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 Recent water news and current eventsWater news and current events from around the world relating to conservation, health, and earth's water supplies. Author: Xinhua
Prehistoric geological records from the frigid vault of the Arctic Ocean have shown that glaciers were formed in the Arctic Ocean about 45 million years ago, 14 million years earlier than geologists had thought, scientists reported on Wednesday. Read More... Author: David Biello
Millions of tiny microbes infest the water carrying the detritus of human life and society. Some of them steadily break down the organic material in waste streams and produce electrons in the process. By harvesting these electrons, scientists have created microbial fuel cells. New research shows how such biological power plants can be stacked to create usable current. Read More... Author: Erick Schonfeld
Slingshot water purifier inventor, Dean Kamen, the engineer who also invented the Segway, is puzzling over a new equation these days. An estimated 1.1 billion people in the world don't have access to clean drinking water, and an estimated 1.6 billion don't have electricity. Those figures add up to a big problem for the world—and an equally big opportunity for entrepreneurs. Read More... Author: BBC
Changes to ocean currents in the Atlantic may cool European weather within a few decades, scientists say. Researchers from the UK's National Oceanography Centre say currents derived from the Gulf Stream are weakening, bringing less heat north. Read More... Author: The Age
Scientists had previously wondered why the sea level rise did not seem to be accelerating, as their computer models predicted under climate change. Read More... Author: tvnz
Farmers in much of the Canterbury region are getting anxious about water supplies as irrigation restrictions start to bite. A dry mild winter has left ground water reserves in many areas at record low levels and recent rain and snow has had little impact. Read More... Author: Reuters
China is struggling to overcome what a minister called the world's worst water crisis caused by widespread drought, pollution, rapid economic growth and waste, the China Daily said on Tuesday. Read More... Author: Alan Gray, NewsBlaze
The 25th Bicentennial Groundwater Conference in Sacramento, California is to include a special screening of the documentary "Running Dry".The film will be introduced by the writer, producer and director of "Running Dry", Jim Thebaut, president of the Chronicles Group. A panel discussion regarding solutions to water crisis issues will follow the premiere. Read More... Author: WAFA
Gaza has a water crisis. Most people in the international community do not know the details as to why it exists and the root causes of the resource deficiency. For the more than 1.4 million Palestinians who live in Gaza water shortages and water deterioration affects their health. Read More... Author: New Scientist - Will Knight
A spacecraft that will reveal how rapidly Arctic sea ice may be thinning as a result of global warming is set to blast off from northern Russia on Saturday, October 1st. Read More... |
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