March 25 (UPI) --Engineers at MIT have developed a water filter made from cross-sections of tree branches that can filter bacteria from contaminated water. The filter takes advantage of the natural ...

Filters made from tree branches can purify drinking water sources, a new study finds. Prototypes of these xylem filters, tested in India, show promise as a low-cost, natural filtration option. The ...

In many parts of the United States, people take clean drinking water for granted. In other parts of the world, access to clean drinking water is a significant challenge and is something that ...

Trees contain valuable information about Earth's past, so much so that studying their rings may help fill in hidden gaps in Ohio's environmental history.

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Solar stills can be a very useful way to produce drinking water from dirty or salty water, but there’s plenty of room for improvements in efficiency. Now, engineers at Virginia Tech have developed a ...

The interiors of nonflowering trees such as pine and ginkgo contain sapwood lined with straw-like conduits known as xylem, which draw water up through a tree's trunk and branches. Xylem conduits are ...

OSWEGO, N.Y. — An environmental advocacy group plans to plant hundreds of trees and shrubs in two locations in Oswego to improve water quality. The Atlantic States Legal Foundation, a Syracuse-based ...