Professor says halophytic micro-algae can be grown on municipal wastewater and may serve as a biofuel feedstock.
The state will provide $202,000 to fund the research, while the federal government will provide $53,000.
Researchers will look into how fish and marine mammals are affected by water power devices and whether this power production could create "dead zones."
A study by Northern Arizona University and the National Center for Atmospheric Research quantifies long-term cooling trend with more certainty.
Adding 10 nautical miles to current ship speed zones would lower the risk of collisions between the vessels and the endangered right whales, according to Duke University research.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Michigan State University, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory researchers uncovers some of the differences among the strains of Shewanella, which is used in bioremediation.
Bird enthusiast suggests there is something wrong with identifying and counting birds on polluted landscapes.
Professor Shang-Tian Yang and his colleagues have developed a mutant strain of bacteria that makes more of the biofuel butanol.
Researchers in Saudi Arabia say their process is non-toxic and environmentally friendly.
A Natural Resources Defense Council report says atrazine is severely contaminating drinking water in Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, and Nebraska.
DOE is paying out $644,000 for research on sequestering carbon dioxide in shallow formations to the Missouri University of Science and Technology.
Scientists say their study shows that contaminants from natural coal deposits are not easily bioavailable but those from crude oil are and can account for the continuing degradation off the coast of Alaska.
Water Research Foundation gives grant to company to determine better pretreatment processes for reverse osmosis desalination.
Using the right strategies, microalgae can be used as broad spectrum automated biosense systems for monitoring source drinking water, the study shows.
According to Dr. Brian Durie, the study supports the notion that genetic factors affecting toxin breakdown may be related to the development of myeloma.
Data provided by India's Ministry of Water Resources to the NASA-funded researchers suggested groundwater use across India was exceeding natural replenishment.