Crossposted at Dailykos.com Hydrogen bonds are not very strong, but they are common. Looking it from an energetic standpoint, covalent bonds (the pure sharing of electrons, like in diatomic oxygen, for example), then ionic bonds, like in salt, are stronger. But there are lots of hydrogen bonds, and numbers have power. The only other that [...]
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Crossposted at Dailykos.com None of us should be alive. We are only because of water. Water. Everyone knows about it, everyone uses it, but few understand it. Every schoolchild knows that water is H20, but few scientists realize the ramifications of that simple formula. Water has a molecular weight of 18 atomic mass units (amu, [...]
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People use lots of water for drinking, cooking and washing, but even more for producing things such as food, paper, cotton clothes, etc. The water footprint of an individual, business or nation is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual, business or [...]
We all know that water is H2O, two hydrogen atoms to one oxygen atom. On a molar basis, water is two thirds hydrogen. On a mass basis, it is only 16/18ths hydrogen, since oxygen weighs 16 to hydrogen only one. But that is not the wonder of water. Most compounds that have a molecular weight [...]
Scouring the “internets” for water news I came across this dire warning: Water: the Incoming Apocalypse. Oil, of course, still dominates world economics and politics. But some day in the not so distant future, with peak oil, alternative fuels and other clean technologies, combined with the rising costs of extracting oil, will diminish petroleum’s influence [...]
A recent Gallup Poll showed that Americans perceived polluted drinking water as more of a threat than climate change, with 53% saying that they worried “a great deal” about it and 37% expressing the same level of concern over global warming. Gallup noted that pollution of drinking water has been a major concern since 1990. [...]
The world needs to start another revolution, IMO, to preserve, conserve and manage freshwater supplies in the face of huge growing demands from population growth, irrigated agriculture, unregulated industries (in most parts of the world) and sheer wastage: a Blue Revolution. Although this concept is not new, it should be given serious thought. Just as [...]
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Climate change will force the beer lovers around the world especially in Australia & New Zealand (right now) to shell out extra money to buy the drink, which could taste different, a scientist warned on Tuesday. Climate change could cause a drop in beer production within 25 years, worldwide. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric [...]
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