Engineering
In August 2020, following a period of prolonged drought and intense rainfall, a dam situated near the Seomjin River in Korea experienced overflow during a water release, resulting in damages exceeding 100 billion won (USD ...
Nov 17, 2023
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Business
Reports of lengthy shipping delays for vessels traveling through the Panama Canal this year have highlighted the critical but often overlooked role that fresh water plays across global supply chains. Drier than normal conditions ...
Nov 9, 2023
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Energy & Green Tech
Freshwater is essential for human life and the scarcity of freshwater is a critical issue in parts of the world today. In recent years, scientists have put great efforts into developing desalination technologies so that clean ...
Apr 20, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Algorithms can help with the prevention of air pollution and ships sinking in the sea. A team of Leiden University researchers have worked together with the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management to look into ...
Apr 5, 2022
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Business
Agriculture accounts for about 90% of total water consumption in the western United States and around 80% in the rest of the country.
Sep 10, 2021
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Engineering
business-as-usual planning principles—especially as these disasters tend to disproportionately affect disadvantaged populations, increasing inequality in Australia.
Mar 22, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
The operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant said Monday that two seismometers at one of its three melted reactors have been out of order since last year and did not collect data when a powerful earthquake struck ...
Feb 22, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
The current production of a number of critical metals is insufficient for the large-scale transition to electric vehicles. This is the conclusion of a report by environmental scientists Benjamin Sprecher and organisations ...
Nov 11, 2019
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Consumer & Gadgets
Western Sydney University's expertise in water management is providing an efficient tool for monitoring scarce groundwater reserves as large parts of India bake in extreme drought and heat.
Aug 8, 2019
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