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OSU civil engineering professor David Hill carries a snow coring device uphill near Thompson Pass, Alaska. Credit: Ryan Crumley. A heavy snowpack is fun for skiers and sledders, and it also acts like an open-air storage tank that melts away to provide water for drinking, irrigation and other purposes during dry months. But exactly how much water is…

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) on Friday described the increase in the price of sachet water in the country as unacceptable and unfair. The FCCPC acting Executive Vice-Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Adamu Abdullahi, disclosed this while speaking at an event to commemorate the 2024 World Consumer Rights Day in Abuja on Friday. The price of sachet water has gone up across the country in recent times. Currently, a bag of sachet water sold between N200 and N250 now sells as high…

A bill that would provide state tax rebates to draw data centers to Colorado has run into opposition from critics who warn of the facilities’ large demands for energy and water and potentially higher costs for other electric customers. The legislation would offer state sales and use tax rebates for construction materials and equipment starting in 2026. Senate Bill 24-085 declares that investing in projects such as data centers “is crucial for the economy of the future” and Colorado, considered a growing high-tech hub, is…

Your city isn’t prepared for what’s coming. The classical method for dealing with stormwater is to get it out of town as quickly as possible, with gutters and sewers and canals. But more and more, that strategy is breaking down: As the atmosphere warms, it can hold more moisture, spawning ever-wetter storms that overwhelm this creaky infrastructure. Your city was built for a climate of 100, 200, 300 years ago, but that climate no longer exists.The hot new strategy in urban design, which was pioneered in China, is to slow…

Image Source : BLINKIT Blinkit Unacademy, an edtech company's CEO Gaurav Munjal suggested that the quick-commerce platform Blinkit must start an on-demand, under 10-minute water tanker service for Bengaluru (earlier known as Bangalore), which is facing an acute water shortage already ahead of the summer season. The groundwater in the city has been depleted by…

Satellite image of Sau Reservoir captured on March 3, 2023, by Landsat 9.Satellite image of Sau Reservoir captured on March 4, 2024, Landsat 8.The large reservoir in Catalonia shrank to 1 percent of capacity in March 2024.Three subsequent years of record low precipitation have taken a toll on northeastern Spain’s Catalonia region. Satellite images show one of the region’s largest reservoirs dried to a trickle in March 2024.Historical Drought Patterns and Current ImpactAccording to the Meteorological Service of Catalonia,…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Winter storms that provide crucial snow and rainfall to northern India are arriving significantly later in the year compared to 70 years ago, a new study has found, exacerbating the risk of catastrophic flooding while also reducing vital water supplies for millions of residents of India. The cyclonic storms, known…

James Cameron fans have been eagerly anticipating this week, when collector’s editions of The Abyss, True Lies, and Aliens hit 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray for the first time, joining recently released special collector’s editions of Cameron’s mega-blockbusters Titanic, Avatar, and Avatar: The Way of Water. io9 has an exclusive clip from the special features arriving with The Abyss to share today.Will We See More of Uhura's Relationship with Spock? | io9 InterviewThe clip comes from brand-new documentary “The Legacy of The Abyss,”…

You know when you pour milk into a bowl of breakfast cereal and the floating cereal tends to clump together? In fluid mechanics, that phenomenon is known as the ‘Cheerios effect,’ and it’s inspired the development of a unique but more efficient water-harvesting system that could be particularly useful in arid regions.Researchers from the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia, coated a surface with a lubricant film and found that it caused water droplets to combine faster, akin to the…

Researchers have discovered significant amounts of water vapor in the disc around the young star HL Tauri, suggesting the presence of water where planets are forming. This breakthrough, enabled by the ALMA telescope in Chile, marks the first time astronomers have been able to quantify water vapor in a cool, stable disc conducive to planet formation. The findings could have profound implications for our understanding of how planets, particularly those capable of hosting life, are formed. (Artist’s concept.) Credit:…