Science news articles about 'water reserves'

... rainfall instead, it would create a strain on infrastructure," he said. "The current system relies on water being stored in the mountains as snow. So earlier runoff could mean too much water for the ...

Vast Martian glaciers of water ice under protective blankets of rocky debris persist today at much lower latitudes than any ice previously identified on Mars, says new research using ground- ...

... Cities like New York are especially susceptible to a chemoterrorist threat. With many skyscrapers holding water reserves on the top of the building, a terrorist only needs to introduce poison into a ...

... contract and sometimes close to conserve internal water reserves. This "stomatal conductance" response increases ... ozone and soil-based nitrogen -- in the changing water cycle. Excess ground-level ozone ...

Chile's glaciers are on the retreat, a sign of global warming but also a threat to fresh water reserves at the southern end of South America, a report has found.

... most distinctive places: The area around Lake Baikal in Siberia, which contains 20 per cent of the world's fresh water reserves and a unique display of plant- and wildlife.

... places: The area around Lake Baikal in Siberia, which contains 20 per cent of the world's fresh water reserves and a unique display of plant- and wildlife. That is the ...

As surface water reserves dry up, many Australians are relying on groundwater. But how do we know we're managing this limited resource properly? Rachel Sullivan finds out.