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Citizen Scientists Help Map Ridge Networks on Mars That May Hold Records of Ancient Groundwater
Unusual ridge networks on Mars may provide clues about the history of the Red Planet. Credit: NASA/JPL/MSSS/Caltech Murray Lab/Esri Scientists have uncovered strange ridge networks on Mars using images from spacecraft orbiting the Red Planet over the previous two decades. How and why the ridges formed, as well as what clues they may reveal about …
Remote community trials technology that makes water ‘out of thin air’
A trial to shore up the supply of drinking water in a remote Central Australian community will soon get underway, involving hydropanels that make water “out of thin air”. Key points: Yuelamu will trial 30 hydro panels for three months over winter as a possible solution to drinking water security issues The panels use solar …
Soil health draws more attention in Minnesota: State groundwater rule a consideration
“It’s got a lot of momentum,” he said of soil health in general and cover crops in particular. Farming practices that promote soil health are drawing additional interest this summer in Minnesota because of the state’s Groundwater Protection Rule, set to go into effect Jan. 1, 2020. The rule, decades in the making, will prohibit …
