Climate change has many culprits, from agriculture to transportation to energy production. Now, add another: the deep ocean ...

A groundbreaking study reveals the critical yet severely understudied factor of salinity changes in ocean and coastlines caused by climate change. A groundbreaking study published today reveals the ...

The struggle to cope with rising salinity, depleting sweet water, and diminishing livelihoods continues on the frontlines of climate change in Bangladesh's rural south west all the while negotiators ...

March 12, 2009 In 1748 the monk/physicist Jean-Antoine Nollet exploded a wine-filled pig's bladder when he submerged it in a trough of water (What did he think would happen?). The resulting discovery ...

Dehradun: Variations in subsurface temperature and salinity in the Indian Ocean—often invisible to conventional ...

Agricultural researchers say iirrigated agriculture in the Central Valley is at risk due to the lack of fresh water. The long-term viability of irrigated agriculture in California's highly productive ...

A research team led by Prof. Wan Yinhua at the Institute of Process Engineering (IPE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has developed an innovative mix-charged nanofiltration (NF) membrane featuring ...

Runa Akter, a resident of the coastal village of Padmapukur in Bangladesh, recalls her ordeal of coping with a shortage of safe drinking water which nearly claimed the life of her unborn baby. She ...

Salinity is one of the most damaging agro-environmental problems limiting the growth and development of plants. A large network of canals which is under irrigation use is thought to be responsible for ...

The difference in salinity between freshwater and saltwater holds promise as a large source of renewable energy. Energy is required to desalinate water, and running the process in reverse can generate ...