Princeton University use mathematical equations to show that physiological differences between trees and grasses explain the curious phenomenon of heavy rainfalls and spells of drought on the African savannas created significantly fewer trees.
Low-impact development technologies (LIDs) that mimic pre-urban stream functions are solutions that University of California, Irvine and other academics are looking at to help take advantage of El Nino conditions in California.
New research from the UA’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research shows that snowpack in California’s Sierra Nevada was at historically low levels this year, which has implications for water use and wildfires.
University of Southern California doctoral student uses scientific know how to develop robots capable of gathering environmental data for marine biologists.
A new study by UCLA's Luskin Center for Innovation presents a survey and maps of the drinking water systems that serve Los Angeles County based on in-depth system-level profiles of water sources, service population characteristics and built environments.
UChicago, Argonne scientists lead global research initiative with Israel, studying groundwater levels using krypton 81.
The Kansas Geological Survey and the Kansas Department of Agriculture conducted a study in 2015 to measure groundwater levels in over 1,400 water wells.
UC Berkeley graduate student Christopher Hyun spent his summer working on a research project examining how the people of Bangalore can get more reliable and timely information about when and how long they’ll get water each day.
Northwestern University and partners are working on a project called Earthcasting which creates tools that can predict how a river’s water level, course, and toxicity will change in the future.
A professor at Duke University created a low-tech anaerobic digester, a toilet system that relies on biogas (produced by bacteria when they break down the human waste), to help people across the globe safely dispose human waste.