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US megadrought has led to more air pollution from power plants

The ongoing drought in the western US depleted reservoirs and reduced hydropower generation. Fossil fuel power plants filled the gap but that has led to increased air pollution

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Three smokestacks from a coal-burning power plant send up plumes of white smoke into a blue sky

Physics

Entirely new type of ice made using extremely cold steel balls

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Part of the setup for creating medium density amorphous ice

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Two of the UK's water companies are still using dowsing to find leaks

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A water engineer uses copper divining rods to trace the course of an underground pipe
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Google has finally revealed how much water its data centres use

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A vehicle travels along a flooded street after "atmospheric river" rainstorms slammed northern California, in the town of Aptos, U.S., January 5, 2023. REUTERS/Carlos Barria - RC2NKY9IYPEG

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How California can capture stormwater to fight off the drought

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Microplastic pollution of the sea

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Trapping powder quickly removes all microplastics from water

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One of the mussels gathered in the 2020 survey on the river Thames

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Mussel numbers in the river Thames have dropped by up to 99 per cent

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WXFHW9 Man watering green lawn, sprinkling water on the grass with water pistol, close-up with no face

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When water runs short, how do you get people to use their fair share?

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8 things you can do right now to cut back your water use

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Space

The hunt for habitable ocean worlds beyond our solar system

Astronomers think that planets covered in water, with oceans hundreds of metres deep, could be relatively common in our galaxy. Now the race is on to find one

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The hunt for habitable ocean worlds beyond our solar system

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California has lost more groundwater than held in all its reservoirs

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How much water do data centres use? Most tech companies won't say

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Farmers in Bangladesh pump so much water it may help reduce floods

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UK toilets and showers will need water efficiency labels by 2025

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