Hydroeconomic models are increasingly becoming an important tool for water resources planning in river basins

Evidence of a variable but progressively drying climate coincides with a major shift in stone tool-making abilities and the appearance of modern Homo sapiens

Global sustainability is important now more than ever due to increasing urban populations and the resulting stress it can have on natural resources

Reusable water-treatment particles created at Rice University effectively eliminate BPA

Rather than sending water samples to laboratories and waiting days for results, this new test can be administered locally to obtain answers within hours

Low doses of a commonly used pesticide potentially harm the Northern Leopard frog

Rice University engineers show how water molecules square up in nanotubes

The intensification of the water footprint of hydraulic fracturing

A team of scientists has uncovered new molecular properties of water—a discovery of a phenomenon that had previously gone unnoticed

Rice University scientists are developing technology to remove contaminants from water—but only as many as necessary