In recent decades, climate change and other anthropogenic activities have substantially
affected groundwater systems worldwide. These impacts include changes in groundwater …

The purpose of this review is to better understand the full life cycle and influence of ammonia
from an aquatic biology perspective. While ammonia has toxic properties in water and air, it …

Background Advances in drinking water infrastructure and treatment throughout the 20th
and early 21st century dramatically improved water reliability and quality in the United States …

Increasing CO 2 emissions and global warming side effects have prompted the researchers
to look for safe and reliable storage sites that have high capacity. Among the available CO 2 …

Membrane-based separations for water purification and desalination have been
increasingly applied to address the global challenges of water scarcity and the pollution of …

The development of hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling techniques has promoted the
exploitation of shale gas resources. However, using water has several potential drawbacks …

Salinity gradients have been identified as promising clean, renewable and non-intermittent
sources of energy—so-called blue energy. However, the low efficiency of current harvesting …

Salt pollution and human-accelerated weathering are shifting the chemical composition of
major ions in fresh water and increasing salinization and alkalinization across North …

This chapter takes sustainable development as the starting point and focus for analysis. It
considers the broad and multifaceted bi-directional interplay between sustainable …

Abstract The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide guide-posts to
society as it attempts to respond to an array of pressing challenges. One of these challenges …