Water Pollution

EPA plan to end animal testing splits scientists

Australia introduced stricter new laws to limit agricultural run-off into the waters surrounding the Great Barrier Reef Thursday, in an attempt to save the reef and keep its prized world heritage status. The world's largest coral reef system faces multiple t…

The coastal ecology of Maradu has been impaired with around 227 acres of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) area the size of 171 football fields, according to a rough estimate having been reclaimed between 2002 and 2014, said experts from the Indian Institute …

It's too late to protect them from it, so how do teachers tell children about climate change without scaring them? The good news is that young people are already engagedthe students taking part in climate strikes show that young people want action and are wil…

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…