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When people start ranting about AI, you can be sure a few things are going to come up during the two-minutes hate: job loss, higher power bills, the neverending tide …read more Continue reading NVIDIA’s New AI Servers Run on Hotub Coolant and Don’t Need Evaporators
AI data centers are rapidly expanding in water-stressed regions, raising concerns over their massive water use and impact on local communities. Continue reading AI Data Centers Boom is Draining Water From Drought-Prone Areas – Sustainability Tipping Point?
Watering and fertilizing crops to provide enough food for a changing world is a major challenge in agriculture. Now, scientists at the University of Texas at Austin have developed a “smart soil” that can keep plants better hydrated and provide a contro… Continue reading “Smart soil” grows 138% bigger crops using 40% less water
Artificial-turf sports and playground fields may be more durable and require less maintenance than those covered in natural grass, but they also get very hot during warm weather. Scientists have devised a natural method of cooling them – and the cities… Continue reading Sports fields could cool cities via rainwater stored beneath turf
To briefly outline the crisis in question, the UN Water group puts it this way:Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: Water Conservation, Elon Musk, Water, Desalination Continue reading “It is very solvable.” Elon Musk addresses the water scarcity crisis
In Frank Herbert’s Dune novels, water is so scarce on planet Arrakis that it’s absolutely sacred to the desert-dwelling Fremen, who wear special ‘stillsuits’ that capture and recycle nearly all their body fluids. Now, a YouTuber has built one for real…. Continue reading Real-life ‘stillsuit’ recycles body fluids into drinkable water
With most of Arizona in a state of moderate to extreme drought, the Gila River Indian Community and the US Army Corps of Engineers have signed a deal to begin a solar-over-canal project designed to cut down evaporation and boost solar efficiency.Contin… Continue reading Arizona solar canal project aims to save water while making power
In countries such as India, a great deal of toxic dye waste from the textile industry is released directly into waterways, potentially harming people and the environment. A new filtration media could remove much of that dye from wastewater streams – an… Continue reading Wood-derived powder could remove dye from textile industry wastewater
Soil moisture sensors can help farmers save water, by letting them know when their crops actually need to be watered. An experimental new sensor could be particularly helpful, as it incorporates a special material which makes it highly sensitive to moi… Continue reading High-tech soil sensor designed to help farmers conserve precious water
It’s a cruel irony that over 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water, but it’s undrinkable. Scientists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) have now modeled the feasibility of a hypothetical system that can capture water vapor f… Continue reading Offshore structures could harvest city drinking water from ocean air