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Saving water with the iPhone
How much water does it take to grow a kilo of apples or fresh lettuce? And how about a kilo of pasta, a jar of pasta sauce or a packet of sweets? Perhaps one day, all products …
Drinking water from the sea
Obtaining freshwater from seawater can represent a solution for many countries that are struggling with a chronic scarcity of drinking water, such as Saudi Arabia and Australia …
How much water is there on Earth?
Up until a few decades ago, people used to think that water was a practically inexhaustible resource, whereas today we all know only too well that it precious and in limited supply. But how much water is available …
The Aral Sea: a disappearing lake
The Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon, has described the depletion of the Aral Sea as “one of the planet’s most shocking environmental disasters.” Once one of the largest …
Water is changing industrial strategies
Population growth, urban and farm development, climate change and the resulting growth in demand for fresh water are transforming the development strategies …