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The Colorado River is salty. But where does salinity come from, and what’s being done about it?
Of all the challenges facing the Colorado River, there’s at least one that all stakeholders are working on collaboratively, ...
New analysis of asteroid dust reveals evidence of salty water in the early solar system
In October 2020, a van-sized robotic spacecraft briefly touched down on the surface of Bennu, a 525-meter-wide asteroid 320 ...
New Atlas6d
Asteroid Bennu came from a distant, lost world of salty ponds
Asteroid Bennu seems to have come from a long-lost world on the fringes of the solar system, where saltwater pooled and dried ...
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN7d
Scientists Discover Traces of Salt Water and Building Blocks of Life in NASA’s Samples From the Asteroid Bennu
Two new papers describe hints to a brine-filled environment on the 4.5-billion-year-old space rock and the presence of amino ...
The Globe and Mail8d
Salty, water-soaked asteroid reveals pathway to life’s origins
a moon of Saturn that has been observed spraying geysers of salty water from deep cracks in its surface. One of the implications of the Bennu result is that “it actually might make the search ...
Inside Climate News5d
Winter Road Salt Keeps Drivers Safe, But Can Also Jeopardize Drinking Water
Each year, cities, states and individuals spread millions of tons of road salt, which can leach into nearby freshwater ...
Asteroid samples reveal secrets of an ancient water world
The findings provide the strongest evidence yet that asteroids may have planted the seeds of life on Earth. CAPE CANAVERAL, ...
Interesting Engineering on MSN6d
US to deploy molten salt reactors to turn wastewater into freshwater
A novel small modular reactor design will use its waste heat to desalinate water produced in Texan oil and gas wells.