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04/21/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Crystallized water could exist in Earth’s lower mantle

According to a study, water could be hidden hundreds of miles under the Earth’s surface – but in the form of crystallized water. While oceans have maximum depths of at least seven miles, water is known to exist well below these levels. In fact, ongoing research is still trying to confirm “[just] how deep this hidden […]

04/10/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

Trees in the city can handle the heat and the bugs – if they have enough water

Having adequate amounts of water is not only applicable to humans, but also to trees. Trees in the urban area can survive the heat and the bugs if they have enough water. The study, published in the Journal of Applied Ecology, found that lack of water is a key stressor for city trees. The researchers […]

03/11/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Storm water runoff heavily contaminated by city pollution, compromising the immune systems of fish, damaging their ability to survive

In the winter of 2015, members of Jennifer McIntyre’s team drove all the way up to Seattle to take samples of stormwater by the Highway 520 bridge across Lake Washington. McIntyre, a researcher from Washington State University, made sure that they had samples whenever it rained during the eight-week period. McIntyre’s team made 25 trips in […]

02/15/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

City in Alabama sees spike in cancer cases – scientists say it may be from water contaminants

Between 2013 and 2017, the town of Fruithurst in Cleburne County, Alabama, has had eight leukemia diagnoses. Four of those cases were boys under 18 years of age, one of whom has since passed away. Figures have shown that the people of Fruithurst – who number no more than 280 residents – have a greater […]

02/08/2018 / By Earl Garcia

Phosphorus from fertilizer runoff is polluting freshwater sources all over the world

A recent study published in the journal Water Resources Research revealed that phosphorus pollution as a result of human activities appeared to have seeped into Earth’s freshwater bodies in the past few years. Scientists explained that phosphorus is a common component of mineral and manure fertilizers due to its efficacy in increasing crop yield. However, the study carried […]

02/06/2018 / By David Williams

Removing heavy metals from water: Activated charcoal from palm kernel cake is a low cost biosorbent

Contaminated water contains all sorts of harmful toxins that can result in dangerous diseases in humans. This has led scientists to devise various ways to decontaminate water —-so much so that decontamination has become an industry of its own. One of the primary objectives of decontamination is to remove heavy metals in water, which can cause […]

01/09/2018 / By Zoey Sky

ANOTHER study confirms the detrimental effects of water fluoridation on the IQs of children

Another study has added to the growing body of evidence that links the fluoride found in water with lowered intelligence quotients (IQ) in children. A study, which was published last year, confirmed the dangers that water fluoridation has when it is consumed by children, particularly on their IQ. Not only that, fluoridated water was also shown […]

10/23/2017 / By Ethan Huff

FDA pushing back safety compliance deadlines for agricultural water standards because they are “complicated” and “costly”

When it comes to granting its blessing for substances to be legally marketed as preventing or curing disease, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) seems to have no problem extorting upwards of several million dollars per substance in “New Drug Application” (NDA) fees from companies who wish to buy the government’s permission to do […]

09/26/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

We’re doing it to ourselves: Human activity found to impact weather, weather outcomes

Thunderstorms and flooding are expected to become more intense because of human activities, according to reports by Science Daily. In the first report by the Science Daily, scientists observed how thunderstorms directly above two of the world’s busiest shipping lanes were more powerful than storms in areas of the ocean where ships do not travel. […]

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