Sea and Space Water Oceans of Water Oceans of Water deals with the at the investigation of some of the basic properties of the predominant element of the oceans - water. Water is not only present in oceans and rivers, it is also found in the atmosphere, in trees and animals (as part of the biomass ), in rocks - and in ourselves. Each second, our planet transforms huge quantities of water in different cycles, from liquid to gas, from liquid to solid, from solid to liquid, from gas to solid, from solid to gas. The Pacific Thunderstorm on this image involves several of these transitions. (NASA image, obtained from the Columbia Space Shuttle). But there is also plenty of water outside the Earth, in space. Recent research has shown that water is present in much larger quantities than thought before, both on the Moon, in the outer solar system, in the atmospheres of giant stars and in the interstellar clouds of dust and gas. The principal research areas proposed to the participants are: Comparison of different geographic areas Evaluation of satellite images Detection in space of extraterrestrial water liquid and molecules Investigation of the water in living organisms, as used by the industry, on Earth or in Space | |
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