Caltech
Caltech is a university that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
AI improves monsoon rainfall predictions
Every year, the South Asian monsoon season brings heavy rain to over a billion people in the Indian subcontinent between June and September. The rain falls in oscillations: Some weeks see 1 to 4 inches of water, while other weeks are mostly dry. Predicting when these dry and wet periods will occur is critical for […]
Unusual chemistry of new type of stellar grain could tell scientists about origin of Earth’s water
Scientists have discovered a new type of star dust whose composition indicates that it formed during a rare form of nucleosynthesis (the process through which new atomic nuclei are created) and could shed new light on the history of water on Earth. A team led by cosmochemists from Caltech and Victoria University of Wellington in […]
Impact of coal burning on Yangtze River is comparable to natural processes
A new study finds that fly ash—particles left over from burning coal—make up between 37 and 72 percent of all particulate organic carbon carried by the Yangtze River in China, or around 200,000 to 400,000 tons of carbon per year. The study, which is the first of its kind, shows just how big an impact […]
New material could harvest water all day long
Micro-engineered, bioinspired design allows the material to collect moisture from cool fog as well as generating and collecting steam under sun
What happened to Mars’s water?
New data challenges the long-held theory that all of Mars's water escaped into space.
Sea-level rise could make rivers more likely to jump course
River avulsions—catastrophic floods triggered when a river charts a new path to the sea—could occur more frequently on rivers as sea levels rise.
Ultra-thin layers of rust generate electricity from flowing water
Rust is a common problem on infrastructure, but new research shows that when it's combined with salt water, it can also be a source of electricity.