Environment News

H2NOW Chicago's sensor-laden, real-time water monitoring platform provides public updates on the Chicago River’s quality. 

The tower uses sensors and artificial intelligence to collect and analyze data on environmental conditions for a variety of research projects.

Rapids Air Quality monitors environmental data to help cities address pollution, especially in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color.

Purdue University researchers are using batch reverse osmosis to process seawater more efficiently than ever before.

Southern Illinois University restricted the use of a campus lake until it can solve its algae bloom problem. Enter the student scientists.

Research projects underway in the Midwest aim to purify wastewater while simultaneously generating clean electricity.

Wisconsin researchers developed a water vapor condenser to grab water from the air without using an external energy source.

Removing metals from nuclear and electronic waste reduces the need for environmentally taxing and expensive mining.

A Midwest entrepreneur's permeable blocks absorb surface water and channel it into the ground.

Michigan State University researchers developed the coating from environmentally friendly, biodegradable materials.