Category Archives: water

Moon Contains Water and Primitive Meteorites were Common Water Source for Moon and Earth

Posted on May 10, 2013 by

Scientists opined that the Moon’s water did not come from comets but was already present on Earth 4.5 billion years ago, when a giant collision sent material from Earth to form the Moon. Water inside the Moon’s mantle came from … Continue reading →

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Extraterrestrial lakes

Posted on January 15, 2013 by

At present the surface of the planet Mars is too cold and has too little atmospheric pressure to permit the pooling of liquid water on the surface. Geologic evidence appears to confirm, however, that ancient lakes once formed on the … Continue reading →

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Lakes:Inland Flowing Water Bodies

Posted on January 12, 2013 by

A lake is a body of relatively still water of considerable size, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land apart from a river, stream, or other form of moving water that serves to feed or drain the lake. … Continue reading →

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Oh!! Islands Are Dissolving from Within in Hawai

Posted on December 24, 2012 by

Soil erosion is the primary force that levels mountains, but now geologists have found that Oahu’s mountains are dissolving from within due to groundwater. Forecasting the island’s future also needs to account for plate tectonics. As Oahu is pushed northwest, … Continue reading →

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Antarctica and Greenland Loosing Ice Fast

Posted on December 1, 2012 by

Science Daily reports that the planet’s two largest ice sheets have been losing ice faster during the past decade, causing widespread confusion and concern.Dozens of climate scientists have reconciled their measurements of ice sheet changes in Antarctica and Greenland over … Continue reading →

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Islanders Battling Food Shortage using ‘Aquaponics’

Posted on October 29, 2012 by

A pilot aquaponics experiment is now underway in the Cook Islands that has the potential to become the South Pacific region’s best chance for preventing food shortages. Aquaponics  is a sustainable food production system that combines a traditional aquaculture (raising … Continue reading →

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Aquifer Mapping in Rajasthan

Posted on October 22, 2012 by

State of Rajasthan in India is going to map the groundwater level through GIS. The data would help one to trace the entire history of groundwater in an area. The European Commission, with the help of a state partnership programme … Continue reading →

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Blooms Of Ocean Plant Life Discovered in NASA Oceanographic Expedition

Posted on June 8, 2012 by

NASA Scientists have made a biological discovery in Arctic Ocean waters as dramatic and unexpected as finding a rainforest in the middle of a desert. A NASA-sponsored expedition punched through three-foot thick sea ice to find waters richer in phtoplanktons, … Continue reading →

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