Université de Liège

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Université de Liège 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.

Rivers and streams in the Andean Cordillera are hot spots for greenhouse gases emissions

A new scientific study by researchers from the University of Liège shows that rivers in the Andean mountains contribute 35% and 72% of riverine emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2 ) and methane (CH4 ) in the Amazon basin, the world's largest river. This study is published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment. ivers contribute substantially to global […]

Université de Liège · 24 Mar 2023

9 Jul 2021

Reducing the melting of the Greenland ice sheet using solar geoengineering?

Injecting sulphur into the stratosphere to reduce solar radiation and stop the Greenland ice sheet from melting. An interesting scenario, but not without any risks. Climatologists from the University of Liège have looked into the matter and have tested one of the scenarios put forward, using the MAR climate model developed at ULiège. The results are mixed and have been published in the journal The Cryosphere.