Following and implementing water system and plumbing codes should become easier for many installers, building inspectors and others under a new agreement announced in February by NSF International and the International Code Council.
Probes designed to find life on Mars do not drill deep enough to find the living cells that scientists believe may exist well below the surface, according to recent research. Yet the study also shows that the best place to look for living cells is within the ice of the newly discovered frozen sea on Mars.
For the first time, scientists have used a satellite to track the origin and movements of water vapor throughout Earth's atmosphere, providing a new perspective on the dominant role Earth's water cycle plays in weather and climate.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded PATH, an international, non-profit organization, $17 million to test new approaches to ensure that low-income people in developing countries have safe drinking water in their homes.
The first 3-D model of seismic wave diminishing deep in the Earth's mantle has revealed the existence of an underground water reservoir at least the volume of the Arctic Ocean.
This spring, the
National Ground Water Association’s 2007 Ground Water Summit will spotlight the
latest issues and developments in ground water science, technology and policy in Albuquerque, N.M.
A comprehensive
MIT-led study of the potential for geothermal energy within the United States
has found that mining the huge amounts of heat that reside as stored thermal
energy in the Earth's hard rock crust could supply a substantial portion of the
electricity the United States will need in the future.
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