Ecology

Nanostructures for Better Water Purification

A research associate at the University of Navarra (UPNA) recently announced the development of nanostructures that significantly simplify the process of water disinfection. The new nanostructures are coated with titanium oxide, to which nitrogen has been added. This allows for the initiation of a chemical reaction that breaks down pollutants in water using sunlight, rather than just ultraviolet radiation. In her doctoral dissertation, Silvia Larumb-Abuin describes these nanostructures.

15.05.2014, 15:13

Ecology

Who is turning the Naryn River into a sewage ditch?

It is unlikely that any of us has seriously thought about where the water goes when it is poured down the sink or flushed down the toilet. What happens to the food scraps and the products of our daily activities that disappear into the pipes along with the water? Wastewater treatment today is one of those issues that requires special attention. The ecology of the modern world is so fragile and vulnerable due to the constant negative impact of human civilization on all its components that the

15.05.2014, 14:30

Ecology

In the Uzgen District, 110 hectares are at risk of flooding due to rising water levels in the Jazy River.

In the Uzgen district of the Osh region, in the villages of Don Bulak, the rising water level in the Jazy River poses a threat of flooding to 110 hectares of arable land. According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, an operational team has been dispatched to the scene to assess the situation.

13.05.2014, 09:34