Water for use in agriculture Water is used to make every product on Earth. As a consequence, all factories, businesses and all business sectors depend on it in some way. Water, energy and food are intrinsically linked as water is needed to produce the power/energy required for food production. Marks & Spencer is working with [...]
Recently I helped out with a DIY decorating job. With my limited skills, I was barely useful but was able to help move things, clean up, and pass the required tools and materials. When the carpets were removed I was surprised to see what was lurking underneath. After years of being trodden on, the underfloor [...]
The consensus is that scientists are smart people. Especially so, are the ones who are infatuated by the speed of light and those excited by the possibility of extra-terrestrials life in a massive hidden sea on Europa, one of Jupiter’s moons. Now that many of these scientists are redundant, maybe it is time for them [...]
Fish supply the greatest percentage of the world’s protein consumed by humans. As a consequence, most of the world’s major fisheries are being fished at levels above their maximum sustainable yield; some regions are severely overfished. Many fish are hermaphrodites, they can change sex during the course of their lives. Others, especially rare deep-sea fish, [...]
Water covers approximately 70% of the Earth’s surface. Sea salt contains about 80 mineral elements that the body needs. Some of these elements are needed in trace amounts. Water from the sea or ocean is known as seawater. On average, every kilogram (2.2lb) of seawater contains around 35 grams (1.2 oz) of dissolved salt. The [...]
