Water Conservation Articles

• Acid Rain
  Rainforests
  Pollution
  Air Pollution
  Forest
  Environmental Science
   
  

  Rain

  Rain is a form of precipitation, other forms of which include snow, sleet, hail, and dew. Rain plays a major role in the hydrologic cycle in which moisture from the oceans evaporates, condenses into ... > more
• Water
  Nature of Water
  Drought Research
  Ecosystems
  Environmental Issues
  Pollution
   
  

  Water

  Water is a tasteless, odorless, and nearly colorless (it has a slight hint of blue) substance in its pure form that is essential to all known forms of life and is known also as the most universal ... > more
• Oceanography
  Water
  Floods
  Geography
  Global Warming
  Desert
   
  

  Sediment

  Sediment is any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow and which eventually is deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bed or bottom of a body of water or other liquid. ... > more
• Pollution
  Water
  Ecology
  Acid Rain
  Air Pollution
  Sustainability
   
  

  Eutrophication

  Eutrophication is the enrichment of an ecosystem with chemical nutrients, typically compounds containing nitrogen, phosphorus, or both. Eutrophication can be a natural process in lakes, occurring as ... > more
• Global Warming
  Water
  Air Pollution
  Pollution
  Climate
  Environmental Issues
   
  

  Fog

  Fog is a cloud in contact with the ground. Fog differs from other clouds only in that fog touches the surface of the Earth. The same cloud that is not fog on lower ground may be fog where it contacts ... > more
• Water
  Natural Disasters
  Floods
  Geology
  Earth Science
  Earthquakes
   
  

  Quicksand

  Quicksand is loose, water-logged soil that yields easily to weight or pressure. It can be formed when sand, silt, clay, or other grainy soil is saturated or supersaturated by water flowing from below ... > more
• Floods
  Water
  Landslides
  Natural Disasters
  Geography
  Ecology
   
  

  Floodplain

  A floodplain, or flood plain, is flat or nearly flat land adjacent to a stream or river that experiences occasional flooding. It includes the floodway, which consists of the stream channel and ... > more
• Global Warming
  Water
  Geography
  Oceanography
  Climate
  Ice Ages
   
  

  Iceberg

  An iceberg is a large piece of ice that has broken off from a snow-formed glacier or ice shelf and is floating in open water. Since the density of pure water ice is ca. 920 kg/m3, and that of sea ... > more
• Acid Rain
  Air Pollution
  Pollution
  Air Quality
  Soil Types
  Forest
   
  

  Acid rain

  Acid rain is defined as any type of precipitation with a pH that is unusually low. Dissolved carbon dioxide dissociates to form weak carbonic acid giving a pH of approximately 5.6 at typical ... > more
• Recycling and Waste
  Water
  Storms
  Hazardous Waste
  Severe Weather
  Pollution
   
  

  Sewer

  Sewers transport wastewater from buildings to treatment facilities. Storm sewers (also storm drains) are large pipes that transport storm water runoff from streets to natural bodies of water, to ... > more

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