Cocoa Boom, Water Bust
Cocoa-growing communities in Côte d’Ivoire, West Africa, forced to drink water from unsafe ditches and streams. The Côte d’Ivoire supplies the major chocolate importing nations…
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Low Tech Potential Energy Storage
Since both solar and wind generated electricity are variable and uncertain in timing and amount, some will be wasted unless some means of storing the…
The New Frontiers of Water Electrolysis
The sustainable and economical production of hydrogen, particularly “green” hydrogen, is crucial for the decarbonisation of industry and the transport sector, and the electrolysis process…
This idea helped rescue a city of 3.8 million from a water crisis
When water shortages loomed in Chennai, India, one man’s campaign to conserve rainwater saved the day July 10, 2018 — Twenty-five years ago, Chennai, a…
7 Reasons We’re Facing a Global Water Crisis
Droughts in Somalia. Water rationing in Rome. Flooding in Jakarta and Harvey-battered Houston. It doesn’t take a hydrologist to realize that there is a growing…