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Zutekh presents Andrew Weatherall (All Night Long) tickets

Edit Skiddle 25 Apr 2016
if you're looking for an opinion on the largely insipid world of dance music then Andrew's always had that happy knack of cutting straight to the chase; delighting and upsetting in roughly equal measures ... In the dull as ditch-water world of dance music, Andrew Weatherall comes across as a refreshing and involving character....

Scientists discover enormous coral reef at the Amazon River

Edit The Independent 24 Apr 2016
... are a surprise because the reef – which spans from the southern tip of French Guiana to Brazil’s Maranhão State – is among some of the muddiest waters in the world....

600-Mile Long Coral Reef Discovered Under Muddy Waters At Amazon River Mouth, Already Threatened By ...

Edit Inquisitr 24 Apr 2016
Scientists from the United States and Brazil were taken aback when they discovered a previously unknown coral reef underneath the muddy waters at the mouth of the Amazon River ... In contrast to typical coral reef waters, the Amazon is some of the muddiest water in the world, making it an unlikely candidate for a thriving coral reef due to limited sunlight penetration....

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Edit Topix 23 Apr 2016
A massive new reef system has been found at the mouth of the Amazon River, the largest river by discharge of water in the world. Researchers were stunned to find the huge 3,600 sq mile coral reef system below the muddy waters ... ....

'Stop Privatizing Water'

Edit Alternet 22 Apr 2016
Gwen Moore's actions could mean the beginning of the end of the World Bank’s harmful water-for-profit pursuits ... If we are to ensure that everyone has access to water, the World Bank must not only address this conflict of interest, it must abandon its blind pursuit of water privatization and other models that undermine democratic control....

Earth day: Chhattisgarh CM leads cycle rally

Edit The Times of India 22 Apr 2016
Singh in his address said, "Our mother earth is beautiful and to save it, people should protect water, air, sky and forests ... He called upon common citizens to take a pledge to conserve water on World Earth Day....

How Do We Terraform Jupiter’s Moons?

Edit Universe Today 22 Apr 2016
And given that a lot of these moon's resources could be harvested for terraforming other worlds (such as Mars and Venus), would it not make sense to terraform these worlds first and circle back to the outer Solar System later?Third, a terraformed Europa, Ganymede and Callisto would all be water worlds with extremely deep oceans....

WVU creates Institute of Water Security and Science to generate research and collaboration in water resources (West Virginia University)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
Recognizing the vital role of water to the world and state, West Virginia University has created the Institute of Water Security and Science. The Institute will establish a strong and collaborative network of cross-disciplinary expertise in water research with the goal of shaping the future of water resources and stewardship ... 'Human pressures on water resources have reached record levels,' Hubbart said....

UCI and JPL find melting of Greenland’s glaciers worse than previously thought (University of California, Irvine)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
Like other recent research findings, the maps highlight the critical importance of studying the seascape under Greenland's coastal waters to better understand and predict global sea level rise ... In most of the world, a deeper seafloor would not make much difference in the rate of melting, because typically ocean water is warmer near the surface and colder below ... Below it is a saltier layer of warmer ocean water....

DLA Distribution celebrates Earth Day 2016 (DLA - Defense Logistics Agency)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
By instituting and taking a more active role in the items mentioned on the attached flyer, the impact would be even greater and would reduce millions of pounds of recyclable materials from being placed in landfills and could save millions of gallons of water ... Water Conservation ... In the United States, we are incredibly lucky to have easy access to some of the safest treated water in the world, we just turn on the tap....

Scientists, including UGA researcher, discover new reef system at mouth of Amazon River (The University of Georgia)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Apr 2016
- A new reef system has been found at the mouth of the Amazon River, the largest river by discharge of water in the world. As large rivers empty into the world's oceans in areas known as plumes, they typically create gaps in the reef distribution along the tropical shelves-something that makes finding a reef in the Amazon plume an unexpected discovery....

New Maps Chart Greenland Glaciers' Melting Risk (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Apr 2016
Like other recent research findings, the maps highlight the critical importance of studying the seascape under Greenland's coastal waters to better understand and predict global sea level rise ... In most of the world, a deeper seafloor would not make much difference in the rate of melting, because typically ocean water is warmer near the surface and colder below ... Below it is a saltier layer of warmer ocean water....

Scientists Have Discovered a 600-Mile Coral Reef

Edit The Atlantic 21 Apr 2016
Those creeks become a river, which joins a network of other capillaries draining more than 3 million square-miles of South American land—water from mountains, foothills, and the world’s largest rainforest uniting to form a monumental flow that thunders clear across the continent until it gushes into the Atlantic ... There appeared to be a thriving reef at the mouth of the Amazon, beneath some of the muddiest water in the world....
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