Global Water Shortage Will Transform Business Operations, Industrial Practices Over Next Decade, Says New SustainAbility Globescan Survey
Changes across global economy expected as result of water shortages
European Water Mission Lifts Off
A European satellite is set to provide major new insights into how water is cycled around the Earth. The Smos spacecraft will make the first global maps of the amount of moisture held in soils and of the quantity of salts dissolved in the oceans.
Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization?
“In early 2008, Saudi Arabia announced that, after being self-sufficient in wheat for over 20 years, the non-replenishable aquifer it had been pumping for irrigation was largely depleted,” writes Lester R.