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Arsenic in domestic well water could affect 2 million people in the US
Clean drinking water can be easy to take for granted if your home taps into treated water sources. But more than 44 million people in the U.S. get their water from private domestic wells, which are largely unregulated. Of those, … Continue reading
Remote detection of widespread indigenous water in lunar pyroclastic deposits
Nature Geoscience 10, 561 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2993 Authors: Ralph E. Milliken & Shuai Li Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds
Hotspots of soil N2O emission enhanced through water absorption by plant residue
Nature Geoscience 10, 496 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2963 Authors: A. N. Kravchenko, E. R. Toosi, A. K. Guber, N. E. Ostrom, J. Yu, K. Azeem, M. L. Rivers & G. P. Robertson Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds
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Scientists recreate Californian Indian water bottles to study ancient exposure to chemicals
Water bottles replicated in the traditional method used by Native Californian Indians reveal that the manufacturing process may have been detrimental to the health of these people. Paleontology News — ScienceDaily
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Large anomalies in lower stratospheric water vapour and ice during the 2015–2016 El Niño
Nature Geoscience 10, 405 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2961 Authors: Melody A. Avery, Sean M. Davis, Karen H. Rosenlof, Hao Ye & Andrew E. Dessler Nature Geoscience – Issue – nature.com science feeds
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Gypsum Rock Revealed as New Water Source for Life
Gypsum Crystal. Photo: Chuck Sutherland The crystallization water of gypsum rocks is a relevant water source for plants A team of scientists led by plant physiologists Sara Palacio from the Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología and Juan Pedro Ferrio of the … Continue reading
Beyond the water balance
Nature Geoscience 10, 396 (2017). doi:10.1038/ngeo2964 Author: Jeffrey J. McDonnell The terrestrial water cycle is often assessed annually at catchment scale. But water stored in catchments is poorly mixed, and at timescales often well beyond the calculation of annual water … Continue reading
Earth science: Rock samples indicate water is key ingredient for crust formation
By examining the cooling rate of rocks that formed more than 10 miles beneath the Earth’s surface, scientists have found that water probably penetrates deep into the crust and upper mantle at mid-ocean spreading zones, the places where new crust … Continue reading
Study of non-rainfall water in Namib Desert reveals unexpected origins
In a study conducted in one of the world’s oldest and most biologically diverse deserts, scientists explore the origins of water other than rainfall and are identifying multiple origins. The study is the first to report that the ocean is … Continue reading