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How did Earth get its water?

Earth's water could have originated from interactions between the hydrogen-rich atmospheres and magma oceans of the planetary embryos that comprised Earth's formative years, according...

Where did Earth’s water come from? Not melted meteorites, according to scientists

Water makes up 71% of Earth's surface, but no one knows how or when such massive quantities of water arrived on Earth. A new study...

Droughts can make water unaffordable for low-income households

Access to safe, affordable water is a necessity for human health and well-being. But when droughts strike areas that are already water-stressed, water providers...

Earth’s water is 4.5 billion years old, says new study

The origin of Earth's water has been an enduring mystery. There are different hypotheses and theories explaining how the water got here, and lots...

Growing fears of ‘dead pool’ on Colorado River as drought threatens Hoover Dam water

The Colorado River's largest reservoirs stand nearly three-quarters empty, and federal officials now say there is a real danger the reservoirs could drop so...

Conservation talks expected at Colorado River water users confab

As western water managers get set to gather in Las Vegas this week, a long-sought deal to curtail water use along the cratering Colorado...

Scientists reveal controlling factors of water and heat exchanges over the Zoige wetland

The Tibetan Plateau (QTP) is composed of complex and diverse topographic features, as well as many significant differences in water, heat, and momentum flux...

Long-lived lakes reveal a history of water on Mars

The northern hemisphere of Mars is divided into two broadly distinctive areas: the smooth northern lowlands and the pockmarked southern highlands. The region of...

Water in asteroid dust offers clues to life on Earth

Specks of dust retrieved by a Japanese space probe from an asteroid some 300 million kilometres from Earth have revealed a surprising component: a...

New research sheds light on when Mars may have had water

Scientists on NASA's Perseverance mission made a surprising discovery about the composition of rock in Jezero Crater, one that will help them get a...

US cuts water supply for some states, Mexico as drought bites

Water supplies to some US states and Mexico will be cut to avoid "catastrophic collapse" of the Colorado River, Washington officials said Tuesday, as...

Water levels on Italy’s Lake Garda drop to 15-year low

The pedalos lie far from the water's edge and the flat stone slabs around the Sirmione peninsula are exposed after drought reduced the level...

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