This is just a cool video for your Friday enjoyment. A group of people are in a boat riding past an iceberg in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctica when the iceberg starts to collapse. The video is about a …
Robotic Octopus
Scientists at Italy's Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna have developed a robotic arm designed to mimic an octopus' tentacle. The robotic octopus arm is made from silicone and soft rubber. Sensors in the arm …
Kiribati Is Gone
Photographer Ciril Jazbec went to Kiribati last year to see for himself the effects of rising sea levels. The result of his trip is a stunning gallery of photographs. Many of the people of Kiribati …
UN Millennium Development Goal Met – Proportion of People Unable to Access Safe Drinking Water Cut in Half
In 2000, the United Nations set some goals called Millennium Development Goals (MDG). One of those goals was to halve the proportion of people who have no access to safe drinking water by 2015. That …
No More Water for Texas Rice Farmers
Low water levels in central and southeast Texas lakes means there will be no water released for irrigating rice this year. The Texas drought continues in most of the state. In the movies, Texas looks …
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The Week in Water: Feb 25-Mar2, 2012
The Week in Water brings you the latest news in blue living from around the web. Warrior princess and awesome cylon Lucy Lawless was arrested for boarding an oil rig to protest Arctic drilling. The …
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Alberta Tar Sands Project
The Alberta Tar Sands Project is in the U.S. news a lot these days. As a U.S. citizen, I'm usually focused on the potential effects of the Keystone XL pipeline contaminating aquifers and soil. This …
Disposal of Surplus Sodium 1947
After World War II, twenty thousand pounds of metallic sodium needed to be destroyed. In order to do this, the War Assets Administration dumped the sodium into Lake Lenore - with spectacular …
The Week in Water: Feb 18-24, 2012
The Week in Water brings you the latest news in blue living from around the web. The Atlantic has a short piece about the rise and fall of the American whaling industry in the nineteenth …
Ilisu Dam – Sinking History
The Ilisu Dam is a dam under construction in Turkey at the headwaters of the Tigris River. It has generated controversy because 55,000-65,000 people will be forcibly relocated and a city with a …
Worldwide Drought as of February 2012
The UCL Department of Space and Climate Physics maintains a database of worldwide drought conditions. This map of the drought-stricken areas around the world shows drought affecting more than 194 …
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The Week in Water: Feb 11-17, 2012
The Week in Water brings you the latest news in blue living from around the web. Two friends in Fort Worth explored the headwaters of the Trinity River. The Trinity River runs through Fort Worth and …
Agriculture Uses 92% of the World's Drinking Water
A new study shows that agriculture consumes 92% of the world's fresh water used each year. Arjen Hoekstra and Mesfin Mekonnen of the University of Twente in Enschede in the Netherlands divided the …
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Battery Desalinates Saltwater
Researchers have designed a battery that desalinates saltwater. The saltwater is pushed between a pair electrodes: a silver electrode, which attracts chlorine ions, and an electrode made of manganese …
The Week in Water: Feb 4-10, 2012
The Week in Water brings you the latest news in blue living from around the web. Gizmodo highlights this nifty Black + Blum eau good bottle that purifies water with charcoal. It doesn't say how long …
Sea Otter vs. Ice
This video of a sea otter and ice is too cute not to watch. For those of you who play Zoo Tycoon and wondered why you had to keep buying food in ice blocks, this is a real life example of what an …
Grand Canyon Bottled Water Ban
Grand Canyon National Park is enacting a bottled water ban. Sales of bottled water within the park will cease in the next thirty days. The policy was put into place after a careful assessment of the …
The Week in Water: Jan 28-Feb 3, 2012
The Week in Water brings you the latest news in blue living from around the web. Warren Buffett is investing in renewables, including hydropower. Greg Laden talks about one of the dire consequences …
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Sonaar Luthra – the Water Canary
Testing water for contaminants and disease can take time, sometimes several days. People need to drink water in the meantime. Enter Sonaar Luthra, a quick test to determine if water is fit to …
Rainwater Harvesting at Red Caboose Winery
Red Caboose Winery in Meridian, Texas uses a rainwater harvesting system as part of an overall green philosophy. A lot of thought was put into the green design of Red Caboose Winery. Excessive heat …
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Living with Water: Red River of the North
Living with Water is a five weekend series focusing on flooding along the Red River in North Dakota. The series started with “Living with Water: Red River living since settlement”, which examined the …
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Save the Frogs! Art Contest
Save the Frogs! is sponsoring an art contest with cash prizes. The goal of the contest is to spread awareness of frog extinctions. Frog deaths and illnesses are often a first sign that something has …
The Week in Water: Jan 21-27
The Week in Water brings you the latest news in blue living from around the web. The White House formally withdrew its nomination of geochemist Scott Doney to be chief scientist of the National …
South Florida Counties Prepare for Sea Level Rise
Four south Florida counties have joined together to prepare for sea level rise. With so much of Florida barely above sea level, even a small change in sea level has the potential to impact Florida's …
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