New device blends secrets of beetles and cacti to pull water from fog
Engineers learned from unique surfaces in nature to create an aluminum foil that harvests water from the air
Animals and their DNA move through the environment in different ways
Sampling a lake at different times of year and at different depths found fish DNA distributes in unexpected ways
A new device stops hiccups without silly home remedies
The device consists of a drinking tube with a mouthpiece and a pressurized valve at the bottom
Researchers treat water filtration structures with candle soot, keeping bacteria at bay
Water filtration is an important step in drinking water infrastructure and wastewater treatment
The little mountain rivers that create the Amazon might soon be choked off
Life depends on the minerals and sediment rivers carry down from the Andes
Animal "construction workers" rebuild natural landscapes more efficiently than humans ever could
Ecosystem engineers like beavers and tortoises help restore water cycles and tree cover to degraded habitats
Flash droughts are a new type of extreme weather event
Scientists are figuring out how to pinpoint the onset of a flash drought
California's wildfires are poisoning drinking water supplies
Pipes absorb a litany of chemicals from fires and firefighting, which leach into the water
Scientists look to mussels' feet to build a better adhesive
Water is a big problem for manmade adhesives, but nature has already figured out a solution
Heavy metals from open-pit mining can spread up to 30 kilometers
Residents of Cerro de Pasco, Peru, teamed up with scientists to monitor pollution in their city
Fungi learn how to cope with drought, but at a cost
Understanding what climate change will do to belowground ecosystems helps us predict what will happen aboveground, too
Deep-sea currents are spreading microplastics around the globe
Microorganisms on the sea floor ingest these plastics and can disrupt entire food webs
The Milky Way's supermassive black hole might have enabled the evolution of life on Earth
Chemical reactions caused by the X-ray emissions from the black hole could have spurred water formation
Can AI predict the next big flood before it happens?
Computers are learning from past big ones to point to climate patterns of risk
Your local lake stores a surprising amount of carbon in its depths
Lakes are shouldering our carbon-excess burden, but that comes at a cost