Frigid Future for Ocean in Saturn’s Moon

Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, may not be as wet and warm at its core as scientists had hoped. The tiny moon, whose diameter is roughly 500 km across, could fit in the length of the United Kingdom. Read more

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Vanishing Lake Chad — A Water Crisis in Central Africa

by C.T. Pope

Once the third-largest source of freshwater in Africa, Lake Chad is disappearing according to new satellite images — putting millions of people in four Central African countries at risk of losing their primary water supply. Read more

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Water confirmed on Mars

TUSCON, Arizona - Scientists relishing confirmation of water ice near the surface beside NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander anticipate even bigger discoveries from the robotic mission in the weeks ahead. Read more

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Life Endures 120,000 Years Under Ice

Boosting our chances of finding life in extreme extraterrestrial environments, a new ice-dwelling bacteria has been discovered in the glaciers of Greenland, where it has live for over 120,000 undisturbed, LiveScience reports. The bacteria - 10-100 times smaller than the more common E. coli bacteria - makes a living by exploiting the liquid water that flows through microscopic cracks in the ice. Read more

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Phoenix lander samples a little Martian dirt

WASHINGTON - The Phoenix lander has begun taking samples of its icy Martian surroundings in its search for extraterrestrial water, NASA reported early Monday. Read more

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Mars probe expected to find water, possibly signatures of life

By C.T. Pope
Circle of Blue

Past, present, and possible future life on Mars may depend on water that’s most likely locked near the planet’s north pole. For the first time in human history, NASA’s Phoenix Lander will reach out and, scientists expect, touch extraterrestrial water - analyzing it for critical amino acids and other signs of life. Read more

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Greenland’s melting ice is turning blue

GENEVA - Arctic ice may be melting faster than most climate change science has concluded, the conservation group WWF said in a report published on Thursday. Read more

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1 Lightbulb = 3-6,000 Gallons

It takes between 3,000 gallons and 6,000 gallons of water to power a 60-watt incandescent bulb for 12 hours a day over the course of a year.

That statistic was published on Thursday by researchers at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, who have studied how demand for a dwindling natural resource–fresh water–plays into energy. Read more

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Best cities for clean drinking water

While consumption of bottled water continues to grow in the U.S. as well as globally, concerns about the environmental impact of drinking bottled water are also on the rise, with green-thinking restaurants across the country taking it off their menus and pro-tap water campaigns gaining steam. Read more

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Well levels rise as residents turn to municipal supply

PUNE, India - Water levels in the wells of this city have increased. The reason: citizens are more dependent on water supplied by the municipal corporation. Read more

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