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WWF: The ‘High Cost of Cheap Water’
October 16th, 2023
Courtesy of WWF, a new report with the first annual estimate of economic value of water and freshwater ecosystems, noting that the water crisis threatens US$58 trillion in economic value, food security and sustainability: First ever annual estimate of economic value of water and freshwater ecosystems is US$58 trillion – equivalent to 60% of global […]
Read more »WMO 2022 Report: “Hydrological Cycle Out of Balance, Affecting Groundwater Levels”
October 14th, 2023
Via International Groundwater Resources Assessment Center, a new report on showing how the “hydrological cycle is out of balance, affecting groundwater levels”: Today, WMO launched its State of Global Water Resources 2022 report. It is the most comprehensive overview to date, not just because the number of countries included has doubled, but also because it is […]
Read more »How To Measure All The World’s Fresh Water
October 5th, 2023
Courtesy of MIT Technology Review, a look at how remote sensing has made it easier for scientists to monitor rivers, lakes, and reservoirs: The Congo River is the world’s second-largest river system after the Amazon. More than 75 million people depend on it for food and water, as do thousands of species of plants and […]
Read more »The Roots of the Global Water Crisis
October 2nd, 2023
Via Eco Business, commentary on how – instead of pursuing the systemic changes needed to address water-related challenges – the world’s governments are bowing to corporate interests and settling for insufficient incremental reforms; In March 1977, representatives from 116 countries gathered in Mar del Plata, Argentina, for the inaugural United Nations Water Conference. At the time, […]
Read more »The Roots of the Global Water Crisis
September 25th, 2023
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on how every country in the world faces water-related challenges – underscoring our collective dependence on the planet’s most vital resource – but instead of pursuing the systemic changes needed to address this crisis, the world’s governments are bowing to corporate interests and settling for insufficient incremental reforms: In March 1977, […]
Read more »Killing Us Faster? Power Hungry ChatGPT Drinks 500ml For Every Conversation
September 23rd, 2023
Courtesy of China Water Risk, a report on how AI consumes 4x to 5x more energy than a normal search and guzzles water: Google search emissions per day = Laos’s yearly emissions; But adding AI to Google will require 4x-5x more computing per search = annual emissions of Albania & Macau in 2021 If all […]
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