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Scientists warn of global disaster because of water inequality

Posted in Featured, Science on 19th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

4 billion people live with severe water scarcity for at least one month each year.

Water Shortage Affects 4 Billion People Worldwide

Posted in Science on 14th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

Aside from climate change, water scarcity is another high priority in terms of environmental concerns set by the World Economic Forum, and one of the biggest risks to the world economy.

Battery technology could charge up water desalination

Posted in Science on 6th Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

The technology that charges batteries for electronic devices could provide fresh water from salty seas.

NASA's New Horizons team discovers vast reserves of water ice on Pluto

Posted in Science on 3rd Feb, 2016
by Alex Muller

Water ice is surprisingly abundant on Pluto's surface, a new map of the dwarf planet reveals.

Water ice found on the surface of comet 67P

Posted in Science on 19th Jan, 2016
by Alex Muller

For the first time, scientists have spotted large patches of water ice on the surface of a comet, thanks to instruments aboard the European Space Agency's Rosetta orbiter.