Greece’s Agricultural Heartland Underwater
Record rainfall inundated towns and farmland in the country’s Thessaly region.
Water
Wave Energy Gets Ready for a Big First
Researchers Help Seven Marine Energy Companies Prepare for the Ocean If you tried the egg drop challenge as a kid, this is what you might remember: You built a vessel from straws, cotton balls, and other bits and bobs. Then, you nestled a raw egg inside. And finally, the most … [continued]
Far West Texas & Southern NM Fall Into Severe Drought After Record Heat
A recent drought information statement from the National Weather Service shows that far west Texas and southern New Mexico are in pretty bad shape. After the hottest summer in history, annual rainfall totals for the area are less than half of what they should be. Even worse, these conditions are … [continued]
Biden-Harris Administration Launches New Large-Scale Water Recycling Program with $180 Million from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
President Biden’s Investing in America agenda making Western communities more resilient to drought
With Automated Treatment, Affordable Water From Nontraditional Sources Can Flow to Underserved Communities
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing advanced automation techniques for desalination and water treatment plants, enabling them to save while providing affordable drinking water to small, parched communities without high-quality water supplies. Climate change and growing populations are straining the lakes, rivers and aquifers … [continued]
International Report Confirms Record-High Greenhouse Gases & Global Sea Levels in 2022
Greenhouse gas concentrations, global sea level and ocean heat content reached record highs in 2022, according to the 33rd annual State of the Climate report (PDF here). The international annual review of the world’s climate, led by scientists from NOAA’s National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and published by the Bulletin … [continued]
3D-Printed “Living Material” Could Clean Up Contaminated Water
“Living material” offers new way to clean polluted water Researchers at the University of California San Diego have developed a new type of material that could offer a sustainable and eco-friendly solution to clean pollutants from water. Dubbed an “engineered living material,” it is a 3D-printed structure made of a … [continued]
How Much Wave Energy Is In Our Oceans?
New Study Could Help Countries Better Estimate How Much Power Their Waters Carry Measuring Wave Energy
We Reviewed More Than 150 Papers on Water Management. Here’s What We Learned.
In my previous life as a graduate student, I worked with hydroeconomic modeling. I recently had the opportunity to jump back into that type of research with colleagues from the University of California Davis and Merced. If hydroeconomic modeling sounds like jargon, that’s because it is. In a nutshell, hydroeconomic … [continued]
10 Years of Leading Energy Systems Innovation
Delve Into 10 Innovations From the First Decade of NREL’s Energy Systems Integration Facility On the day that the Energy Systems Integration Facility (ESIF) came to life in September 2013, it had already made history. An architectural marvel, the ESIF’s design matched the science that it would feature at the … [continued]
