Tootfinder

"North Aral Sea regains a third of its water thanks to restoration efforts spearheaded by Kazakhstan"
#Kazakhstan #Environment

North Aral Sea restoration efforts show promise as water level rises
Restoration efforts including a dam and water use controls are helping Kazakhstan revive part of the shrinking Aral Sea.

Era of ‘global water bankruptcy’ is here, UN report says https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/20/era-of-global-water-bankruptcy-is-here-un-report-says

🌟 Why too much phosphorus in America’s farmland is polluting the country’s water
https://theconversation.com/why-too-much-phosphorus-in-americas-farmland-is-polluting-the-countrys-water-273326

Why too much phosphorus in America’s farmland is polluting the country’s water
Plants need phosphorus, and other nutrients, to grow. But soil tests can’t tell if there’s too much.

No power, water, or heat: Darkness blankets Belgorod after alleged Ukrainian HIMARS strikes: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/23/no-power-water-or-heat.html

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature - Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature -

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature
Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #WoPop
Una Mas Trio:
🎵 Clear as Water
#UnaMasTrio
https://unamastrio-agogo.bandcamp.com/album/clear-as-water

Osaka Stunned by Anonymous Gift of Gold Bars to Fix Aging Water Pipes https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/osaka-stunned-by-anonymous-gift-of-gold-bars-to-fix-aging-water-pipes/

Osaka Stunned by Anonymous Gift of Gold Bars to Fix Aging Water Pipes
At current rates, the 21 kilos of gold will fetch some 560 million Japanese yen, enough to replace 1.2 miles of pipes. 

Verbesserte Produktion in China: Apple spart Wasser beim MacBook Neo
Foxconn und Co. sollen nicht nur klimaneutral produzieren, sondern auch Wasser konservieren. Apple vermeldet beim Neo Erfolge für sein „Clean Water"-Programm.

Fiery energy lanced out, but the beams struck an intangible wall between
the Gubru and the rapidly turning Earth ship.
"Water!" it shrieked as it read the spectral report. "A barrier of water
vapor! A civilized race could not have found such a trick in the Library!
A civilized race could not have stooped so low! A civilized race would not
have..."
It screamed as the Gubru ship hit a cloud of drifting snowflakes.
-- Startide…

"Much of the World Facing ‘Water Bankruptcy,’ U.N. Report Warns"
#UN #UnitedNations #Water

Much of the World Facing 'Water Bankruptcy,' U.N. Report Warns

Overuse is pushing the world toward ‘water bankruptcy’ https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/01/overuse-is-pushing-the-world-toward-water-bankruptcy/

Overuse is pushing the world toward ‘water bankruptcy’
Overuse and climate change are driving global “water bankruptcy,” with aquifers declining, glaciers disappearing and billions facing water scarcity, a UN report finds.

⚗️ Modular system simultaneously produces purified water and hydrogen
#energy

Modular system simultaneously produces purified water and hydrogen
A Korean research team has developed a new energy-harvesting water purification system capable of producing both purified water and hydrogen simultaneously.

World peace? Universal food, water, shelter, and healthcare? No, capitalism knows what it is you really need: Lego Crocs.
Because fuck you, that’s why.
https://www.lego.com/en-us/aboutus/news/2026/january/th…

The LEGO Group and Crocs Enter Multi-Year Global Partnership - About Us - LEGO.com
The LEGO Group today announced a multi-year global partnership with Crocs, bringing together two icons of self-expression and originality.

💧 Climate change is a water story.
Too much, too little, or too polluted.
Water justice = climate justice.
#WorldWaterDay #WaterIsLife ht…

World Water Day | UN-Water
World Water Day, he

Monetize your account in one easy step
#joke

I don’t actually expect centrist Senators to do this. I mean… come on. But a bunch of these noodle-spined tools think politics means splitting the difference between opposing positions, so I’m just giving them an opposing position that actually packs a punch before they water it down. (“Don’t negotiate against yourself. Ask for what you want.”)
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A hilly landscape that looks like spiderwebs when viewed from orbit holds clues to the history of water on ancient Mars.
For about six months, NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover has been exploring a region full of geologic formations called boxwork,
low ridges standing roughly 3 to 6 feet (1 to 2 meters) tall with sandy hollows in between.
Crisscrossing the surface for miles, the formations suggest ancient groundwater flowed on this part of the Red Planet later than scientists exp…

“I'm no expert, but has anyone tried throwing water on Noem?" - as seen on the 'net

US-Unternehmen Blue Water Autonomy baut autonomes Schiff für die US-Marine
Das US-Unternehmen Blue Water Autonomy baut ein autonomes Schiff für die US-Marine. Es soll künftig auf Langzeitmissionen im Pazifik eingesetzt werden.

Nano-cage removes up to 98% of PFAS in tap water tests
https://phys.org/news/2026-02-nano-cage-pfas.html

The cold and wet can get annoying at times but the views here never get old #pnw

"Under water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis?" https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/21/under-water-in-denial-is-europe-drowning-out-the-climate-crisis?CMP=share_b…

Under water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis?
Even as weather extremes worsen, the voices calling for the rolling back of environmental rules have grown louder and more influential

Who put bleach in the kettle at work?!? We now not only have to boil several batches of water to get rid of the stink, but we've also lost all those years of hard work and built-up minerals!

Huge amounts of nanoplastics discovered in tap and bottled water https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2026/03/huge-amounts-of-nanoplastics-discovered-in-tap-and-bottled-water/

Huge amounts of nanoplastics discovered in tap and bottled water
The amount of nanoplastics in drinking water in the U.S. has been wildly underestimated. That’s according to a new study that found the amount of plastic in both tap and bottled water was 10-100 times higher than previous estimates. For the new study, researchers used more advanced methodology and found more plastic. “It is like […]

“Big Tech’s AI hype is distracting users from the rapid and dangerous expansion of giant, energy and water-intensive data centres […].
There is simply no evidence that AI will help the climate more than it will harm it.
Rather than relying on credible and substantiated data, Big Tech companies are writing themselves a blank cheque to pollute on the empty promise of future salvation. We cannot bet the climate on these baseless claims.”

Dumbest iot device I've seen lately wasn't on-demand water heater that you control with your phone. Why are you using a phone in the shower?

Analysis: Colossus 2, one of the world's largest AI datacenters, will use as much water/year as 2.5 average In-N-Outs, assuming only drinkable water and burgers (SemiAnalysis)
https://newsletter.semianalysis.com/p/from-tokens-to-burgers-a-water-footprint

From Tokens to Burgers – A Water Footprint Face-Off
A different perspective on the datacenter water debate, forget tokens/watt or tokens/dollar, it's about tokens/burger, how many In-N-Outs is equivalent to the world's largest datacenter

Keeping the house safe from the wet menace 💧
#Caturday

On Solar DHW, Sunamp, PV Divert - Solar hot water. #solar #DHW #PV - …

On Solar DHW, Sunamp, PV Divert
Solar hot water. #solar #DHW #PV

The Feds keep saying "We did not" or "We will not" buy this or that empty warehouse for use as an ICE prison.
What they are hiding is that in order for a warehouse to be an ICE/CBP prison that the warehouse need not be "owned" by the Feds.
Rather the warehouse could be bought by a maga-friend, like Elon or Ellison etc and then leased to the government.
The Feds would not bey lying when they say they are not buying the warehouse. But they will …

ICE is quietly buying warehouses for its detention expansion
At least 20 communities with large warehouses across the U.S. have become stealth targets for Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s $45-billion expansion of detention centers. Communities are objecting to mass detentions and raising concerns that the facilities could strain water supplies and other services while reducing local tax revenue. In many cases, mayors, county commissioners, governors and members of Congress learned about ICE’s ambitions only after the agency bought or leased spac…

Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
The polar vortex has caused a cold snap here, and the Great Lakes are rapidly forming ice. Under this thick ice, algae are growing. These are normal diatom phytoplankton, which change to form thick chains, attaching to the underside of the ice where light is optimal. We clearly see this brown ice and water in the wake of our icebreakers. This occurs near the pole…

Lesser Scaup (duck). Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve, Huntington Beach, California, USA. February, 2026. OM System OM-1 M.Zuiko 300mm F4. #bolsachicaecologicalreserve #duck #scaup

Pressure beneath a periodic travelling water-wave in constant-vorticity flow over a flat bed
Adrian Constantin, Nicolas Gindrier, Otmar Scherzer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.21077 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2602.21077 https://arxiv.org/html/2602.21077
arXiv:2602.21077v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: We investigate within the framework of linear theory the behaviour of the total (hydrodynamic) pressure and of the dynamic pressure in a regular wave train which propagates at the surface of water with a flat bed in a flow with constant vorticity. We show that nonzero vorticity, the hallmark of a non-uniform underlying current, may strongly alter the behaviour with respect to the case of irrotational flows, for which the maximum and minimum of the dynamic pressure always occur at the wave crest and at the wave trough, respectively (the extrema of the dynamic pressure may occur along the flat bed or along the critical level, depending on the vorticity strength). While vorticity does not modify the increase of the hydrodynamic pressure with depth, it can significantly alter the location of the extrema of the hydrodynamic pressure at a fixed depth level.
toXiv_bot_toot

found a nice lake today while cycling off the beaten track
#lake

TSA, the 25-year old boondoggle dedicated to the detection of shampoo and water bottles is facing funding challenges.

For this #silentSunday I remembered one of our rare vacations to the sea.
I really like this photo. I feel like looking into the endless horizon, but still have a grounding element in the photo so that I'd never feel lost.
#photography

A $400K bet on Maduro’s capture and 11th-hour wagers before the US strike on Iran show how prediction markets can reward insider knowledge. Could they also shape government and military decisions? https://blog.still-water.net/corruption-gets-its-own-platform

Urban Spots II ✴️
城市噪点 II ✴️
📷 Nikon F4E
🎞️ Ilford HP5 Plus 400, expired 1993
#filmphotography #Photography #blackandwhite

‘If you’re flushing the toilet with grey water, people should know’: how China turned rain into an asset
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/16/grey-water-how-china-turned-rain-into-asset?CMP=Share_Android…

‘If you’re flushing the toilet with grey water, people should know’: how China turned rain into an asset
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/16/grey-water-how-china-turned-rain-into-asset?CMP=Share_Android…

It will probably be a month or so before the house reaches the true neutral energy cost. However I had the first free tank of hot water today. About 4kWh of excess #solargeneration went into the hot water and almost 6kWh to the grid.
#graphs

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Aim:
🎵 Cold Water Music
#Aim
https://aim1970.bandcamp.com/album/cold-water-music-remastered
https://open.spotify.com/track/4aY26H8RJQ6zcvovm85GVg

Wegens ‘succes’ geprolongeerd.
En NL is medeschuldig want koestert #Israel als bondgenoot. Waar is de #rodeLijn gebleven #RobJetten ??
Oxfam: Israël herhaalt Gaza-campagne in Libanon, creëert er wat…

Oxfam: Israël herhaalt Gaza-campagne in Libanon, creëert er watertekort
De Israëlische militaire vernietigingscampagne van Gaza is nu ook van start gegaan in Libanon, zo waarschuwt Oxfam Novib. De organisatie meldt een groter tekort aan water door de Israëlische bombardementen op watervoorzieningen. "Dit is het resultaat van straffeloosheid", aldus humanitair expert bij Oxfam Novib Mirte Bosch.

Isn't it time for climate change aware countries to start imposing tariffs on products and services from countries and companies that frustrate efforts to ameliorate the effects of climate change?
https://www.theguardian.…

Under water, in denial: is Europe drowning out the climate crisis?
Even as weather extremes worsen, the voices calling for the rolling back of environmental rules have grown louder and more influential

"Nearly three-quarters of the global population reside in nations deemed "water insecure" or "critically water insecure", UN researchers said"
The world is facing irreversible water ‘bankruptcy’. Billions of people are at risk | The Independent
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/world-water-supplies-bankruptcy-un-b2904219.html

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Yazmin Lacey feat. TYSON:
🎵 Water
#NowPlaying #YazminLacey #TYSON
https://yazminlacey.bandcamp.com/track/water-feat-tyson
https://open.spotify.com/track/0iPRaGu0MkIfLHRjFfWedg

Someone decided he wanted a share of our picnic lunch.
#BlackSwan #StrangerPond #Canberra

The true cost of Ecuador’s perfect roses: how the global flower trade poisons workers https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/feb/20/true-cost-ecuador-roses-global-flower-trade-poison-water-workers-land

A record-baking heat wave is scalding California,
with major consequences for the state’s most important reservoir:
its snowpack. 
Providing about a third of the state’s water supply,
the Sierra Nevada snowpack is a vital source of spring and summer runoff
that refills reservoirs when the state needs the water most. 
But a warm wet storm followed February’s snow,
and now, March temperatures are shattering records
— prompting warnings of rapid sno…

California's snowpack Is vanishing fast — and summer hasn't even started
Record temperatures are melting the Sierra Nevada snowpack two months ahead of schedule, putting California's summer water supply at serious risk.

The UK government withdraws a proposal to let AI companies train on copyrighted works, unless creators opt out, after a News Media Association-led campaign (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/uk-gove…

UK Government backs down on plan to water down copyright in favour of AI firms
The UK Government has withdrawn its support for plans to make it easier for AI companies to steal copyright content.

#rainwater

‘If you’re flushing the toilet with grey water, people should know’: how China turned rain into an asset
Architects and designers have recycled ancient practice of collecting rainwater to make buildings ecologically friendly

Sometimes I feel that I could have my introduction much better. So I'll leave another piece here, and maybe one day I'll be able to find it again and use somewhere…
I'm a radical. I believe that every human has a right to dignity in life. Yes, even these people who allegedly "are too lazy to work".
I believe that everyone deserves safety, that nobody should be cold or starve, that everybody should be able to use a toilet or wash themselves, have access to healthcare and public transportation.
I think that restricting access to drinking water and toilets is a crime against humanity. The latter is also plain stupid, because it only leads to people using other places as toilets.
I'm so tired of the postsoviet labor cult (a kind of Polish thing). Seeing labor as a value in itself. Everyone must work, and it doesn't matter whether the work is actually beneficial, or outright harmful.
And last of all, I can't tolerate smokers. There is no excuse to harm yourself and everyone around you, just to satisfy your stupid addiction. And I'm also talking of all the random people who breathe all the toxins because smokers think they deserve to smoke everywhere, all the time.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Water From Your Eyes:
🎵 Give Me Up
#WaterFromYourEyes
https://waterfromyoureyes.bandcamp.com/track/give-me-up
https://open.spotify.com/track/7AbcmZwiQB9ziFup8uABT4

Like the Moon on Water — #substack

Like the Moon on Water: Rethinking Heroism in an Age of Noise
Real heroism isn’t thunderous—it’s quiet, practiced, and often unseen. How stories train us for empathy, courage, and the moments that truly matter.

cabbages are pretty, and red cabbages are the prettiest!
#photography #bloomScrolling #cabbage

First weekend of spring, but dreaming of autumn...
#SilentSunday #LandscapePhotography #NaturePhotography

This Is Why Our Rivers Are Turning Into Sewers (Michael Grunwald/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/opinion/manure-population-rivers-water.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/260120/p29#a260120p29

To whom it may concern:
I will not go peacefully into the bleak and cruel MAGA future...
I will do the hard things, I will support my neighbors, I will stand up for the weak and vulnerable, I will learn new ways to live, I will persist in being ungovernable by vile, greedy monsters, rapists, pedophiles, parasites, thieves, idiots, and con-men.
I resist, with all my being, and with all the love and compassion in the Universe.
Thank you for your attention to this matter…

The world’s mountains are warming faster than anyone expected #Mountains

The world’s mountains are warming faster than anyone expected
Mountain regions around the world are heating up faster than the lands below them, triggering dramatic shifts in snow, rain, and water supply that could affect over a billion people. A major global review finds that rising temperatures are turning snowfall into rain, shrinking glaciers, and making mountain weather more extreme and unpredictable. These changes threaten water sources for huge populations, including those in China and India, while also increasing risks of floods, ecosystem collaps…

"Why does Sydney pump sewage into the ocean and put its famous beaches at risk of poo balls?"
#Australia #Sydnry #Oceans

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature - Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature -

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature
Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature

Listening to an old Hot Water Music album and fondly remembering the kids from decades ago who'd have fought over the imaginary distinction between emo and post-hardcore.

💧 Forest loss can make watersheds 'leakier,' global study suggests
#forests

Forest loss can make watersheds 'leakier,' global study suggests
Forest loss does more than reduce tree cover. A new global study involving UBC Okanagan researchers shows it can fundamentally change how watersheds hold and release water. The research, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, analyzed data from 657 watersheds across six continents.

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #PacificNotions
High Water Haze:
🎵 Mockingbird Hill
#HighWaterHaze
https://highwaterhaze.bandcamp.com/track/mockingbird-hill

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #Afrodeutsche
Aim:
🎵 Cold Water Music
#Aim
https://aim1970.bandcamp.com/album/cold-water-music-remastered
https://open.spotify.com/track/4aY26H8RJQ6zcvovm85GVg
Please 🔁 BOOST to share what you like
- your followers don't see if you ⭐ favourite a post

Het zou me niet verbazen als er helemaal geen gesprekken blijken te zijn geweest en dit een gevalletje TACO is. Zo vlak voor de opening van Wall Street.
Trump staakt aanvallen op Iraanse energiefaciliteiten: 'Goede gesprekken met Iran'
https://www.

Trump noemt bondgenoten 'lafaards' om Straat van Hormuz
De Amerikaanse president Donald Trump heeft op sociale media hard uitgehaald naar bondgenoten die niet bijdragen aan het heropenen van de Straat van Hormuz. Scheepsbemanningen in de Perzische Golf zijn begonnen met het rantsoeneren van voedsel en water door de Iraanse blokkade van de Straat van Hormuz; volgens de VN zitten zo’n 20.000 zeelieden vast op duizenden schepen. Verder in dit liveblog: Nederland en bondgenoten willen de scheepvaart in de zeestraat beschermen.

"‘They pushed so many lies about recycling’: the fight to stop big oil pumping billions more into plastics"
#Plastic #Plastics #Recycling

How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

How ‘day zero’ water shortages in Iran are fuelling protests
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Pressure beneath a periodic travelling water-wave in constant-vorticity flow over a flat bed
Adrian Constantin, Nicolas Gindrier, Otmar Scherzer
https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.21077

#thameswater

❝
People played the Frozen soundtrack to drown them out
Lang appears to be yelling anti-Muslim phrases on his megaphone, but it’s difficult to hear what he’s actually saying. Dozens of people, including ones from the media, are around him as he stumbles from one side of the street to the other.
Jake Lang trying to hit people with what appears to be a curtain rod
Lang is stuck in a window recess against Minneapolis City Hall. He’s soaked with freezing water after counterprotesters hurled water balloons at him.
Big ups to whoever got Lang with a water gun LMAO
❞
FYI, the temperature in Minneapolis is about 10°F / -12°C.
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🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Pressyes:
🎵 Blue Crystal Water
#NowPlaying #Pressyes
https://pressyes.bandcamp.com/track/blue-crystal-water
https://open.spotify.com/track/0ZAuzWS5Yc8EcXSba0JzBh

🛰️ Satellite data reveals new insights into sustainable groundwater usage in the Hollywood Basin
https://phys.org/news/2025-12-satellite-reveals-insights-sustainable-groundwater.html

Satellite data reveals new insights into sustainable groundwater usage in the Hollywood Basin
Groundwater is a critical resource in Southern California, where long-term drought and climate change place increasing pressure on local aquifers. Some regions, like the Hollywood Basin (a small region in and around the West Hollywood neighborhood), are increasing their reliance on these aquifers in order to reduce the amount of water imported from elsewhere. A new Caltech-led study provides the most detailed picture to date of how the Hollywood Basin responds to groundwater usage, revealing th…

An artificial intelligence data center development venture has signed a multimillion-dollar deal that will allow it to ⚠️consume over 40% of a Pennsylvania town’s excess water supply.
PennLive reported on Monday that Carlisle Development Partners,
a joint venture created by developers Pennsylvania Data Center Partners and PowerHouse
Data Centers, had signed a $14.1 million agreement that will let it tap into the public water and sewer systems of Middlesex Township, Pennsylva…

Data center giant secures $14 million deal to consume 40% of Pennsylvania town’s excess water
The data center will get access to 400,000 gallons of water per day—enough to serve over 2,300 homes.

"Water firms could be let off pollution fines as part of government overhaul"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Pollution #Environment

🥛 Indigenous trees might be the secret to climate resilient dairy farming in Benin, says this new study
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-indigenous-trees-secret-climate-resilient.html

Indigenous trees might be the secret to climate resilient dairy farming in Benin, says this new study
In the drylands of Benin, West Africa, livestock farming is under growing pressure. These vast, hot landscapes cover roughly 70% of the country's land area. Their sparse pastures and scattered trees sustain around six million grazing animals, including 2.5 million cattle, one million sheep and 2.4 million goats which walk with herders over long distances in search of food and water.

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature - Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature -

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature
Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature

"Scotland legalizes water cremation, giving families a greener third option"
#Scotland #Environment

Scotland legalizes water cremation, giving families a greener third option | The Optimist Daily
Scotland is now the first country in the UK to offer alkaline hydrolysis as a legal alternative to burial or traditional cremation.

🇺🇦 Auf radioeins läuft...
Yazmin Lacey feat. TYSON:
🎵 Water
#NowPlaying #YazminLacey #TYSON
https://yazminlacey.bandcamp.com/track/water-feat-tyson
https://open.spotify.com/track/0iPRaGu0MkIfLHRjFfWedg

Trump WH Stands by Biden-Era Mandates to Replace Lead Pipes | Associated Press
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-lead-pipes-drinking-water-contamination/2026/02/20/id/1246901/

‘It’s a catastrophe’: Wellington rages as millions of litres of raw sewage pour into ocean https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/19/wellington-raw-sewage-leak-spill-water-new-zealand

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #MiddayShow
Apparat:
🎵 Black Water
#Apparat
https://apparat-music.bandcamp.com/track/black-water
https://open.spotify.com/track/4AFpvq7RIoky0hxjn1fKoO

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature - Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature -

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature
Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature

Hundreds of desalination plants sit along the Persian Gulf coast, putting individual systems that supply water to millions within range of Iranian missile or drone strikes.
Without them, major cities could not sustain their current populations.
In Kuwait, about
⭐️90% of drinking water comes from #desalination,
along with roughly
86% in Oman and about
70% in Saudi …

The Gulf resource most imperiled by war may be water, not oil
As the Iran war widens, experts say the Middle East’s real strategic weak point may be water – not oil. Much of the Gulf’s drinking supply comes from desalination plants clustered along vulnerable coastlines within easy range of Iranian missiles and drones. Many of the individual plants supply water to millions of people. Without them, major cities could not sustain their current populations. In recent days, Iranian drones struck an energy facility that powers a desalination plant in the …

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature - Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature -

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature
Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature

"Ofwat seeks ‘bold, scalable solutions’ to water sector’s biggest environmental challenges"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Environment

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #KEXP's #PacificNotions
Frederik Valentin & Emil F:
🎵 To Be Like Water
#FrederikValentin #EmilF
https://frederikvalentin.bandcamp.com/track/to-be-like-water
https://open.spotify.com/track/4MLLSkf7VvixsP47fnRfUn

🌱 Fast-growing trees are taking over the forests of the future and putting biodiversity, climate resilience under pressure
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-fast-trees-forests-future-biodiversity.html

Fast-growing trees are taking over the forests of the future and putting biodiversity, climate resilience under pressure
Trees play a central role in life on Earth. They store CO₂, provide habitats for animals, fungi, and insects, stabilize soils, regulate water cycles, and supply resources that humans rely on—from timber and food to recreation and shade on a hot day.

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature - Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature -

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature
Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature

Greenland ice melt surges unprecedentedly amid warming #Greenland

Greenland ice melt surges unprecedentedly amid warming
A study led by the University of Barcelona and published in the journal Nature Communications shows that climate change has profoundly altered extreme episodes of melting in the Greenland ice sheet by making them more frequent, more extensive and more intense. Since 1990, the area affected by extreme melting episodes has increased at a rate of 2.8 million km² per decade. Additionally, the production of water from ice melt has increased more than sixfold, rising from 12.7 gigatons per decade to…

🛡️ Nanoplastics in water help bacteria form stronger, disinfectant-resistant biofilms
https://phys.org/news/2026-01-nanoplastics-bacteria-stronger-disinfectant-resistant.html

Nanoplastics in water help bacteria form stronger, disinfectant-resistant biofilms
Human health risks from direct consumption of toxic nanoplastics are already scary, but researchers have confirmed that nanoplastics in water give rise to an additional threat: They strengthen bacteria.

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature - Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature -

On 16WW Mains Inlet Water Temperature
Domestic mains water temperature data for 16WW on tap; seasonal min/max about 10C/20C in winter/summer. #dataset #water #temperature

National survey finds microplastic pollution around Britain's coastline could be double than previously recorded https://phys.org/news/2026-02-national-survey-microplastic-pollution-britain.html

National survey finds microplastic pollution around Britain's coastline could be double than previously recorded
Data collected during a rowing challenge around the seas of Great Britain has found significantly higher concentrations of microplastic pollution than previously recorded, a new report finds. The team, which included University of Surrey academic Hannah Davies, rowed more than 2,000 miles in just 50 days as part of the GB Row Challenge 2024, while also collecting crucial data on microplastic pollution, underwater man-made sound, water temperature, salinity and biodiversity.

"Rivers and tidal currents keep 80% of microfibers from reaching oceans, study suggests"
#Plastic #Plastics #Oceans #Water

Microbes make microplastics more likely to form ice in clouds, research reveals
Tiny pieces of plastic, called microplastics, are showing up everywhere, even in the water in clouds, rain, and snow—and they may be affecting our weather and temperatures. A study published in Environmental Science & Technology and led by Hosein Foroutan, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering, found that microbes living on microplastics dramatically boost their ability to trigger ice formation in clouds.

🧺 Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner
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Device that can extract 1,000 liters of clean water a day from desert air revealed by 2025 Nobel Prize winner — claimed to work in desert air with 20% humidity or lower, delivering off-grid ‘personalized water’
The system can function in air with 20% humidity or less. But these 1,000 liter a day machines are not small, at around shipping container size.

Kent water failure was foreseen and could have been stopped, regulator says https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/06/kent-tunbridge-wells-water-treatment-failure-regulator

"Satellite images indicate that the Doñana Marshland will disappear within 60 years"
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https://phys.org/news/2026-02-satellite-images-doana-…

Satellite images indicate that the Doñana Marshland will disappear within 60 years
The Doñana National Park, considered one of Europe's most valuable wetlands, is expected to lose its marshland in 61 years, according to calculations from a major water-resource monitoring study carried out by the University of Seville. The study has developed an innovative algorithm, based on machine learning, capable of detecting the presence of surface water with high precision using images from the Sentinel-2 satellite.

Factory Farming is the Primary Driver of U.S. Water Pollution #AnimalRights

Factory Farming is the Primary Driver of U.S. Water Pollution - Inside Animal Ag
For decades, our society and our government have failed to address nutrient pollution from the factory farming and feed crop system despite an understanding among some EPA scientists that this is the central water pollution issue in the country.