The United Nations Children’s Emergency Fund, on Wednesday, said about two-thirds of the population of citizens in Nigeria lacked access to potable water. Nigeria has an estimated population of about 200 million, as 2/3 of this figure represents over 133 million persons without access to potable water across the country. Speaking at
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Hydrogen can be produced by electrolysis of water, ideally with solar cells or wind power providing the electrical energy required. This "green" hydrogen is expected to play an important role in the energy system of the future. Over the past decade, solar water splitting has made considerable progress: the best
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Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have detected gaseous water in the planet-forming disc around the star V883 Orionis. This water carries a chemical signature that explains the journey of water from star-forming gas clouds to planets, and supports the idea that water on Earth is even older
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The UK could see annual damage caused by flooding increase by more than one-fifth over the next century unless international pledges to reduce carbon emissions are met, a study has found. Researchers from the University of Bristol and water risk modelling firm Fathom used assessed future flood hazards, based on the
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Nanoplastics are plastics that have been discarded from our daily lives and that enter ecosystems in a size scale below 1 micro-metter after their physical and chemical disintegration. Recent research has shown that the concentration of microplastics in the major rivers in South Korea is the highest worldwide; it is
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"No water, no life. No blue, no green."This quote from Sylvia Earle, an American marine biologist who holds the record for the deepest walk on the sea floor, speaks to the importance of the ocean and its connection to living things. The ocean also is closely tied to our economic prosperity
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Global water technology company Xylem (NYSE: XYL) is supporting emerging technology companies and accelerating the development of breakthrough solutions through its Xylem Innovation Labs commercial accelerator program. Now in its second year, the program has just accepted 10 new startups with a focus on solutions that promote advanced industrial treatment, regulatory compliance, a digital
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The blue economy is an economic model that seeks to balance economic growth and development with the protection and preservation of the world's oceans and coastal areas. The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh has called for deeper private sector participation in the
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Efforts to expand global seaweed farming could help to address a raft of issues including food security, biodiversity loss and climate change, according to University of Queensland researchers. Seaweed is thought to offer a sustainable alternative to land-based agricultural expansion to meet the world’s growing need for food and materials. “Seaweed has
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President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, performed the historic inauguration of the Lekki Deep Sea Port located at Itoke village, Ibeju-Lekki, in Lagos State, and observed the first offloading from CMA CGM Mozart at the quay. The project, an investment in excess of $1.5 billion, is a joint venture between the federal government,
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