China Ventures Into Seawater Aquafarming For Technological Agri Advances
According to the UN, China produces at least 18% of the world’s total seafood catch. China has long been the world’s greatest producer of seafood. As part of its attempts…
Acoustic Waves Can Rid Microplastics Pollution From Contaminated Water
This research is promising, according to Rodney Priestley, a professor of chemical and biological engineering at Princeton University who was not involved in the study. Microplastics pollution can be removed…
Quick Melting In Thwaites Glacier’s Underside To Erode Delicate Cracks
Satellite measurements show that Thwaites is losing ice more quickly than at any time in the last few thousand years. In order to investigate the small cavity of seawater that…
Namibia’s Young Scientists To Showcase Talent At National Science Fair
The National Science Fair is an annual event where the best science projects for all 14 Namibian Regions compete against each other. After a long hiatus and no feature on…
China’s 1st nuclear steam project to turn seawater into clean energy
China has started construction of its first nuclear-powered steam supply project for industrial purpose at Lianyungang City in eastern Jiangsu Province on Friday. The project will utilize heat generated by…
Hong Kong researchers discover masks could pollute over 54,000 Olympic pools worth of seawater
Discarded surgical masks which fall into the sea could be releasing microplastics as they degrade, polluting an amount of water equal to 54,800 Olympic-sized swimming pools. Dr He Yuhe at…
Seawater intrusion causing huge damage to Sindh coastline
Seawater intrusion is occurring at an alarming rate of 80 acres per day in Sindh province coastline. Many factors from freshwater exploitation to degradation of mangroves forest have caused this,…
Solar power to separate 100% salt from seawater
A team from Melbourne used a small disc created out of super-hydrophilic filter paper that is layered with carbon nanotubes for absorbing light. The method runs entirely on sunlight, and…
Underwater system produce electricity from seawater
Chinese researchers have developed a low-cost underwater system to generate electricity from seawater, offering a new approach to handle short spikes in power demand and maintain longer-term steady power. Underwater…
Needle sensor developed to detect heavy metals in seawater
Chinese scientists have developed a sensor by combining stainless steel acupuncture needles and nanomaterials to detect active heavy metals with high sensitivity. Scientists from the Yantai Institute of Coastal Zone…