From Roman drains to ancient filters, these artefacts show how solutions to water contamination have evolved

Having to protect and conserve drinking water and its sources is as relevant today as it always has been.

Rosa Busquets, Associate Professor, School of Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Chemistry, Kingston University • conversation
July 1, 2025 ~7 min

What Trump’s budget proposal says about his environmental values

The White House proposal represents a dramatic retreat from the national goals of clean air and clean water enacted in federal laws over the past 55 years.

Janet McCabe, Visiting Professor and Distinguished Scholar of Law, Visiting Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University • conversation
June 27, 2025 ~12 min


Toxic algae blooms are lasting longer in Lake Erie − why that’s a worry for people and pets

The blooms have become an annual problem in the Great Lakes. DNA studies show what’s growing there and why it’s dangerous.

Gregory J. Dick, Professor of Biology, University of Michigan • conversation
June 26, 2025 ~10 min

Toxic algae blooms are lasting longer than before in Lake Erie − why that’s a worry for people and pets

The risk of harmful algal blooms can be reduced. The biggest drivers of the increase are farm fertilizer and climate change.

Gregory J. Dick, Professor of Biology, University of Michigan • conversation
June 26, 2025 ~10 min

More than half of US teens have had at least one cavity, but fluoride programs in schools help prevent them – new research

Fluoride varnish, easily and quickly applied to a child’s teeth, is an affordable and effective way to help prevent cavities.

Shillpa Naavaal, Associate Professor of Pediatric Dentistry, Virginia Commonwealth University • conversation
June 25, 2025 ~6 min

After the smoke clears, a wildfire’s legacy can haunt rivers for years, putting drinking water at risk

Scientists analyzed water quality in 145 watersheds after wildfires and found dramatic spikes in contaminants.

Ben Livneh, Associate Professor of Hydrology, University of Colorado Boulder • conversation
June 23, 2025 ~8 min

Island rivers carve passageways through coral reefs

Research shows these channels allow seawater and nutrients to flow in and out, helping to maintain reef health over millions of years.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
June 20, 2025 ~8 min

Watch: 1 trick makes the biggest splash in a pool

Forget the bellyflop and the cannonball. Researchers say one trick from New Zealand will make the biggest splash in the pool this summer.

Georgia Tech • futurity
June 16, 2025 ~4 min


AI is gobbling up water it cannot replace – I’m working on a solution

AI is turning up the heat on datacentres, causing their water use to soar.

Muhammad Wakil Shahzad, Associate Professor and Head of Subject, Mechanical and Construction Engineering, Northumbria University, Newcastle • conversation
June 16, 2025 ~6 min

Window-sized device taps the air for safe drinking water

MIT engineers developed an atmospheric water harvester that produces fresh water anywhere — even Death Valley, California.

Jennifer Chu | MIT News • mit
June 11, 2025 ~8 min

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