
QuenchSea offers low-cost desalination device for humanitarian aid
Newly developed QuenchSea is a low-cost, handheld machine with the potential to become a complete life-saver for...

Jaden Smith launches Water Box to aid with the Flint water crisis
For the past three years, the First Trinity Missionary Baptist Church has been battling the Flint water crisis...

Record-breaking paper water purifier operates at near 100% efficiency
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have created a highly efficient device that uses sunlight and black carbon-dipped...

This moss can naturally eliminate arsenic from water
Through the magic of moss, anything is possible. Scientists at the University of Stockholm have discovered that Warnstofia...

Michigan Governor declares Flint water safe, ends free bottled water service
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has announced that Flint water is once again safe to drink, and the state will soon...

Water purification breakthrough can even clean water from the Dead Sea
Despite all our advances, access to clean water is still a major problem - not just for developing nations, but...

Natural wetland in India filters 198 million gallons of wastewater a day with zero chemicals
The East Kolkata Wetlands in India processes almost 198 million gallons of wastewater and sewage produced by the...

7 simple designs that solve modern problems - and don't cost a fortune
Clean water. Affordable housing. Renewable energy. These are just a few of the pressing needs that can be met by...

Graphene filter made out of soybeans makes water from Sydney Harbor drinkable
Imagine if you could create clean water from any source - no matter how dirty - in just one step. Australian scientists...

An enormous amount of mercury is buried beneath the melting Arctic permafrost
Scientists have learned that a massive amount of mercury is currently encased within the Arctic permafrost —...

FEMA scrubs statistics on Puerto Rico's lack of water and electricity from website
After Hurricane Maria — a category 4 storm — knocked out power for Puerto Rico’s 3.5 million citizens, the...

Hurricane Maria ravaged the only tropical rainforest in the United States
El Yunque National Forest, the only tropical rainforest managed by the United States Forest Service, suffered major...

SOLARKIOSK E-HUBBs put goods, services, and power back into Africa's hands
The game-changing power of solar energy is a gift to all of the global community. Nations of the world, having...

Top scientist quits EPA, torches Trump administration's environmental neglect
A top senior official at the EPA resigned this week with a scathing letter aimed at Trump and his anti-environmental...

Trump's EPA moves to kill Obama's Clean Water Rule
In the battle of Trump vs the environment, the environment is definitely losing. Regulations giving the federal...