A visible color change occurs when active nanocomposites are heated and re-cooled, which is attributed to the mobility of the nanoparticles embedded inside the material.
Food and Water
Tracing the Sources of the Nile Water
From the West African rain forest to the Ethiopian highlands, implications of changes in the West African rainforest with respect to the rain and available water resources of the Nile basin.
Let It Flow: Plasma To Improve Lactose Production
A research team used a plasma jet‐like setup to enhance the flowability of lactose powder while in production.
Water and Indigenous Rights: Recognition, Representation and Redistribution
The literature on Indigenous water rights, examining the ways in which Indigenous people are framing their claims for water and how they are being addressed in national frameworks of water governance.
Hydrological Data Uncertainty and its Implications
How are hydrologic data used in understanding environmental processes and creating forecasting models and guiding water management?
Interpreting Historical, Botanical, and Geological Evidence to Aid Preparations for Floods
Records of flooding in the past have, and continue, to improve flood hazard assessment.
Sustainable Deployment of Solar Irrigation Pumps
Solar irrigation pumps have emerged as a promising alternative to conventional diesel and electricity powered pumps.
Water and Film: Fluidity of Time and Space and Its Somatic Perception
A recent WIREs Water review analyses the close relationship between water and moving images.
Measuring the Human Right to Water
The right to water requires that governments ensure water is available, accessible, safe, affordable and acceptable for human consumption. At this point in time, however, there is little consensus on how to measure and verify a country’s compliance with that right.
Governance‐related Values as Dimensions of Good Water Governance
an empirical study on the various values that matter to members of the general public on water governance.
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