Water

Little Rock, Arkansas

10 June, 2013 - 06:02
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81310&src=eorss-iotd

NASA<Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - The landscape is defined by hills to the west and by the river running through it, not to mention the oxbow lakes that water left behind.

Are the taps flowing?

10 June, 2013 - 05:00
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97894/Are-the-taps-flowing
BAGHDAD/DUBAI 22 April 2013 (IRIN) - While access to clean water has improved over the last decade, more than one quarter of Iraqis still have less than two hours of access to water from the general network every day.

In Africa, corruption dirties the water

10 June, 2013 - 05:00
Source: 
IRIN - water and Sanitation
URL: 
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/97642/In-Africa-corruption-dirties-the-water
NAIROBI 14 March 2013 (IRIN) - Collusion among government officials, unscrupulous water vendors and large farm owners results in diverted water supply lines, misappropriated funds, and failure to implement laws on protecting water sources from encroachment and pollution. These are just some of the ways corruption is denying millions of poor people in Africa access to safe and clean drinking water, experts say.

Flooding in Eastern Germany

8 June, 2013 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=81287&src=eorss-nh

Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory<

– Unseasonably heavy rains produced the highest flood waters since 2002 along the Elbe River.

Extreme Ice Melts: The New Normal?

1 June, 2013 - 06:02
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Earthzine/~3/6X5zLHaxxwI/46039

ENN<Originally Published by ENN - Most of us are familiar with snow and ice melting as seasons change.

Plankton Bloom, Black Sea

27 May, 2013 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Earthzine/~3/MJgvkFzvPIQ/view.php

Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory<

– Rivers transport nutrient-filled urban and agricultural runoff into this inland sea, promoting phytoplankton blooms.

Nanoscavengers could usher in next generation water purification

16 May, 2013 - 06:02
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/science/interactives/antarctica/index.html

Photo of antarctica.<Originally Published by The Washington Post - The frozen landscape, dry valleys and active volcanoes that make up Antarctica provide a living laboratory for scientific study and a wondrous journey for those traveling to the ends of the Earth.

Sri Lanka: new partnership tackles fecal sludge management

13 May, 2013 - 14:04
Source: 
Sanitation updates
URL: 
http://sanitationupdates.wordpress.com/2013/05/13/sri-lanka-new-partnership-tack...
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Septage disposal. Sri Lanka/Nuwara Eliya sanitation project, 2008, Photo: Flickr/USAID.

An international research institute is helping the government of Sri Lanka to improve septage management in the country.

Laguna Verde

13 May, 2013 - 06:01
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81106&src=eorss-iotd

Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory<

– High in the Andes Mountains in Argentina, this salt lake hosts microbes that give the lakes distinct colors.

Swirls in the Waters off France

12 May, 2013 - 06:02
Source: 
Earthzine
URL: 
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=81102&src=eorss-iotd

NASA<Originally Published by NASA Earth Observatory - An ongoing phytoplankton bloom has painted the sea surface in jewel tones.

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