Using satellite data, researchers have found that around 100 sq km in and around Delhi has high risk of land subsidence. Groundwater extraction is causing parts of the city to sink, with the largest area experiencing subsidence ...
Environment
Mar 24, 2022
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Water security is likely to be one of the most critical challenges facing humanity in the coming years. As such rainwater harvesting where it is possible is one possible solution in some contexts. Research published in the ...
Environment
Oct 7, 2020
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Our understanding of how to manipulate and control liquids in technology has been transformed by the functional surfaces evolved by living organisms to interact with their environment. Water-repellent lotus leaves, water-collecting ...
Materials Science
Sep 13, 2019
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On any given day, Zoubaida Salman instructs a classroom of 15-year-olds at the Sur Baher Girls School in East Jerusalem, where she has served as the science teacher and Environment and Health Coordinator for the past 22 years. ...
Earth Sciences
Sep 11, 2018
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Pandanus forsteri, a species of screw pine endemic to Lord Howe Island, grows tall like no other tree on Earth. To reach the canopy, these trees have evolved a rainwater harvesting system that enables them to water themselves.
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2018
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Every day more than 1,000 water tankers rumble past Nagraj's small plywood store in Bangalore, throwing up clouds of dust as they rush their valuable cargo to homes and offices in India's drought-stricken tech hub.
Environment
Mar 17, 2018
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For Mexico City's biggest businesses and its poorest neighborhoods, rainwater harvesting could help address an enormous water crisis plaguing the city, a recent Columbia Water Center study found. Although critics often contend ...
Environment
May 2, 2017
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If you live in one of four major U.S. cities chances are you're letting the benefits of a ubiquitous natural resource go right down the drain—when it could be used to cut down your water bill. Research by a team of Drexel ...
Environment
Mar 7, 2016
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Rainwater could save people in India a bucket of money, according to a new study by scientists looking at NASA satellite data.
Environment
Jun 25, 2015
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With the recent abundance of rain, a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist who presents rainwater harvesting programs in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and elsewhere in the state, has been "flooded" with calls ...
Environment
Jun 16, 2015
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