UC Riverside linked Tijuana River wastewater to La Jolla air 22 miles away; up to 76% survived in seawater, and levels fell 86% after a diversion.
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During 2020–22, the Upper Colorado Basin lost 4.2 cubic miles of groundwater—almost twice the Lower’s 2.3. Since 2004, the basin is down 14 cubic miles.
OSU unveils BVR-19, a self-assembling MOF that uses light to split water for hydrogen, offering design rules aimed at narrowing the $5 vs $1.50 cost gap.
EPFL shows halide choice in hexahaloplatinate precursors governs Pt deposition and H2 output; iodide lifts red-light AQY to 17% at 700 nm.
Europe’s 2026 summer brought 41 days of strong heat stress, 52% under very strong conditions, four top-10 heat waves, and river flows at lows since 1992.
Swiss glaciers lost 5.5% of their volume in 2026 and nearly 20% in five years, GLAMOS reports, as a record-hot summer pushed melt to the second-biggest on recor
Japan’s PANSY Antarctic radar, added to models for seven 2022 atmospheric rivers, lowered forecast errors and changed moisture transport by over 30%.
A powerful El Niño is building. Here’s how it works, why Asia’s rains wobble, and how forecasters connect ocean physics to food prices and fire seasons.
Since 1979, Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion tonnes of ice, raising sea level 3.14 cm; 84% came from faster glacier discharge, about a quarter of tod
Since 1979, Greenland and Antarctica lost 11.3 trillion tons of ice, raising seas 31.4 mm; 84% from faster glacier flow. Ice sheets now supply about a quarter o