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‘It blew my mind’: Long-glacial ecosystem, including fossils of lion-sized armadillos and giant ground sloths, discovered in Texas ‘water cave’

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A person wearing a black suit and hard hat with a flashlight on it bends over a circular wall of a small cave.

While exploring a cave in central Texas, they unearthed a lost glacial ecosystem, including the remains of a giant tortoise and a lion-sized armadillo, among fossilized groundwater. In a study published on March 19 in the journal Quaternary Researchthe researchers say that the cave may contain the remains of animals that lived in a relatively … Read more

Scientists Have Just Discovered An Important Element Hidden In Water Before It Freezes

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As water cools, its behavior becomes more surprising from a physics point of view, and researchers looking for an explanation have discovered something new: a previously hidden “point” that appears in supercooled water that doesn’t freeze. By varying pressure and temperature, scientists can keep liquid water below the normal ice surface. Previous studies have shown … Read more

Scientists Discover Second Important Fact That Explains Why Visible Water Defies All Laws

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Scientists Discover Second Important Fact That Explains Why Visible Water Defies All Laws

Credit: POSTECH University, South Korea. Water is the most common liquid on Earth, yet it almost defies the laws of thermodynamics. Every known liquid contracts and thickens when cooled. Water does the opposite. As you cool water after it freezes, it shrinks considerably, which is why ice floats easily in ponds, lakes, and oceans. Now, … Read more

Scientists Say Mars Has Lost Water During A Period They Thought Was Quiet

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Vertical Variation of Water Vapor on Mars Changes with Time and Latitude

Localized A Martian dust storm revealed a process that scientists had largely ignored. Rather than rare earth events, small storms may push water into the atmosphere more often than expected. Mars is moving forward scars of a wet past. Ancient canals and water-altered minerals point to a time when liquid water was stable at the … Read more

Colorado residents are facing their first water restrictions – a sign of worse to come

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Three shirtless men wearing helmets and goggles carry ski equipment on a stone path at a ski resort.

Due to a snow drought and a record-setting heat wave, some Colorado residents are facing the first restrictions on their water use ever. Denver Water announced Wednesday that it wants to cut water use by 20%, asking people to turn off automatic irrigation systems until mid-May and to limit watering trees and shrubs twice a … Read more

Amid ‘critical situation’ for Colorado River Basin, major states say they won’t cut off water they don’t have – WyoFile

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Amid 'critical situation' for Colorado River Basin, major states say they won't cut off water they don't have - WyoFile

Under pressure to deal with water cuts, and amid discussions of lawsuits, Wyoming and other states in the upper Colorado River Basin are pointing to the climate-driven disaster in the West to insist they can’t cut what Mother Nature doesn’t give her head. Although some observers suspect that the dispute is to prevent further cuts … Read more