New Record for Oldest Water
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A team of researchers working deep in a mine in Canada has found water samples that date back approximately 2 billion years, breaking the record of oldest ...
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Understanding the role of river restoration in maintaining good water quality
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by Ruth Garcia de la Calle, CL:AIRE - Knowledge transfer and outreach manager
We are used to living with our back turned to the environment. In particular, related to rivers, we usually enjoy them without any interest on their quality. ...
Electricity generation from pollution? Yes, it is possible !
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by Ruth Garcia de la Calle, CL:AIRE - Knowledge transfer and outreach manager
Electricity generation from pollution? Yes, it is possible ! Electricity is a form of energy associated with the presence of electrically charged particles ...
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On the trail of nitrogen to quantify N removal from contaminated aquifers
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by Ruth Garcia de la Calle, CL:AIRE - Knowledge transfer and outreach manager
In the early 20th century Fritz Haber developed a process to create reactive ammonia, which the chemical company BASF scaled up to industrial level production ...
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The importance of protecting aquifers from contaminated plumes
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by Ruth Garcia de la Calle, CL:AIRE - Knowledge transfer and outreach manager
Do you know how many people depend directly on aquifers for drinking water? And the water used on irrigation for food production? No, right? The answer is ...
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Constructed Wetlands: A promising system
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by Ruth Garcia de la Calle, CL:AIRE - Knowledge transfer and outreach manager
It is easy to leave the tap running without caring about where the water is coming from. How often do we do this when brushing our teeth or washing dishes? ...
Academic Bioremediation
Stimulating bacterial growth to enhance natural biodegradation processes – a low cost treatment option for environmental pollutant removal
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by Uwe Schneidewind, University of Birmingham - Research Fellow
Naturally occurring bacteria found in soil, groundwater, water and sediments may be a key for environmental pollutant removal. This so-called biodegradation ...
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Carbon and chlorine stable isotope as indicators of treatment performance for groundwater remediation
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by Alice Badin, Centre d'Hydrogéologie et de Géothermie de Neuchâtel (CHYN) - Doctorante (80%)
First of all, we need to understand what an isotope is. Easy answer? Let us give it a try… the atoms of a particular element must have the same number of ...
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The installation of the Vadose Monitoring System (VMS)
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by Ruth Garcia de la Calle, CL:AIRE - Knowledge transfer and outreach manager
The objective is to develop a methodology that is able to quantify contaminant fluxes, identify their sources and pathways and understand the various reactive ...
Technology Aquifer Bioremediation Hydrogeology