A comprehensive bibliometric and patent landscape of solar desalination: Trends, innovations, and global contributions by Belmehdi Fatima, Othmani Samira, Taha Janan Mourad

“…The global water scarcity crisis, driven by increasing demand and declining freshwater supplies, necessitates innovative solutions like solar desalination, which uses abundant seawater and solar energy to produce fresh water. This study applies a bibliometric analysis to solar desalination, revealing a sharp rise in publications and patents after 2010. …”
Get full text

Experimental investigation on cooling tower performance with Al2O3, ZnO and Ti2O3 based nanofluids by Habibur Rahman, Altab Hossain, Mohammad Ali

“…For instance, for 0.18% volume concentration of ZnO, at an inlet water temperature of 66.4 ℃ and water/air (L/G) flow ratio of 1.93, the cooling range increased by 3.62%, cooling efficiency increased by 33.3%, and NTU increased by 50.5% compared with fresh water (FW).…”
Get full text

A Review of Removal of Pollutants from Water/Wastewater Using Different Types of Nanomaterials by M. T. Amin, A. A. Alazba, U. Manzoor

“…The development of cost-effective and stable materials and methods for providing the fresh water in adequate amounts is the need of the water industry. …”
Get full text

EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF AVIAN INFLUENZA IN THE REPUBLIC OF CRIMEA by D. V. Gadzevich, S. I. Danilchenko, S. G. Yerofeyev, M. A. Pasunkina, A. B. Grinchenko, V. N. Irza, M. S. Volkov, A. V. Varkentin

“…As the number of wildfowl in the their usual aggregation sites decreased due to the fact that fresh water supply through the North-Crimean Canal ceased it can be assumed that the Crimean peninsula will manage to maintain HPAI freedom despite the fact that the disease is being reported close to the peninsula. …”
Get full text

Hull-Compatible Underwater IPT System with Enhanced Electromagnetic–Thermal Performance for USVs by Qingyu Zhao, Songyan Niu, Ziyun Shao, Linni Jian

“…Finally, a 3 kW prototype is constructed and tested in fresh water, achieving 55 V and 50 A wireless charging at an 85.7% full-load dc-to-dc efficiency, thus confirming the practicality and performance of the design.…”
Get full text

Reduction of Energy Consumption of Brackish Water Reverse Osmosis Desalination System Via Model Based Optimisation by Mudhar A. Al-Obaidi, Alanood A. Alsarayreh, I. M. Mujtaba

“… Reverse Osmosis (RO) process is being engaged to yield fresh water from brackish water sources. However, the RO process is characterized by its high specific energy consumption (SEC) owing to high-pressure pumps. …”
Get full text

Effects of Filtration Using Soil and Fibre Mediums in Improving The Quality of Stormwater by Jodin Makinda, Elsa Eka Putri, Lillian Gungat, Wong Hooi Pin

“…In some places, while fresh water is abundantly available for domestic use, high demand at industrial site and agricultural area requires the need to investigated alternative method of treatment for non-domestic water supply. …”
Get full text

The Characterization of Prokaryotic Diversity in Lake Beyşehir Using a 16s Metagenomics Study by Ercan Arıcan, Hatice Kübra Kızıl Pat, Neşe Akçay, Sultan Fidan Pedük, Fahri Pat

“…It is Turkey's third-largest lake and the largest freshwater lake. Its waters are fresh water and its depth is around 8-9 m at most. The deepest point is mentioned as 12, 14, and 15 m in different sources. …”
Get full text

Seasonal Variations in the Composition and Distribution of Planktonic Fauna in the Eastern Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria by AS Yakup, KJ Balogun, GE Ajani, KO Renner, BO Bello, JA Nkwoji, JK Igbo

“…The study area had brackish water characteristics with fresh water condition (0‰ salinity across the 12 stations) in the rainy season whereas the salinity ranged from 11.4‰ to 30.5‰ in the dry season. …”
Get full text

Climate Change Indicators and Spatiotemporal Shift in Monsoon Patterns in Pakistan by Fasiha Safdar, Muhammad Fahim Khokhar, Muhammad Arshad, Iftikhar Hussain Adil

“…Monsoon rainfall is the principle source of fresh water essential for agricultural practices and human sustenance in the Indian subcontinent during summer. …”
Get full text

Determination of parasites at cultured and captured fishes in seyhan dam lake in adana by Hakan İnce, Uğur Uslu

“…Infestation rates by fish species; as of rainbow trout 3.33%, 46.58% carp fish, fresh water bass 10%, shiraz fish 30.3%, velvet fish 8.33% was calculated. …”
Get full text

Influence of flood control structures on the water level in the downstream of the Saigon – Dong Nai river system by I. M. Markova, Phan Khanh Khanh

“…In the sections of the Saigon and Dong Nai Rivers less affected by the two upstream reservoirs, it is necessary to develop preventive measures to supply sufficient fresh water to meet the needs of the population and industries. …”
Get full text

Surface mass balance modelling of the Juneau Icefield highlights the potential for rapid ice loss by the mid-21st century by Ryan Nicholas Ing, Jeremy Charles Ely, Julie Margaret Jones, Bethan Joan Davies

“…Plateau icefields are large stores of fresh water, preconditioned to enhanced mass loss due to their gently sloping accumulation areas. …”
Get full text

Seasonal Variations in the Composition and Distribution of Planktonic Fauna in the Eastern Lagos Lagoon, Nigeria by AS Yakup, KJ Balogun, GE Ajani, KO Renner, BO Bello, JA Nkwoji, JK Igbo

“…The study area had brackish water characteristics with fresh water condition (0‰ salinity across the 12 stations) in the rainy season whereas the salinity ranged from 11.4‰ to 30.5‰ in the dry season. …”
Get full text

Simulation and Strategy for Salinity Control Scheduling in Dongjiang Delta of Pearl River Basin in Severe Drought Year by LIN Zhongyuan, TANG Qi, WANG Fengen, XU Wei, HUANG Pengfei, ZOU Huazhi

“…Due to the weak capacity of regulation and storage in Dongguan City, the strategy for salinity control dispatching in the Dongjiang Delta is to release fresh water throughout the duration of spring tides. …”
Get full text

La forteresse de Sadr, une lecture géo-historique au temps des croisés by Corinne Feïss-Jehel, Jean-Michel Mouton, Claudine Piaton, Pierre-Jérôme Jehel, Jeannine Le Rhun

“…Secondly, the fortress's location provided exceptional access to fresh water. The Sadr fortress in central Sinai, in the Wâdi-al-Sudr valley eighty kilometers from the Gulf of Suez, was built on and for the central Sinai route. …”
Get full text

Retreat of the Greenland Ice Sheet leads to divergent patterns of reconfiguration at its freshwater and tidewater margins by Jonathan Ryan, Theo Ross, Sarah Cooley, Dominik Fahrner, Nicole Abib, Victoria Benson, David Sutherland

“…The magnitude of change we document during our study period leads us to conclude that the ice sheet is poised for further, substantial reconfiguration in the coming decades with consequences for the flux of fresh water, nutrients and primary productivity in Greenland's terrestrial and oceanic environment.…”
Get full text

Enhanced Viscosity of Aqueous Palygorskite Suspensions through Physical and Chemical Processing by Feng-shan Zhou, Tian-qi Li, Yun-hua Yan, Can Cao, Lin Zhou, Yang Liu

“…The viscosity increased with the content of bentonite in the mixture of bentonite and palygorskite in fresh water. It seemed to be not worthy to add a certain amount of bentonite to palygorskite in order to enhance viscosity and vice versa. …”
Get full text

Analysis of Viability of Core Inflation Components Based on Excluded Items in Uganda. by Munyambonera, Ezra, Mukiza, Chris Ndatira, Niyimpa, Ediga Mfite

“…Particularly tobacco leaves, peas, matooke and malewa recorded the highest volatility with a low persistence while cassava fresh, water melons, apples, ground nuts and french beans recorded the least price volatility during the study period. …”
Get full text

Future Changes in Surface Runoff over Korea Projected by a Regional Climate Model under A1B Scenario by Ji-Woo Lee, Suryun Ham, Song-You Hong, Kei Yoshimura, Minsu Joh

“…This study adduces that the importance of runoff should not be overlooked in regional climate studies, and more elaborate presentation of fresh-water cycle is needed to close hydrological circulation in RCMs.…”
Get full text