And without additional restrictions, they may not recover for several decades.
Hundreds of military families sickened by contaminated Pearl Harbor water
Key Honolulu aquifer may also be at risk as residents say they face stomach pain and headachesCheri Burness’s dog was the first to signal something was wrong with their tap water. He stopped drinking it two weeks ago. Then Burness started feeling stoma…
Asteroid-sample return shows water on its rocks’ surface
A cubic meter of asteroid dust may have as much as 20 liters of water.
発電所の新設を減らせる？ 既存のダムを水力発電に活用する計画が進行中
クリーンな電力の利用を推進すべく、既存の非発電用のダムを水力発電に活用する計画が進められている。すでに米国では2000年以降に36カ所のダムに発電用タービンが追加設置され、500メガワットを超える再生可能エネルギーを生み出せるようになった。こうした技術を世界的に展開できれば、発電所の新設を大幅に減らすことも可能になるかもしれない。
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Is this a watershed moment when it comes to sewage in England’s rivers and seas? | Rachel Salvidge
After a public outcry, the Tories are realising that effluent-dumping water companies need more than a ticking offThe groundswell of disgust over water firms dumping raw human sewage into England’s rivers and seas has grown into a roiling tsunami threa…
What does a stream of raw sewage symbolise? Broken Brexit promises, for one | Zoe Williams
A Lords amendment sought to stop water companies dumping raw sewage – and 265 Tories voted against it. This faecal matter has become a powerful symbol of modern BritainI remember the good ol’ days, when we weren’t always lurching from one crisis to ano…
Cop26 must not overshadow Kunming: we need joint climate and biodiversity goals | Ma Jun
Ecosystem collapse is as much a threat as the climate crisis, but valuing nature will help us meet both these challengesAll eyes are on Cop26 in Glasgow since the climate crisis aroused worldwide attention and compelled more than 120 countries to join …
Rover’s pictures show long history of rivers flowing into Martian crater
Jezero Crater’s river delta left behind a distinct geometry we can see in photos.
Sewage could leave Windermere lake ‘ecologically dead’
Campaigners say combination of waste from local plant as well as private septic tanks to blameWindermere could become “ecologically dead” because of the amount of sewage being pumped into its waters, campaigners have warned.Pictures show algal blooms a…
‘The water used to be up to your armpits’: birds starve as Turkey’s lakes dry up
Drought, rising temperatures and poor farming practices are taking a devastating toll on the country’s wildlife“If we stood in this spot a few years ago, the water would be up to your armpits,” says vet Isa Agit, standing on sun-hardened and cracked mu…