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Creating solutions to a water crisis
The first thing you see is shelf after shelf of plain glass bottles all containing different colored liquids. Some of the liquids are clear, and others whitish, yellowish, brownish, greenish, or almost black. The colors change daily, as does the consistency, and whatever is growing inside. All of the liquids are exactly the same thing - water. To be specific, they are examples of the 1 percent of the world`s water that is available - and deemed suitable - for human consumption. These samples are displayed at the start of `1% Water and Our Future,´ an exhibition at Z33, a design and art gallery ... |
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Agreement limits US Navy`s use of low-frequency active sonar
The Navy’s use of low frequency active sonar will remain restricted to certain military training areas of the Pacific Ocean, according to an agreement approved by a US district court in San Francisco this week. The comprehensive agreement between the Navy and conservation organizations follows a court injunction issued early this year against the Navy’s Surveillance Towed Array Sensor System Low Frequency Active (LFA) sonar system, which blasts vast areas of ocean with harmful levels of underwater noise. In that decision, the court agreed with a coalition of organizations, led by the Natural Resources ... |
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