The world's 10 most populous river basins will be vital for economic growth – but only if water shortage threat is tackled
Rivers will generate a quarter of GDP by 2050, study shows
Damian Carrington
Damian Carrington
The world's 10 most populous river basins will be vital for economic growth – but only if water shortage threat is tackled
Laurie Goering
OXFORD, United Kingdom (AlertNet) – Water is increasingly becoming a scarce resource and shortages could drive conflict, hit food and energy production and threaten growth in renewable energy technology, experts warned at a water security conference on Monday.
John Vidal
By 2050 there will be another 2.5 billion people on the planet. How to feed them? Science's answer: a diet of algae, insects and meat grown in a lab
Geoffrey Kamadi
NAIROBI, Kenya (AlertNet) – Satellite technology is coming to the aid of pastoralists in drought-stricken Kenya, with the expansion of a water monitoring system that aims to reduce livestock loss.
Katherine Tweed
We're nearly 20 years into celebrating World Water Day, and the issues have only grown more complex -- and in many locales, more serious.
Megan Rowling
Water must be used more efficiently to meet rising food demand from a growing population amid climate-change pressures, experts say.
JOANNA M. FOSTER
Adam Daley
The proportion of the world’s population with access to improved drinking water sources grew by 10 percent over a period roughly covering the past two decades, according to a United Nations study released Tuesday.
USGS Multiple Depth Well Locations 2011
Map of completed and planned multiple-depth well sites in the San Diego Hydrogeology project.
Map of reservoirs in San Diego