Archive for June 12, 2012

Mimicking nature: Integrate your home hydrological cycle

The Earth’s hydrological cycle has been recycling our global water supply since the birth of the planet. Water from the surface evaporates, is cleansed in the atmosphere, and then returns to the surface, which captures every last drop in order to begin the cycle anew.

 

Imagine if the world, instead of recapturing rain water, had a drain like your sink or bathtub. Valuable freshwater would be lost from the cycle and lead to the eventual depletion of the planet’s water supply. Read more