Entries by Nadya Ivanova

New Technology Gives Thirsty Plants a Voice

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As many around the world anticipate the release of a new iPhone, plants in need of water are getting their own fancy gadget to “communicate” with their growers.

‘A Drop, a Planet, a Message’: Water and Cirque du Soleil’s Poetry in Space

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Guy Laliberte, soon to be the world’s seventh space tourist, will blast off into the great unknown on a poetic social mission about water.

West Bank in Acute Humanitarian Crisis, World Bank Water Report Says

Amid bloody ethnic conflict, the prolonged five-year drought in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip drags on in dismal every-day monotony, but a World Bank report published last month is raking the coals between Israelis and Palestinians over vital aquifers that they share.

Ganges River to Nourish Arsenic-affected Villages in India

Bihar, in eastern India, will soon launch projects to supply safe drinking water.

Melting Everest Reveals Asian Water Supply on Slippery Slope

Fifty-six years after Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first ascended, modern climbers feel affects of global warming.

More Than Star Trek Optimism: Astronauts Recycle Water in Space

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In outer space, water use aboard the International Space Station is a microcosm of water use here on Earth

Water Shortages Trigger Domestic Violence in Uganda

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In many Ugandan families, water users are equal, but some are more equal than others.