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Developing electrokinetic mining technology for recovering rare earth elements from weathering crusts
Heavy rare earth elements are critical for modern technological applications, but their extraction can have disastrous environmental impacts. Employing electrokinetic mining techniques can increase recovery efficiency while reducing harmful environmental consequences.
Comparing the Toxicity of Conventional Drinking Waters and Municipal Wastewaters Purified as Drinking Water Supplies
While utilities in arid regions are increasingly purifying municipal wastewater as a sustainable water supply, lingering concerns about health risks have hindered implementation. Our recent study indicates that the toxicity of potable reuse waters is equal or lower than conventional drinking waters.
Global warming at near-constant tropospheric relative humidity is supported by observations
Climate models agree that global mean total precipitable water increases by about 7% per 1°C of global warming. New observations allow us to further support this and to narrow the range in global projections of tropospheric humidity in line with formerly constrained projections of global warming.
