6/12
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet, which holds enough water to raise global seas by several feet, is thinning. Scientists have been warning of its collapse, based on theories, but with few firm predictions...
Brisbane universities to host $US100,000 world-first business challenge at G20
water scarcity worldwide problem
2014/7/7
Queensland's three Brisbane-based universities - QUT, The University of Queensland (UQ), and Griffith University - will host a Global Business Challenge set to become a cornerstone event in the G20 pr...