Drainage

Central Florida's landscape is torn up by phosphate mining to feed global demand for industrial fertilizers. Mining phosphate ore and turning it into fertilizer leaves behind a big mess in the form of towering stacks of waste.

Clouds cover about 70% of the planet at any moment. But what if - poof - they all disappeared? Long story short, we'd have huge problems on our hands.

Caught between climate change and multi-year droughts, California communities are tapping groundwater and siphoning surface water at unsustainable rates.

Our drain pipes, reservoirs, power lines, roads, sewage systems, and more are all designed based on past climate data. But with the climate crisis comes the uncomfortable realization that the past can't predict what we'll need in the future.

Higher commodity prices are benefiting grain farmers but could lead to higher prices at the grocery store

India is grappling with two public health emergencies: critically polluted air and the pandemic

The war against plastic may be overshadowing greater threats to the environment.

The Coastal Geology Group is an affiliation of researchers, technicians and graduate students within the Department of Geology and Geophysics that conduct investigations of shoreline change, carbonate geology, reef geology, sedimentology and coastal morphodynamics.

It is not clear what strategies will be most effective in mitigating harm from the global problem of plastic pollution. Borrelle et al. and Lau et al. discuss possible solutions and their impacts. Both groups found that substantial reductions in plastic-waste generation can be made in the coming decades with immediate, concerted, and vigorous action, but even in the best case scenario, huge quantities of plastic…

The notion of arid lands as 'wastelands' derives largely from colonial assumptions — assumptions that continue to harm the world's drylands and impact the lives of millions of people.

Everything you need to free a clogged commode is probably already in your bathroom.

Over the past year, researchers have been refining their unconventional desalination approach for hypersaline brines -- temperature swing solvent extraction (TSSE) -- that shows great promise for widespread use. The team now reports that their method has enabled them to attain energy-efficient zero-liquid discharge of ultrahigh salinity brines -- the first demonstration of TSSE for ZLD desalination of hypersaline…

A guide on the best ways to remove iron from well water systems and the important facts one should be aware of. Includes information on how to test for iron, other contaminants to look for, and the role of pH.

Important questions about new farming methods remain unanswered, but winegrowers are forging ahead.

Cities and counties nationwide are turning to water gardens, planted roofs, porous pavement and other "green infrastructure" to tame stormwater

As part of our new pandemic preparedness lifestyle, many of us have turned to gardening, to the point there are now widespread seed shortages. Given that seeds also need nutrient-rich soil to grow in, you might be wondering about how to turn your food scraps into compost. After all, who wants to pay for compost when you can make your own, for next to nothing?

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An old floodplain forest in Hungary was destroyed by unauthorized clear-cutting in a protected area near the Tisza River.

Farmers in California's Central Valley are already reckoning with climate change — and changing their ways.

If you are suffering from areas of poor drainage on your property, you already know what a nuisance it is. Apart from the inconvenience of dirty water everywhere attracting bugs, you can do nothing with