Water
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Environment
Environment USAFracking Ban Means Safer Drinking Water (for 17 Million People)
Fracking has been outlawed in the region of the Delaware River Basin, located in the Eastern part of the United States, thus protecting the drinkable water supply for the residents, and the habitat for many local species.
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Environment South AfricaTwo Women Create Jobs and Eco-Art to Save Polluted River
As part of their desire to tackle water pollution, two women are teaming up to restore one of the most polluted rivers in Johannesburg, South Africa, and hope that the model they create will be used to save other rivers in the country.
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Environment DenmarkThe Future of Food Is Blue (See What That Means)
In a not so distant future when the world’s population reaches 10 billion people, aquatic food, like sand lance, seaweed and algae, will have to be taken into account in order to have the healthy and sustainable food system required to feed everyone, a new study…
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Environment SeychellesSeychelles Made a Deal for Nature: You Pay our Debts, We’ll Protect the Ocean
The Seychelles signed a unique deal, a “debt for nature” swap: the Nature Conservancy buys a large part of the country’s national debt in exchange for the creation of 13 new marine protected areas (MPAs).
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Technology
Technology AustraliaWill the Sun be the Key to Our Drinking Water Problem?
A team of scientists from Australia and China are proposing a way to harvest the most abundant source of energy: sunlight. They have come up with a method that efficiently desalinates stagnant and salty water better than the previous ones.
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Technology
Technology East TimorAir and Sunlight Is All This Island Needs to Make Clean Water
A project launched in June is tackling the water shortages faced in the remote little island of Atauro, located off the coast of Asia's East Timor, through a technology that transforms sunlight and air into drinking water.
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Environment United KingdomNew Study: Rising Seas May Not Drown Away Small Islands, After All
Many fear that the little islands around the Pacific and the Caribbean could disappear as sea levels rise, but new research may just set those minds at ease: the islands seem to naturally find ways to keep themselves above the waters.