A chemist named Omar Yaghi invented a device to harvest water from thin air. The device uses metal-organic frameworks, or MOFs, to capture and release water molecules at low humidity levels. This could solve water scarcity, especially in arid regions where millions of people lack access to clean water.

#WaterHarvester #MOFs #WaterScarcity

https://time.com/6312091/chemist-omar-yaghi-water-scarcity-climate-change/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FArchetypes

Nearly 30,000 households in #BritishColumbia were ordered to #evacuate following the emergence of roughly 400 #wildfires across the province. It is currently #Canada’s worst #wildfire season on record, with at least 1,000 fires burning across the country.

https://www.isciences.com/blog/2023/08/24/canada-intense-deficits-persist-in-most-provinces

#flood #drought #climate #environment #watermaps #sustainability #WaterScarcity #EnvironmentalScience #freshwater #FoodScarcity #WaterSecurity #EnergySecurity #FoodSecurity #WaterNews #WSIM #Geospatial #maps

The ISciences Global Water Watch List for August 2023 has been published. Deficits: N and S #Africa, #EuropeanRussia, and most of #Canada’s provinces. Surplus: western #UnitedStates, north-central #Australia, and SE #Africa.

#flood #drought #climate #environment #BlueWater #WaterRunoff #watermaps #sustainability #WaterScarcity #EnvironmentalScience #freshwater #FoodScarcity #WaterSecurity #EnergySecurity #FoodSecurity #WaterNews #WSIM #Geospatial #maps

"Extreme #water stress faced by countries home to quarter of world population - Twenty-five countries are using 80% of their water supplies each year, research shows.

Twenty-five countries that are home to a quarter of the world’s population are facing extreme water stress, according to research.

By 2050 close to 60% of the world’s population could experience extremely high water stress at least one month a year.

Data from the World Resources Institute suggests these countries are regularly using 80% of their water supplies each year.

WRI’s Aqueduct water risk map reveals demand for water is increasing around the world and has more than doubled since 1960.

While demand for water has plateaued in Europe and the US, it is soaring in Africa. By 2050, water demand around the world is projected to increase by between 20% and 25%.

Twenty-five countries that are home to a quarter of the world’s population are facing extreme water stress, according to research.

Data from the World Resources Institute suggests these countries are regularly using 80% of their water supplies each year.

WRI’s Aqueduct water risk map reveals demand for water is increasing around the world and has more than doubled since 1960.

While demand for water has plateaued in #Europe and the #US, it is soaring in #Africa. By 2050, water demand around the world is projected to increase by between 20% and 25%.

The 25 countries under the most water stress include #SaudiArabia #Chile, #SanMarino, #Belgium and #Greece. The five facing the highest water stress are #Bahrain, #Cyprus, #Kuwait, #Lebanon and #Oman.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/16/extreme-water-stress-faced-by-countries-home-to-quarter-of-world-population

#WaterSupply #WaterScarcity #Climate #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Klima #Klimakrise #Wasser #ClimateDiary

" #GlobalHeating likely to hit world #food supply before 1.5C, says #UN expert - #Water scarcity threatening #agriculture faster than expected, warns Cop15 #desertification president

The world is likely to face major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5C target, the president of the UN’s desertification conference has warned, as the impacts of the climate crisis combine with water scarcity and poor farming practices to threaten global agriculture.

Alain-Richard Donwahi, a former Ivory Coast defence minister who led last year’s UN Cop15 summit on desertification, said the effects of drought were taking hold more rapidly than expected.

“Climate change is a pandemic that we need to fight quickly. See how fast the degradation of the climate is going – I think it’s going even faster than we predicted,” he said. “Everyone is fixated on 1.5C [above pre-industrial levels], and it’s a very important target. But actually, some very bad things could happen, in terms of soil degradation, water scarcity and desertification, way before 1.5C.”

The problems of rising temperatures, #heatwaves and more intense #droughts and #floods, were endangering food security in many regions, Donwahi said. “[Look at] the effects of droughts on food security, the effects of droughts on migration of population, the effect of droughts on inflation. We could have an acceleration of negative effects, other than temperature,” he said.

Poor farming practices were not helping, he said. “The degradation of soil comes with bad habits, and the way we do our agriculture will lead to degradation of the soil. When the soil is affected, the yield is affected,” he said."
...
"Rich countries should look to Africa for the solutions to the climate crisis, he added. Africa enjoys many of the natural resources – from minerals required for renewable energy technology, to forests, sun and vast groundwater reserves – needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions, improve food security and preserve biodiversity.

“Africa is a continent of solutions. It’s a continent where you have the most natural resources. The people who have the finance should help the people who have the natural resources. It’s a win-win situation, a partnership situation,” he said.

He called on Africans to seize these opportunities. “If the Africans realise that Africa is a solution, they will act differently – they will come with a more positive attitude, that you’re fighting to find solutions together. That’s how we should think – you don’t want to always be the one waiting for the help, for the handout, waiting cap in hand.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/12/global-heating-likely-to-hit-world-food-supply-faster-than-expected-says-united-nations-desertification-expert

#GlobalWarming #Migration #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Climate #Klima #Klimakrise #ClimateDiary #WaterScarcity

#GlobalHeating likely to hit world #food supply before 1.5C, says #UN expert

#WaterScarcity threatening #agriculture faster than expected, warns #Cop15 #desertification president
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/12/global-heating-likely-to-hit-world-food-supply-faster-than-expected-says-united-nations-desertification-expert #ClimateCrisis

#Crop conditions in #Nebraska have declined over the last week due to extreme #heat and severe #weather damage, endangering the health of local #farmers’ #crops. As of July 31st, #Nebraskan #farmer Debbie Borg reports that her #corn and #soybean #crops are “barely hanging on.” Read more on the impacts of current countrywide #drought: https://www.isciences.com/blog/2023/07/21/united-states-intense-surplus-continues-in-sw-w-states

#flood #drought #climate #environment #BlueWater #WaterRunoff #watermaps #sustainability #WaterScarcity #EnvironmentalScience

#BigTech #Cloud #DataCenters #WaterScarcity #Drought: "We tend to think of the internet as immaterial, but websites exist in the real world as rows of servers that never turn off, filling data centers that need to be cooled to prevent technical failures. Operators such as Amazon, Google, Meta and Microsoft use a wide array of systems to do this; the most energy-efficient ones—such as cooling towers—typically evaporate water to chill the air circulating in the buildings.

With drought spreading around the globe, battles are emerging between data center operators and adjacent communities over local water supplies in places such as Chile, Uruguay and parts of the southwestern US. In the northern Netherlands, public outrage erupted last year when a local news outlet reported that a Microsoft Inc. data center complex was consuming more than four times as much water as the company had previously disclosed.

Some of the cooler, wetter hubs in northern Europe, such as Ireland and the Netherlands, have blocked the development of new data centers because of concerns about energy consumption, leading companies to start looking farther afield. Operators of hyperscale data centers, those with more than 5,000 servers, are migrating to places where water is plentiful, such as Norway, but also to drought-prone places like Italy and Spain where energy is cheaper—and where extreme heat is becoming the norm."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-26/extreme-heat-drought-drive-opposition-to-ai-data-centers

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4UoxoHedLWLD5K5gLB1nmL?si=H3hobDbwTx2Wp8A61TviLg

Feargal Sharkey talking about water. Worth a listen. Now I'm trying to figure out what to do.
#water #waterscarcity

How a Saudi firm tapped a gusher of water in drought-stricken Arizona.

#SaudiArabia #Arizona #water #irrigation #alfalfa #hay #WaterScarcity #desert #drought

My Washington Post subscription allows me to share access.. check out this gift article...

https://wapo.st/3pKfXjZ

According to a new report, China and India are the most affected by water scarcity. The report ranks 164 countries based on their exposure to water stress, drought, floods and other water-related risks. China and India face the highest water risks due to their large populations, economic activities and climate change impacts. The report calls for urgent action to improve water management and resilience.

#WaterScarcity #China #India https://www.onegreenplanet.org/environment/china-india-affected-water-scarcity/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FArchetypes

The #precipitation forecast for July 2023 anticipates mostly normal conditions throughout most regions, with some exceptional #precipitation deficits occurring in #SouthAmerica, #SouthAsia, and equally intense surpluses occurring across #Australia. Read more: https://www.isciences.com/blog/2023/07/07/global-precipitation-temperature-outlook-for-july-2023

#flood #drought #climate #environment #BlueWater #WaterRunoff #watermaps #sustainability #WaterScarcity #EnvironmentalScience #freshwater #FoodScarcity #WaterSecurity #EnergySecurity #FoodSecurity #WaterNews #WSIM

As @NOAA recently recorded July 3rd, 2023 as the #hottest day ever on Earth, our July 2023 Global #Precipitation and #Temperature Outlook anticipates exceptionally #warm #temperatures to continue throughout many regions worldwide, including #SouthAmerica, #Africa, #Mexico, #SoutheastAsia, and the #MiddleEast. Read more:
https://www.isciences.com/blog/2023/07/07/global-precipitation-temperature-outlook-for-july-2023

#flood #drought #climate #environment #BlueWater #WaterRunoff #watermaps #sustainability #WaterScarcity #EnvironmentalScience #freshwater #FoodScarcity

@RichStein @TucsonSentinel unfortunately we're likely to see a lot more of the land underneath Lake Powell in the near future. People in Utah refuse to regulate to avoid the tragedy of the commons.

They're more interested in green church lawns, golf courses and degeneratively farmed alfalfa than they are drinking water. It was incredibly frustrating when I lived there.

#WaterScarcity #LakePowell #Utah #desertification #DestroyingTheEarth

Lots of good data in the article though I find it a bit all over the place. All our major dams are below normal levels. #Pagasa declared the onset of #ElNiño last July 4.

"Ana Liza Solis, of Pagasa’s #ClimateMonitoring and prediction unit, earlier said that El Niño will likely become powerful in the following months and will persist until the first quarter of 2024." #Philippines #HeatWave

El Niño in PH: On top of killer heat, #WaterScarcity looms | Inquirer News
https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1798650/el-nino-in-ph-on-top-of-killer-heat-water-scarcity-looms?utm_source=gallery&utm_medium=direct

RT Stefano Mallia
❗️2 billion people do not have safe drinking #water
💧#Waterscarcity is a critical issue which requires international partnership as well as private sector involvement
Pleased to moderate debate on water scarcity and #desertification at #Euromed summit
#Mediterranean https://t.co/VXJwEDbRyc

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/StefanoMalliaEU/status/1676885795523665920

#waterscarcity #Scotland
Water Environment in Parts of Scotland Under Stress: SEPA Water Scarcity Report
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/07/01/water-environment-in-parts-of-scotland-under-stress-sepa-water-scarcity-report/

RT Esther Sanyé Mengual
💦Do you know different approaches to quantify the #WaterFootprint of the EU food system?
📊A new @EU_ScienceHub study compares the #WaterFootprint method and the #LCA #WaterScarcity method to assess the pressures and impacts of EU food products
🔗 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0959652623019650?dgcid=coauthor https://t.co/x3AlsP2CGQ

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/esanyemengual/status/1673730099256991750

While heavy, thundery showers across Scotland have led to some very localised recovery of rivers and groundwater, they have not been enough to sufficiently replenish levels, and conditions continue to get worse.
#Climatechange #waterscarcity
https://wordpress.com/post/theorkneynews.scot/135821

Growing Threat of Water Shortages: Take Action Now
#Scotlan #climatechange #waterscarcity
https://theorkneynews.scot/2023/06/17/growing-threat-of-water-shortages-take-action-now/