Approximately three million people in currently untapped areas of Korea could face groundwater depletion by 2080.
Some parts of Iran had a 50 to 85 % reduction in precipitation this year. There are also temperature rises of 2-3 C. These factors have prompted tensions between the Iranian government and its citizens.
The human-caused climate change made the ‘Day Zero’ drought in southwestern South Africa — named after the day when Cape Town’s municipal water supply would need to be shut off — five to six times more likely.
The scientists adapted a solar panel that not only generated power, but used some of the heat energy to distill and purify sea water. The idea could make a major difference in sunny climates with limited water supplies.
Temperatures in India reached 50.3 degrees Celsius (122.54 Fahrenheit) last week, nearing the record high of 51 degrees Celsius set in 2016. The scarcity of water has prompted fights and stabbings at relief points.
The raw materials are not limitless; we are running out of sand and fresh water. We have to rethink our need for more concrete roads and more underground parking garages and more tall concrete buildings.
Changing people's perspectives to see waste as a resource will take some time, but trial initiatives are already underway in places like Costa Brava, Sweden, Romania and a variety of sites across Europe.
The successful field test of the next-generation harvester proved that it can extract drinkable water every day at very low humidity and at low cost, making it ideal for people living in water-starved areas of the world.
A new global, satellite-based study of Earth's freshwater found that Earth's wet areas are getting wetter, while dry areas are getting drier.
A newly developed sorbent-based technology has recently shown that it can harvest atmospheric moisture even when the relative humidity drops to around 10 percent.
Although Cape Town has pushed back day zero – the day that the city runs out of water – until June 4, the country re-assessed the magnitude of the drought and determined that it has reached disaster proportions.
The bottled water industry creates 2 million tons of plastic bottle waste every year.
The drought-stricken city announced that it will begin marking 200 collection points where its 3.7 million residents will be required to queue for a rationed supply of water on ‘Day Zero’ – currently forecast to be April 21, 2018.
SOURCE panels can be installed atop any building just like a standard photovoltaic, but harvests drinking water in addition to solar energy.
The viewpoint article -- "World Scientists' Warning to Humanity: A Second Notice" - was signed by more than 15,000 scientists in 184 countries.
