The River Thames is mostly composed of freshwater but the area of the river that flows from London into the North Sea is brackish, or a combination of...
Steven Solomon, the author of Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilisation, fears that many 21st century wars will be over water. Just 2.5% of the world's water supply is drinkable and population growth coupled with climate change could mix together to form a deadly cocktail...
The Los Angeles Aqueduct at the Newhall Pass in Sylmar, CA. Of all the water on the planet, only about 3 percent is fresh—that is, largely saltless and generally drinkable. Of that 3 percent, about two-thirds is frozen in the world’s melting glacial ice. The remainder lies undergro...
So much has been lost—technologies and teachings, credos y creaciones—and so much needs to be found for the survival and flourishing of remaining peoples, species, mountains, streams, and just daily drinkable water. We cannot assess the loss without reckoning with true and full histories; the...