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California Has Only One Year of Water Left, Warns NASA Scientist

Posted in Science on 17th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

California is in the midst of the worst drought the region has seen in a millennium, which is rapidly depleting its water supply.

Megascale Desalination

Posted in Featured, Hardware on 16th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

The worlds largest and cheapest reverse-osmosis desalination plant is up and running in Israel.

NASA finds evidence of a vast ancient ocean on Mars

Posted in Science on 6th Mar, 2015
by Alex Muller

A huge primitive ocean once covered one-fifth of the red planets surface, making it warm, wet and ideal for alien life to gain a foothold, scientists say.

Mars Express images help decipher the geological history of the Red Planet

Posted in Science on 24th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

ESAs Mars Express orbiter has provided a fresh look at a region believed to be hiding large volumes of water ice just beneath the surface.

We're Dumping Much More Plastic Into the Ocean Than We Thought

Posted in Science on 14th Feb, 2015
by Alex Muller

Eight million tonnes is like covering an area 34 times the size of New York's Manhattan Island to ankle depth.