Aug 01 2011

Nitrogen Clean Up: A Triple Win

Tag: Carbon Emissions,Climate Change,Energy,Global Warming,Pollution,Rivers,Water — Tim Wall @ 12:58 pm
Scrubbing wastewater of nitrogen is a potential business boon waiting to happen; it would help reduce energy use as well as air and water pollution.

Jul 29 2011

Water-Walking Aquabot Gains Disciples

Tag: Biomimetics,Bionics,Government,Military Robots,Military Technology,Robotics,Robots,Spy Equipment,Stealth Technologies,Surveillance,Walking Robots,Water — Nic Halverson @ 12:41 pm
This bioinspired robot could be used for military spy missions or monitoring water pollution.

Jul 21 2011

Downstream States Lose with House Bill

Tag: Pollution,Rivers,Water — Tim Wall @ 6:51 pm
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill that limits the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to enforce national water quality standards, giving upstream states greater authority over rivers than downstream states.

Jul 13 2011

Take Your Cellphone or iPad Underwater

Tag: Adventure Sports,Forensic Techniques,Gadgets,Materials,Plastic,Reuse,Water,Water Sports — Scott Tharler @ 4:17 pm
A reusable, puncture-resistant, element-proof storage bag hermetically seals to protect your devices.

Jun 29 2011

Smaller Salton Sea Silences Seismic Shocks

Tag: Conservation,Floods,Natural Disasters,Plate Tectonics,Rivers,Water — Tim Wall @ 10:04 pm
The periodic flooding of Southern California's Salton Sea in the past may have pressured small “stepover” faults to trigger the San Andreas. A drier Salton has eased that pressure.

Jun 25 2011

Clean Swimming in a Dirty River

Tag: Buildings and Structures,Health,Oil Spill,Pollution,Water — Emad Hanna @ 12:46 pm
A design for a New York City pool proposes that it float on the Hudson River and filter water through its sides.

Jun 23 2011

Freak Waves on the High Seas

Tag: Adventure,Antarctica,Oceanography,Water — Kieran Mulvaney @ 9:09 pm
Rogue waves likely strike when waves are running perpendicular to each other.

Jun 23 2011

Artificial Sweetener Leaves Environmental Aftertaste

Tag: Chemistry,Food,Food Chain,Pollution,Rivers,Water — Tim Wall @ 1:43 pm
Not even kryptonite can destroy this super-strength sweetener.

Jun 21 2011

Africa’s Great Wall of Trees

Tag: Deserts,Drought,Plants,Trees,Water — Tim Wall @ 1:31 pm
In what is considered a crazy plan to slow desertification, countries across Africa are planting a wall of Acacia trees.

Jun 13 2011

Trash Boat Sails With Style

Tag: Adventure,Conservation,Pollution,Recycling,Renewable Energy,Water,Wind — Tim Wall @ 2:43 pm
A 'trash' boat made of all recycled parts set sail around Taiwan last week.
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