Salty or Sweet? Harnessing the Sun for Desalination

Here is one for all of the science buffs! Two Canadian engineers recently unveiled a cheaper desalination method that harnesses the sun to power the desalination process, which in turn could lower the cost of desalination by almost 80%. This process requires a bit more ingenuity than the typical prototype, but if it does work [...]

Security and Water in Israel

A recent report from Amnesty International finds that Israel has developed discriminatory practices that have created sever water scarcity for Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. Much has been made of the potential for resource scarcity to cause violent security issues.  In this case it seems that insecurity has resulted in resource scarcity.  According [...]

Water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to drink..

Ahmer Ali, 28, returned with six family members to find his house virtually destroyed and his rice crop gone. This plight is not shared by Ahmer and his family alone; thousands of southern Indians were affected by the floods in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka states by torrential rains after severe drought. This natural disaster killed [...]