Water Pollution

Abstract Tropical montane rivers (TMR) are born in tropical mountains, descend through montane forests, and feed major rivers, floodplains, and oceans. They are characterized by rapid temperature clines and varied flow disturbance regimes, both of which prom…

While we are increasingly aware of the environmental costs and impacts of raising a handful of widely eaten, large-scale production foods such as cows and pigs, we have glaring blind spots when it comes to such effects of many other foods that are a major par…

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 calls for ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition, and promoting sustainable agriculture. The environmental challenges posed by agriculture are however massive, and many fear that they will only becom…

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia’s top administrative court maintained a temporary moratorium on the use of fracking on Tuesday, stymieing potential pilot projects amid ongoing arguments in a wider case regarding the use of the technique to extract oil and gas. …

Two experts from the Coal Authority have highlighted the issues of mine water pollution and its mitigation to young members of the Institute of Water. Cara Callingham, our Assistant Technical Research and Development Manager, gave a presentation on the effec…

IMAGE: In this model of how phosphorus flows through the agricultural system, "knobs " can be turned up or down to create different conservation scenarios. When a knob is turned -- e.g.... view more  Credit: Stevens Institute of Technology If you wanted t…

Corporations need to address water scarcity. Their future survival depends on it. That was the resounding message from business leaders and water research experts speaking at a panel on the future of water at Fortunes Global Sustainability Forum in Yunnan, …

BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The IoT Solutions World Congress (IoTSWC), the largest international event focused on innovation in the industrial internet of things (IIoT), will return to Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via venue from 29 to 31 Octob…

BARCELONA, Spain, Sept. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- The IoT Solutions World Congress (IoTSWC), the largest international event focused on innovation in the industrial internet of things (IIoT), will return to Fira de Barcelona's Gran Via venue from 29 to 31 Octob…

—In this video Paul Andersen explains how water quality can be degraded by pollutants. Wastewater is the main source of water pollution and can be measure using the BOD (biochemical oxygen demand). Dead zones, cultural eutrophication, disease, and other pollu…