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Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain The seven Colorado River states face a quickly approaching deadline to present a unified plan for how to manage the drying river that provides water for 40 million people across the West. But major disagreements remain ahead of next month's target—and the Upper Basin states, including Colorado, say they may submit…

Instead of looking back at old pictures, an influencer decided to reminisce on her childhood by moving back into the cabin where she grew up, despite the house lacking running water or heat.Originally from California, 19-year-old Karma Wilcox decided to take a trip down memory lane and live in the two-story cabin where she grew up with her dad until she turned 8. As Karma explained, she resumed living in the cabin in March 2023, seeking “freedom” from her life in the Golden State.The place she now calls home is Homer, a…

Earlier this month, the future fell on Los Angeles. A long band of moisture in the sky, known as an atmospheric river, dumped 9 inches of rain on the city over three days—over half of what the city typically gets in a year. It’s the kind of extreme rainfall that’ll get ever more extreme as the planet warms.The city’s water managers, though, were ready and waiting. Like other urban areas around the world, in recent years LA has been transforming into a “sponge city,” replacing impermeable surfaces, like concrete, with…

Last Updated: February 19, 2024, 14:19 ISTKochi Water Metro: Project Gains Momentum, Ferries Delivered For South Chittoor Corridor. (Photo: Geopatial World)The finalisation of terminal infrastructure, including pontoons and beautification, prepares the ground for an improved Water Metro experience.After facing several delays, Cochin Shipyard Ltd (CSL) is on track to deliver two ferries to the Kochi Water Metro by the end of this month.This delivery is set to open up services to the South Chittoor corridor from the High…

The epicenter of one of the strongest moonquakes recorded by the Apollo Passive Seismic Experiment was located in the lunar south polar region. However, the exact location of the epicenter could not be accurately determined. A cloud of possible locations (magenta dots and light blue polygon) of the strong shallow moonquake using a relocation algorithm specifically adapted for very sparse seismic networks are distributed near the pole. Blue boxes show locations of proposed Artemis III landing regions. Lobate thrust fault…

Scientists used a synchronized attosecond X-ray pulse pair (pictured pink and green here) from an X-ray free electron laser to study the energetic response of electrons (gold) in liquid water on attosecond time scale, while the hydrogen (white) and oxygen (red) atoms are ‘frozen’ in time. Credit: Nathan Johnson | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Scientists report the first look at electrons moving in real-time in liquid water; findings open up a whole new field of experimental physics.In an experiment akin to…

Our solar system is full of secrets that are yet to be discovered. While astronomers and space agencies are hard at work studying the universe, the findings from these missions are put under the scanner by researchers to develop possible theories and find whether there is any chance of life existing on these planets if water is present there. Now, researchers have made a disappointing finding. They have reported that Saturn's moon Titan is quite uninhabitable despite being called an ocean moon. Researchers claim that the…

Data from a retired NASA spacecraft has helped scientists detect water on an asteroid’s surface for the first time ever. The discovery is highlighted in a new study featured in The Planetary Science Journal. The researchers involved say that discovery could help us learn more about how early planets formed.“Asteroids are leftovers from the planetary formation process,” SwRI’s Dr. Anicia Arredondo, the lead author of the new study, explained in a press release. “Their compositions vary depending on where they…

Utilizing SOFIA data, researchers have identified water molecules on asteroid surfaces, marking a significant step in understanding water’s distribution and its role in the solar system’s formation and potential for supporting life. Future studies with the James Webb Space Telescope aim to expand this knowledge by examining more celestial bodies. Credit: NASA/Carla Thomas/Southwest Research InstituteThe FORCAST instrument on SOFIA discovered water on asteroids that were previously considered dry.Scientists from the…

Our Solar System is a collection of objects from planets and moons to comets and asteroids. It's thought there are upwards of 1 million asteroids orbiting the Sun and it was thought that any water present on them should have evaporated long ago.A recent study using data from the SOFIA infrared telescope discovered water on the asteroids Iris and Massalia.Among the million or so asteroids, Iris is 199 km (124 miles) in diameter making it larger than about 99 percent of other asteroids. It orbits the Sun within the…