IMO's Ballast Water Management Convention (BWM Convention) was in the spotlight at a regional workshop in Singapore, (12-14 ...

Among marine ecosystems, the capacity of mangroves, seagrass meadows and kelp forests to store carbon is well documented, but ...

The ballast controls did not work correctly ... traveled to the waters above the accident site. They took water samples and seabed sediments. The Russians were concerned that the plutonium ...

Marine sediments serve as crucial archives of Earth's geological history, capturing detailed records of climatic changes, geological activities, and sedimentary processes in the past. The provenance ...

Material washed into wadis, or dry riverbeds, forming streams of sediment-laden water. Loaded with soil and rocky material, these streams wrought more destruction than they would have otherwise ...

The Convention requires all ships to manage their ballast water and sediments to a certain standard, according to a ship-specific management plan. All ships must also carry a Ballast Water Record Book ...

Even in the absence of bulk liquid water, exchangeable cations migrated out of the smectite and formed new crystals at the smectite-salt interface. The observed microscopic changes in elemental ...

These bottles have a built-in filter that will get rid of microplastics, bacteria and sediment. Using a filtered water bottle also eliminates the need for disposable water bottles or boiling water.

Climate change and chronic water mismanagement are placing "unprecedented stress" on the world's water systems, according to a new report. More than half of the world's food production is at risk ...

The water cycle is the vital Earth process that moves freshwater and moisture around the planet, and for the first time in human history, that system is breaking down. A new report from the Global ...