If you live in a place with "hard" water or water with lots of chemicals, you can even use distilled water to protect your ...

In conversation with Mále Uribe, we set out to learn about the processes and ideas that work at the intersection of art, ...

In Des Moines, the problem’s gotten so bad that lawn watering has been prohibited. But cities like Cedar Rapids and Iowa city ...

A new gold extraction method turns old electronics into treasure using pool disinfectant and sunlight — no poisons required.

At Flinders University, scientists have cracked a cleaner and greener way to extract gold—not just from ore, but also from ...

The IAEA has a long history of helping countries adjust to salinized soils. In 1978, the IAEA helped develop climate smart agricultural practices to reclaim salt-affected soil that transformed saline ...

WAKO, Japan – Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans and harming wildlife.

The biggest source of salty freshwater in D.C. and other major northern inland cities is an overapplication of road salt to thaw winter ice, which runs off into rivers or the ground.

Road salt—mostly sodium chloride—dissolves into streams and groundwater to reach aquifers and poison drinking water. Advocates at the press conference said that a high-salt diet is dangerous ...

It remains until it is physically removed or dissolves, draining into nearby waterways and seeping into the soil, where it can reach groundwater and surface water, including drinking supplies.

When it opened in 2007, El Paso’s desalination plant was the largest inland desalination facility in the world. It was built through a partnership between El Paso Water and Fort Bliss, one of ...