Harvard University
Harvard University 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.
EPA’s new PFAS rules don’t account for major source of drinking water contamination
Harvard study reveals unmonitored PFAS build up and last for centuries.
Communities of color disproportionately exposed to PFAS pollution in drinking water
People who live in communities with higher proportions of Black and Hispanic/Latino residents are more likely to be exposed to harmful levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their water supplies than people living in other communities, according to a new study led by researchers from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The researchers link […]
How a policy to address a groundwater shortage inadvertently increased air pollution in India
New research from Harvard University finds that a government policy that delayed rice planting in northwest India may have had an unintended consequence for air quality in the region. The policy, which was first adopted in 2008, required farmers to push back the sowing of rice to take advantage of monsoon rains and decrease the […]
Study: On ancient Earth, it never rained but it poured
According to researchers, extreme heat led to episodic deluges on hothouse Earth.
Could interest in moon resources cause tension?
An international team of scientists led by the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, has identified a problem with the growing interest in extractable resources on the moon: there aren’t enough of them to go around. With no international policies or agreements to decide "who gets what from where," scientists believe tensions, overcrowding, and […]
Ice sheets on the move: Evidence of the interconnectedness of global climate
Analysis finds melting ice sheet affects a second thousands of miles away.
The Harvard Museum of Natural History presents a new climate change exhibit
The Harvard Museum of Natural History announces the new Climate Change exhibit that draws on the latest scientific information about our warming climate, the global and local consequences, and how to both reduce the fossil fuel emissions that cause it and prepare for its effects. This multimedia exhibit includes engaging video and storm simulations, a “check your […]