How long can humans survive without food or water?
This will vary a lot from person to person, but the ‘rule of three’ is generally valid: 3 days without ...
Tag: water
Indian lake turns pink almost overnight
That's not something you see every day.
Pluto may have had a ‘hot start’ harboring liquid oceans when it first formed
Although Pluto orbits the sun at an average distance of 3.7 billion miles (5.9 billion kilometers), some studies claim that ...
In Poznan, Poland, eight clams get to decide if people in the city get water or not
They might be small, but these mussels shoulder tremendous responsibility.
Climate change will make droughts more intense, more frequent
New research from ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes, Australia, says we'll see longer and more frequent droughts due ...
The coronavirus cleaned our air — it might clean the waters, too
Cleaner air might make for cleaner waters, too.
Microplastics are all over the place, even in the sea breeze
Researchers found fragments of plastic in sea spray.
We could see up to 1.3m of sea-level rise by 2100 if we don’t take action now
Some rising tides sink all boats.
Wetter, warmer soils will intensify climate change
Warmer, wetter tropical soil increases microbial activity -- which belch out CO2.
Bangladesh’s waters are heavily contaminated with medicine, pesticides, and other chemicals
Contaminants ranged from antibiotics to fire retardants.
Climate change might be brewing a megadrought in the western US
"It has been made much worse than it would have been because of climate change," the authors explain.
US and Chinese researchers develop cheap solar still to produce drinking water
A team of researchers from the US and China has developed a passive, solar-powered desalinization system that could quench the ...
Ever got a ‘phantom sting’ while swimming? This might explain it
Jellyfish can sting swimmers and their prey with 'mucus grenades'
Splendid animation shows the Earth without water — it’s stunning
... and very, very brown.
More rules could mean more problems when managing water resources
Too many rules can spoil the broth.
When in trouble, just surf — that’s what honeybees do
This was the first time such a behavior was observed in insects and may represent a unique adaptation to bees.
There’s a new coating for toilets — and it can save up to 50% of the water needed for flushing
Every day, more than 141 billion liters of water are used to flush.
Scientists design spider- and ant-inspired metal structure that doesn’t sink
Unsinkable ships could become a reality with such technology.
Sea level rise by 2300 is unavoidable, despite the Paris agreement
Ice takes a while to melt -- but melt it will, a new paper reports.
Trees and water: don’t underestimate the connection
Trees have extraordinary powers, especially when it comes to water. But such powers must be wielded with care.
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