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The effects of climate change above ground are well known, but what's happening to underground aquifers which supply most of the world's fresh water?
Footprints get people thinking about their own impact, but for water the analogy simply doesn't work.
Clouds formed by rising warm air currents are called 'convection clouds'. Because of all the rising air coming up, these clouds can be bumpy on top, sometimes looking like cotton wool or cauliflower.
After two and a half years, the embattled Japanese government and Tepco, the company responsible for the Fukushima nuclear power plant, have sought the world’s assistance in tackling the three damaged…
Global warming is primarily driven by increasing emissions of greenhouse gases from human activities. Chief among these gases is carbon dioxide (CO2), which warms the planet by trapping heat that would…
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Reader in Cell and Molecular Biology, Oxford Brookes University
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Director of Future Design Institute, Kanazawa Institute of Technology
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Research Fellow & Lecturer in Groundwater Science, Cardiff University
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Hydrologist, Flood Forecaster, Australian Bureau of Meteorology
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Low Carbon Manager (BEACON), Aberystwyth University
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Associate Professor of Global Hydrology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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University of Victoria
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Assistant professor, University of Wyoming
