Earth
Mysterious origin of Earth’s water may be explained by solar wind
Evidence from asteroids shows that charged particles from the sun can turn dust grains into water – a process that could be useful for space exploration too
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Environment
Legal lead levels in US tap water may harm people with kidney disease
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Environment
60 per cent of world’s rivers stop flowing for at least one day a year
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Environment
Switching beef for chicken could reduce water footprint of US diets
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Earth
Earthquakes in Taiwan are linked to seasonal changes in water levels
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Technology
Vibrations from a smartphone can help us spot unsafe drinking water
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Environment
Nearly 700 million people could be living in extreme drought by 2100
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Life
Water may be even more crucial to life than we thought
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Environment
Groundwater that supports world food chain may become too salty to use
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Space
Meteorites may have brought water to Earth in the recent past
We thought meteorites stopped delivering liquid water to Earth billions of years ago – but they may have continued to do so in the past million years
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Physics
Armoured liquid marbles connected together in a chain 1.7 metres long
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Environment
Huge reservoir of fresh water found beneath the sea off Hawaii
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Humans
Wealthy US cities struggle to provide running water for all residents
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Space
NASA confirms there is water on the moon that astronauts could use
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