Search Results for: Hydrology

Environment

More than half of the world’s largest lakes are drying up

Satellite data from 1992 to 2020 reveal that 53 percent of the world’s largest freshwater bodies shrank during that period while only 24 percent grew.

Environment

How to build better ice towers for drinking water and irrigation

“Ice stupas” emerged in 2014 as a way to cope with climate change shrinking glaciers. Automation could help improve the cones’ construction.

Animals

Relocated beavers helped mitigate some effects of climate change

Along a river in Washington state, the repositioned beavers built dams that lowered stream temperatures and boosted water storage.

Science & Society

In the battle of human vs. water, ‘Water Always Wins’

In her new book, environmental journalist Erica Gies follows people who are looking for better solutions to extreme droughts and floods.

Earth

The Great Salt Lake is shrinking. What can we do to stop it?

A dropping lake level affects agriculture, public health and the environment — but water conservation can halt the decline.

Animals

Streetlights, especially super bright LEDs, may harm insect populations

Greenery under streetlights housed half as many caterpillars as darker areas did, researchers found.

Science & Society

Russia’s invasion could cause long-term harm to Ukraine’s prized soil

War will physically and chemically damage Ukraine’s prized, highly fertile chernozem soils. The impacts on agriculture could last for years.

Earth

A volcano-induced rainy period made Earth’s climate dinosaur-friendly

New physical evidence links eruptions 234 million to 232 million years ago to climate changes that let dinosaurs start their climb to dominance.

Climate

Rivers might not be as resilient to drought as once thought

Seven years after Australia’s Millennium drought, water flow in many rivers isn’t returning to predrought levels.

Ecosystems

Wild donkeys and horses engineer water holes that help other species

Dozens of animals and even some plants in the American Southwest take advantage of water-filled holes dug by these nonnative equids.

Science & Society

‘Under a White Sky’ explores whether we must tinker with nature to save it

In ‘Under a White Sky’, Elizabeth Kolbert examines the technological innovations we might need to save a planet we are actively destroying.

Life

These are the 5 costliest invasive species, causing billions in damages

Invasive species have cost the global economy at least $1 trillion since 1970 and $162.7 billion in 2017 alone. The annual cost is increasing.