Three-quarters of the world may be covered in water, but the supply of clean, fresh water is at risk—from drought, flooding, climate change, pollution, and the growing demand for fresh water around the country and around the world.
How can we ensure that our society will have the clean, fresh water we need for food production, good health, economic growth, and preservation of the natural world?
It’s a complicated puzzle, and finding answers requires many approaches. AAU universities are leading the way by conducting scientific research in a broad range of disciplines, working on technological breakthroughs, and educating the next generation of problem solvers.
Rutgers research shows stormwater could be important source of plastic pollution
A new effort led by researchers at The Ohio State University will help the Navajo Nation mitigate the lack of water and food security at a time when the Navajo communities are facing new challenges due to COVID-19.
A postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oregon has shown that linking pollen records to plant traits works to reconstruct the benefits ecosystems provide for humans.
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Scientists at UC Irvine have demonstrated that E. coli can be used as a live sensor to detect heavy metal contamination in water.
A University of Kansas researcher is working to use a machine-learning process similar to Craiyon or DALL-E to build new proteins designed to detect water pollutants.
Five years after the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) became law in California, USC Sol Price School of Public Policy researchers examined the progress made and the obstacles stakeholders face as the state aims for sustainable groundwater use by 2042.
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Researchers at the University of Kansas School of Engineering are teaming up with the Kansas Water Office to create models accounting for uncertainty about the state’s future climate so officials who allocate water can better forecast supply and demand of the vital resource.
A project called SEA MATE, with a team of researchers led by Stony Brook University Professor Matthew Eisaman, is using electricity to remove acid from the ocean while also taking carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
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