Australian researchers have found evidence of aquifers under the sea. 120,000 cubic miles of fresh and low-salinity water might be stored and available for human use. “The volume of this water …
Saving the Earth's Water Supply – A Live Chat with Science Magazine
Science Magazine sponsors live chats on important scientific topics and this week the topic is “Saving the Earth's Water Supply”. As regular readers of this blog know, only one percent of Earth's …
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World Water Week 2013
World Water Week is here and this year, the focus is on water cooperation and building partnerships. The UN declared 2013 the International Year of Water Cooperation. World Water Week looks at …
Peak Water
All over the world, usable fresh water supplies are shrinking. Less and less water is available for agriculture, in other words, the food we eat. However, agriculture is often the lowest priority when …
Private Corporation Exports Chile Water During Drought
A private corporation is exporting water from Chile during the fourth year of a drought. Chilean Ambassador Jean Paul Tarud was quoted in Qatar as saying, “Chile has some of the largest fresh water …
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Lack of Clean Water Access in the World
Less than 1% of the fresh water of the world's fresh water is available for human consumption - even less of that is clean enough to drink. There is roughly 326 million trillion gallons of water on …
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