Deep sea pressure reverse osmosis at 400 to 600 meters drives membrane filtration, cutting energy use more than 50 percent ...

Brine pools, extremely salty, oxygen-free underwater lakes, are lethal to most marine life but teem with resilient microbes.

"When we start messing with these very critical and unfortunately sparse coastal lagoons and wetlands, it can have tremendous ...

CARLSBAD, Calif. -- Some four miles off the Southern California coast, a company is betting it can solve one of ...

A team of researchers has confirmed the existence of at least one previously unknown nematode in the exceptionally salty lake ...

Microscopic image of fluid inclusions in 1.4-billion-year-old halite crystals, which preserve ancient air and brine. (Justin Park/RPI) More than a billion years ago, in a shallow basin across what is ...

Pushing seawater through a membrane to separate salt and freshwater seems like a fairly simple way to expand the supply of potable water in a state surrounded by ocean.