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In fact, people have been making seawater drinkable at least as far back as the ancient Greeks. But when taken to the scale of cities, states and nations, purifying seawater has historically proven prohibitively expensive, especially when compared to tapping regional and local sources of freshwater.
In terms of the essentials, there are a few which can't be overlooked — air, water, food, sleep, and shelter. May 7, 2021
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While there are many ways to do it, meal prepping is simply a process of prepping and cooking all (or most) of your dishes for the week on one day,...
Read More »It seems strange that water should be such a scarce resource when our planet is drenched in 326 million trillion gallons of the stuff. But it turns out that less than one-half of 1 percent of it is drinkable. Out of the rest, 98 percent is oceanic salt water and 1.5 percent remains locked up in icecaps and glaciers. The stark irony of Samuel Coleridge's immortal line "Water, water, everywhere / Nor any drop to drink" is manifest each year in coastal disasters around the world, like Hurricane Katrina, the 2004 Indonesian tsunami and the 2010 Haiti earthquake, as people within sight of entire oceans are threatened with dehydration. Between droughts, natural disasters and the large-scale redistribution of moisture threatened by climate change, the need for new sources of potable water grows with each passing day. Each year, the global population swells by another 85 million people, but worldwide demand for freshwater increases at twice the rate of population growth, doubling every 20 years or so [sources: OECD, UNDP]. Throughout the world, our most vital resource is under stress from pollution, dam construction, wetland and riparian ecosystem destruction, and depletion of groundwater aquifers, with poor and marginalized populations getting the worst of it [sources: Gleick, Gold, OECD, UNDP, UNESCO-WWAP]. So why can't we convert seawater into drinking water? Actually, we can and we do. In fact, people have been making seawater drinkable at least as far back as the ancient Greeks. But when taken to the scale of cities, states and nations, purifying seawater has historically proven prohibitively expensive, especially when compared to tapping regional and local sources of freshwater. However, as advancing technology continues to drive costs down and freshwater continues to grow scarcer and more expensive, more cities are looking to seawater conversion as a way to meet this vital demand [source: Maloni]. Read on to find out how and where seawater is being converted into drinking water today, including how desalination is bolstering disaster relief in Haiti.
Officially, roughly 8.6 million Soviet soldiers died in the course of the war, including millions of POWs.
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Read More »Divided into two regions; the Upper Basin includes Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and the Lower Basin includes Arizona, California, and Nevada. It also provides water to Mexico. Colorado receives 40% of its water supply from the Colorado River.
The Colorado River flows for approximately 1,450 miles and provides water to seven states in the Western U.S. that are part of the Colorado River Basin. Divided into two regions; the Upper Basin includes Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming; and the Lower Basin includes Arizona, California, and Nevada. It also provides water to Mexico. Colorado receives 40% of its water supply from the Colorado River. It runs through the Rocky Mountains and into the deserts of the Southwest and provides a critical natural resource for agriculture, municipalities, outdoor recreation, hydropower generation, Tribal Nations, and drinking water for several of the country’s largest cities including Denver, Phoenix, and Los Angeles. As the Southwestern U.S. continues to face compounded severe drought years, leading to less water available to use, Colorado and the other Basin states are working together to create solutions to our water supply and demand challenges proactively. This includes negotiating a post-2026 river operations agreement while working within the existing legal framework, and investigating new tools to better prepare for any future uncertainties.
Most living things need food, water, light, temperatures within certain limits, and air. Living things have a variety of characteristics that are...
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10 of the biggest mobile games of the past decade Clash of Clans. Monster Strike. Arena of Valor. Puzzles & Dragons. Pokémon Go. PlayerUnknown's...
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Incorporating the 10 C's of Survival into your pack Cutting tool. Combustion device. Cover/shelter. Container. Cordage. Candling. Cotton material....
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What's the shelf life of ammo? Modern ammo is made to last over a decade (and possibly up to twenty years), provided you stick to proper storage...
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