Tuesday, March 3, 2015

In hot and cold water: The private lives of 'Hoff' crabs revealed

Researchers have shed light on the private life of a new species of deep-sea crab, previously nicknamed the 'Hoff' crab because of its hairy chest.



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Al Khafji Solar Saline Water Reverse Osmosis (Solar SWRO) Desalination Plant

The Al Khafji desalination plant to be built in Al Khafji City will be the world’s first large-scale solar-powered desalination plant.



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Dais Analytic secures funding for wastewater treatment technology development

Technology provider Dais Analytic has received a $1m grant under the US Army's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programme to continue with the development of its NanoClear water clearing separation application.



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Israel partners with Akron city to bring water technology innovations to US market

An Israeli collaboration has partnered with the City of Akron in Ohio, US for an ‘Advanced Waste Water Treatment Demonstration Project’, which aims to bring Israel water technology and innovation to the US market.



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Monday, March 2, 2015

Oxymem plans to raise €20m to improve wastewater technology

Wastewater technology company Oxymem is planning to raise €20m investment to further a newly invented technology start-up.



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OSU: Tide level key to tsunami impacts within estuary - Daily Astorian









OSU: Tide level key to tsunami impacts within estuary

Daily Astorian

A new analysis by researchers at Oregon State University shows that if a tsunami occurs when the tide is in, large lowland areas within the Columbia estuary will be subject to sudden flooding. These areas are denoted above in shades of pale green and blue.









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Sunday, March 1, 2015

Genetics reveals where emperor penguins survived the last ice age

A study of how climate change has affected emperor penguins over the last 30,000 years found that only three populations may have survived during the last ice age, and that the Ross Sea in Antarctica was likely the refuge for one of these populations. The Ross Sea is likely to have been a shelter for emperor penguins for thousands of years during the last ice age, when much of the rest of Antarctica was uninhabitable due to the amount of ice. The findings suggest that while current climate conditions may be optimal for emperor penguins, conditions in the past were too extreme for large populations to survive.



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