Hacker News with Generative AI: Water

Engineers invent high-yield atmospheric water capture device for arid regions (techxplore.com)
The idea of turning the air around us into drinking water is a marvel on its own. And grabbing a sustainable amount of it from low-humidity environments has long been closer to science fiction than reality.

Engineering, Technology, Climate Change, Water, Arid Regions

17 points by PaulHoule 18 days ago | 9 comments

'Shocking' microplastic research prompts review (bbc.com)
A water company has said it is reviewing research by an undergraduate that found high levels of microplastics in an Isle of Wight estuary.

Environment, Science, Pollution, Water, Research

7 points by lsllc 18 days ago | 0 comments

Helene was supercharged by ultra-warm water made up to 500 times more (cnn.com)

Science, Climate Change, Water, Research

7 points by yusufaytas 42 days ago | 0 comments

Ceres: An ocean world in the asteroid belt (astronomy.com)
Remnants of an ancient water ocean are buried beneath the icy crust of dwarf planet Ceres — or, at least, lingering pockets of one. That’s the tantalizing find presented August 10 by scientists working on NASA’s Dawn mission. Their research was laid out in a series of papers published in Nature.

Space Exploration, Astronomy, Dwarf Planets, Solar System, Water

126 points by JumpCrisscross 45 days ago | 68 comments

The Water Myth (2018) (mcgill.ca)

Water, Environmental Issues, Myths, Science

12 points by thunderbong 98 days ago | 4 comments

Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks (bbc.co.uk)

Mars, Science, Astronomy, Water, Geology

8 points by nithinj 100 days ago | 0 comments

All of Earth's water in a single sphere (2019) (usgs.gov)

Earth, Water, Visualization, Data

753 points by tigerlily 100 days ago | 275 comments

Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks (bbc.com)

Mars, Water, Geology, Science, Astronomy

8 points by frasermarlow 101 days ago | 3 comments

Reservoir of liquid water found deep in Martian rocks (bbc.co.uk)

Mars, Water, Geology, Space Exploration

18 points by _____k 101 days ago | 6 comments

Earth's Water Is Rapidly Losing Oxygen, and the Danger Is Huge (sciencealert.com)

Environment, Science, Water

33 points by croes 124 days ago | 2 comments

Scientists Turn Seawater to Drinking Water with the Push of a Button (greekreporter.com)

Science, Water, Technology, Environmental Issues

26 points by hackernj 127 days ago | 2 comments

Harvester pulls 1.5 gallons of drinking water from arid air per day (newatlas.com)

Water, Technology, Sustainability, Environment

104 points by Brajeshwar 139 days ago | 109 comments

Why Alaska Rivers Are Turning an Eerie Orange (atlasobscura.com)

Alaska, Environment, Climate Change, Rivers, Water

84 points by rbanffy 143 days ago | 38 comments

Light can vaporize water without the need for heat (news.mit.edu)

Physics, Science, Water, Light

11 points by hunglee2 148 days ago | 1 comments

Fresh water on Earth emerged 500M years earlier than previously thought (curtin.edu.au)

Earth Science, Geology, Water, Research

69 points by geox 151 days ago | 76 comments

EPA rule limiting certain 'forever chemicals' in drinking water is challenged (npr.org)

Environment, Law, Water, Chemicals

47 points by Jimmc414 154 days ago | 18 comments

The enduring mystery of how water freezes (quantamagazine.org)

Science, Physics, Water

231 points by Tomte 157 days ago | 83 comments

Water is bursting from another abandoned West Texas oil well, continuing a trend (texastribune.org)

Texas, Environment, Water

179 points by toomuchtodo 163 days ago | 172 comments

Water (wordpress.com)

Water, WordPress

84 points by MaysonL 164 days ago | 8 comments

How Much Water Is in Earth's Crust? (worldatlas.com)

Earth Science, Geology, Water

43 points by Brajeshwar 168 days ago | 44 comments

Ore Energy unveils battery based on only iron, water and air (siliconcanals.com)

Ore Energy, Battery Technology, Renewable Energy, Iron, Water

92 points by belter 178 days ago | 60 comments

Fluoride, Water, and Kids' Brains: It's Complicated (medscape.com)

Fluoride, Health, Children, Science, Water

15 points by nradov 182 days ago | 7 comments

A city built on water: the hidden rivers under Tokyo's concrete and neon (theguardian.com)

Tokyo, Urban Planning, Water, History, Architecture

16 points by eatonphil 194 days ago | 3 comments

The surging demand for data is guzzling Virginia's water (grist.org)

Data, Water, Environment, Virginia, Sustainability

36 points by rntn 195 days ago | 55 comments

Brown Danube: How Belgrade's sewers taint Europe's famous river (phys.org)

Pollution, Environmental Issues, Europe, Serbia, Water

12 points by Michelangelo11 215 days ago | 1 comments

'Water is more valuable than oil': the corp cashing in on America's drought (theguardian.com)

Water, Climate Change, Business, United States

11 points by srameshc 217 days ago | 0 comments