This online magazine features news articles from around the world about legal, economic, and cultural factors related to water. The archives include articles from 1995-present and are searchable by topic: supply, quality, policy, conservation, litigation/rights, global resource, or by keyword. The site also provides a list of water meetings and conferences and a free sample of the Water Investment ... Full description.

This article from Agriculture21 cites the management practices and policies that will be necessary to avoid water crises in the coming three decades. There are links to information on raising water productivity, improving irrigation technology, and modernizing irrigation management. The text is available in English, French, Spanish, Arabic, and Chinese. Full description.

This article examines the evidence for recent liquid water on Mars. NASA scientists believe that piles of crater-topped debris snapped by the Mars orbiter were caused by the teakettle explosion of water through volcanic lava flows at the planet's equator and are the best evidence yet for recent liquid water at the Red Planet. Researchers believe that lava flows advanced over wet ground, causing steam ... Full description.

Sun-Earth Day distributes 15,000 folders annually to all registered participants. Each year a new folder is developed based on the theme, which in 2011 is Ancient Mysteries-Future Discoveries. The inside of the folder is used for content or an education activity. This year the folder includes a related activity from Space Math; the entire activity and the answer key will appear on the Space Math website. ... Full description.

The activities in this 16-page magazine encourage children to look more closely at geology in their local environments and support their exploration of a range of dynamic Earth processes. Full description.

This Web site features new essays and images related to the theme of how humans use technology (past, present, and future) to understand the Sun and the Universe beyond. Full description.

The World Water Council is a non-profit, non-governmental think tank with a mission to promote awareness and build political commitment on critical water issues at all decision-making levels. The concept for the Council arose at a 1977 UN conference. Their programs emphasize efficient conservation, protection, development, planning, management and use of water. Available resources include press releases, ... Full description.

NASA Investigators working with Mars Odyssey data may have discovered remnants of snow packs that have created a system of gullies in crater walls and other, more unusual places such as ridge crests, sand dunes, and hilltops. Readers of this journal article can learn about the snow packs and their potential to collect and shelter water beneath themselves, possibly providing a favorable environment ... Full description.

Hubble Snaps Orion in Picture-Perfect Glory is an article from the Amazing Space science newspaper, The Star Witness. The articles reflect the content of current Hubble Space Telescope press releases but are written foe upper elementary to early middle school students. These science content readings identify and define scientific words and phrases that might be new to the student. Discussion questions ... Full description.

This special edition of the Star Witness, a science content reading selection, announced NASA?s plans for the final servicing mission (SM-4) to the Hubble Space Telescope. The story identified the hardware and instruments added to the telescope during the astronauts? visit. Discussion questions with answers, defined vocabulary terms and reading standards are included on a supplementary sheet for educators. ... Full description.