As sea levels continue to rise, more areas of the coastal Everglades will be susceptible to salt water intrusion, according to a new FIU study. “Salt water intrudes farther inland when there is a ...

Rising sea levels cause visible damage to coastal communities—but we should also be worried about what’s happening beneath our line of sight, as upsetting new research suggests. New research from NASA ...

Slow down by Louisiana's largest coastal lake, where breezes, seafood, and unforgettable sunsets make every visit feel like a ...

A federally funded research effort to revolutionize water treatment has yielded a direct solar desalination technology that uses energy from sunlight alone to heat salt water for membrane distillation ...

Most of the renewable energy sources that are under consideration involve an obvious source of energy—light, heat, or motion. But this is the second time this year there has been a paper that has ...

Both saltwater and fresh pools use some form of chlorine to keep water clean, clear and bacteria free. In freshwater pools, like this one in Sacramento, liquid chlorine is added as needed. Manny ...

On a humid morning in Fukuoka, a coastal city in southern Japan, a new kind of power came online. Japan has launched Asia’s first osmotic power plant, which generates electricity by mixing fresh water ...

People have been trying to turn seawater into drinking water for thousands of years, but the process is not usually energy-efficient or affordable. At a newly constructed facility in Kenya, however, a ...

Scientists have found a way to get fresh water from salt water using just solar energy. This could be a major breakthrough in desalination techniques. The rest of this article is behind a paywall.