Water Resources Fact Sheet Earth Policy Release July 30, 2014 Water scarcity may be the most underrated resource issue the world is facing today. Seventy percent of world fresh water use is for irrigation. Each day we drink nearly 4 liters of water, but it takes some 2,000 liters of …
California’s Katrina: the great delta dilemma
Given all the concerns with fresh water, one wonders why more isn’t being done with halophyte (salt-loving) plants. ~ EMM Editor Michael Brooks, New Scientist, July 24, 2014 Drought is not the only threat to California’s water supply – the state’s single biggest source of water is a …
July 23, 2014 CHEMISTRY AND MATERIALS The Road to Renewable Raw Materials Is Paved with Strategic Partnerships As the demand to reduce our carbon footprint intensifies, companies are looking for appropriate replacements for fossil fuel-based raw materials. To meet this challenge, a number of forward-thinking chemical companies are developing …
Saline Agriculture to Feed and Fuel the World
Saline Agriculture to Feed and Fuel the World Shortage of fresh water poses a much bigger threat to world food supply than the shortage of fossil fuels; cultivating salt-tolerant crops could solve both problems Dr. Mae-Wan Ho and Prof. Joe Cummins Fresh water in short supply and salinization widespread People …
Circle of Blue and Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies Announce Choke Point: Index
Circle of Blue, a team of award-winning journalists and researchers reporting on water and other worldwide resource issues, and the Institute for Globally Transformative Technologies (LIGTT) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, a pioneer in bringing scientific solutions to critical global problems, have partnered to create Choke Point: Index, the first …
South American Glaciers In Historic Retreat
Study: South American Glaciers In Historic Retreat By Jeff Spross on ThinkProgress.org/climate, Jan 24, 2013 at 5:04 pm One of the more dramatic effects of global warming is shrinking glaciers around the globe. 10 to 20 percent of glacier ice in the European Alps, for example, has been lost in less than two decades, and …
Cucumbers grown from the sea + Water from desert fog
A Norweigen and Qatar led project in Qatar has triumphant news. It might seem like peanuts because it’s about about a cucumber, but it’s big news for revolutionizing desert agriculture in saline conditions. And… cucumbers are a staple in the Middle Eastern diet. Read more about the Sahara Forest Project …