Dining & Cooking<p>Why sunflower oil has replaced olive oil as Spain’s main cooking oil <a href="https://www.diningandcooking.com/1988576/why-sunflower-oil-has-replaced-olive-oil-as-spains-main-cooking-oil/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">diningandcooking.com/1988576/w</span><span class="invisible">hy-sunflower-oil-has-replaced-olive-oil-as-spains-main-cooking-oil/</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activists</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Alicante" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alicante</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/CostaBlanca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CostaBlanca</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MarinaAlta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarinaAlta</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Mediterranean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mediterranean</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/MediterraneanOliveOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediterraneanOliveOil</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/Olive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Olive</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/OliveOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OliveOil</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/spain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spain</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/SunflowerOil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SunflowerOil</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/SwimmingPools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SwimmingPools</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/TapWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TapWater</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/WaterConsumption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterConsumption</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a> <a href="https://vive.im/tags/weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weather</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>From <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Himalaya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Himalaya</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arctic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arctic</span></a> - <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlaciersAtRisk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlaciersAtRisk</span></a>: A Wake-Up Call on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldWaterDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWaterDay</span></a></p><p>Story by Namrata Dadwal, March 21, 2025</p><p>"This year on World Water Day on March 22, the UN is highlighting '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlacierPreservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlacierPreservation</span></a>'. Why? Because these frozen reservoirs that supply freshwater to nearly two billion people are disappearing at an alarming rate due to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a>.</p><p>"According to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Copernicus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copernicus</span></a> Climate Change Service (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/C3S" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C3S</span></a>), Earth's <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/glaciers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>glaciers</span></a> have lost over 8,200 gigatonnes of ice since 1976, leading to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RisingSeaLevels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RisingSeaLevels</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a> concerns. Nearly 6,000 gigatonnes were lost between 2000 and 2023, with the 2010s being the worst decade on record for glaciers almost the annual ice loss was more than double that of the 1980s, with an average of 370 gigatonnes of ice vanishing each year." </p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/from-himalaya-to-arctic-glaciers-at-risk-a-wake-up-call-on-world-water-day/ar-AA1Bqrlg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-in/news/India/from-</span><span class="invisible">himalaya-to-arctic-glaciers-at-risk-a-wake-up-call-on-world-water-day/ar-AA1Bqrlg</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceanWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceanWarming</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/OceansAreLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OceansAreLife</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Global Warming Exacerbates Water Gaps: Study Reveals Alarming Trends <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/755728/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/755728/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GangesBrahmaputraBasin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GangesBrahmaputraBasin</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/india" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>india</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WaterGaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterGaps</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a> on the Rise: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rivers</span></a> Drying at Record Rates</p><p>by Vivek SainiVivek Saini, October 8, 2024</p><p>"Rivers worldwide are drying up at the fastest rate in 30 years, posing a critical threat to ecosystems, agriculture, and human populations. In 2023, unprecedented heatwaves, prolonged droughts, and erratic rainfall patterns resulted in the most severe year of water depletion in three decades, according to World Meteorological Organization (WMO) reports. This alarming phenomenon is a direct consequence of climate change, worsened by unsustainable human activities, raising the spectre of widespread water scarcity.</p><p>A Crisis Accelerating: Rivers Drying at Record Rates</p><p>"The world’s rivers, crucial lifelines for billions of people, have shown alarming signs of depletion, with some drying up completely. The WMO’s recent State of the Global Climate report revealed that rivers in Europe, South America, Africa, and Asia experienced their lowest levels since the early 1990s. Rivers like the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Yangtze" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Yangtze</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AmazonRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmazonRiver</span></a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Danube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Danube</span></a> can no longer support the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> and communities that depend on them for agriculture, drinking water, and transport.</p><p>"The impact of climate change, marked by rising global temperatures, has played a significant role in this crisis. The warming of the Earth’s surface increases the evaporation rate from rivers, lakes, and reservoirs, intensifying water loss. Regions already prone to droughts, such as the Middle East, parts of Africa, and southern Europe, face even more severe shortages due to intensified drought cycles. In 2023 alone, the Danube, Europe’s second-longest river, saw record-low water levels, which crippled shipping routes and threatened agricultural output in countries like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Romania</span></a>. </p><p>"This drying trend is not limited to one region. The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ColoradoRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColoradoRiver</span></a> continues to shrink in the United States, causing severe <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterShortages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterShortages</span></a> for millions in states like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Arizona" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Arizona</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a>. Similar trends have been observed in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndusRiver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndusRiver</span></a> in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SouthAsia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAsia</span></a>, which supports millions of people in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pakistan</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>. These drying rivers are a wake-up call for the global community to address water conservation and management issues before irreversible damage occurs."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://climatefactchecks.org/water-scarcity-on-the-rise-rivers-drying-at-record-rates/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">climatefactchecks.org/water-sc</span><span class="invisible">arcity-on-the-rise-rivers-drying-at-record-rates/</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>The consensus of experts was that the combination of the winds, unseasonably dry conditions & multiple fires breaking out one another in the same geographic region made widespread destruction inevitable.</p><p>The article highlights many valid points, but the bottom line is that there was nothing that could’ve stopped the devastating tragedy. The destruction, suffering, & death toll continue to rise. </p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/CAFires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CAFires</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drought</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/10/us/california-la-fires-emergency-prep-invs?cid=ios_app" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cnn.com/2025/01/10/us/californ</span><span class="invisible">ia-la-fires-emergency-prep-invs?cid=ios_app</span></a></p>
dana hilliot<p>Pour celles et ceux que ça intéressent, les incendies en Californie cette semaine m'ont rappelé les remarques d'Elisabeth Anker dans son excellent livre, Ugly Freedom, sur l'accaparement de l'eau et les justifications de cet accaparement par les résidents (richissimes) de Rancho Santa Fe.</p><p>On lira un long passage traduit ici :</p><p><a href="https://outsiderland.com/danahilliot/nous-sommes-tous-des-rancho-santa-fe-les-ugly-freedoms-delisabeth-anker/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">outsiderland.com/danahilliot/n</span><span class="invisible">ous-sommes-tous-des-rancho-santa-fe-les-ugly-freedoms-delisabeth-anker/</span></a></p><p>Et un extrait ci-dessous :</p><p>"Les habitants de Rancho Santa Fe peuvent sembler excessivement égoïstes, motivés uniquement par l’irresponsabilité et la cupidité, mais l’enjeu est bien plus important que la psychologie personnelle. L’accent mis sur la psychologie occulte la vision du monde plus large et partagée qui influence leurs actions. Une histoire de liberté populaire et largement appréciée sous-tend toutes leurs revendications et leur confère une lisibilité politique. Pour les habitants de Rancho Santa Fe, l’utilisation de l’eau est une forme de liberté qui implique le choix individuel de consommer des ressources naturelles que l’on paie. La liberté consiste à extraire des biens précieux du patrimoine commun sans se soucier des autres ; c’est la capacité de payer, et non le bien collectif, qui détermine la liberté d’action. Dans cette version de la liberté, les frontières territoriales délimitent la pratique de la liberté : les frontières souveraines, à la fois du soi et de la propriété – des espaces privés et autodéterminés sur lesquels on a autorité – fixent la limite de la liberté. La liberté est enfermée dans un moi individuel et une propriété personnelle, barricadée contre les autres dans une affirmation de séparation. La responsabilité s’étend aux quatre acres de la propriété privée, mais pas au-delà, qui semble séparable des lacs bas et des collines desséchées immédiatement adjacents."</p><p>Dans le même ordre d'idées, on lira une réflexion passionnante de la philosophe marxiste Amy E. Wendling, dans The Ruling Ideas. Bourgeois Political Concepts (2011) sur la question de savoir si l'eau (ou le corps humain) peuvent être l'objet de la propriété. Elle prend notamment l'exemple de l'appropriation privée des grandes nappes d'eau phréatiques (Ogallala Aquifer) du Midwest par des businessmen du Texas (et les conséquences qui s'ensuivent, notamment en terme de pénurie, dans les régions et États voisins). Elle cite notamment un article de Charles Laurences concernant le sinistre businessman texan [T. Boone] Pickens :</p><p> <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/8359076/US-farmers-fear-the-return-of-the-Dust-Bowl.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">telegraph.co.uk/earth/8359076/</span><span class="invisible">US-farmers-fear-the-return-of-the-Dust-Bowl.html</span></a>"</p><p>« À l'exception du Texas, tous les États situés au-dessus de l'aquifère d'Ogallala exercent un certain contrôle gouvernemental sur l'utilisation de l'eau]. Le Texas autorise, au contraire, des droits illimités à la propriété privée de l'eau. Charles Laurence écrit</p><p>"Mais le Texas, fidèle à son style conscient d'« individualisme sauvage », n'a pas de tels contrôles juridiques. Il maintient ses lois de l'époque du Far West sur le « droit de capture ». Cela signifie que si vous avez de l'eau sous votre terre, ou une rivière qui la traverse, vous pouvez en prendre et en utiliser autant que vous le souhaitez. Vous pouvez arroser le maïs ou les vaches, ou vous pouvez gagner de l'argent en vendant l'eau à la banlieue assoiffée la plus proche. Si vous voulez transformer votre terre en désert, vous pouvez le faire."</p><p>La partie de l'Ogallala située sous le Texas en a souffert, tout comme les communautés agricoles qui en dépendent. Mais il ne s'agit pas seulement d'un problème d'action collective auquel sont confrontés les propriétaires terriens, qui, selon Laurence, ont réduit le forage de puits et modifié d'autres pratiques d'utilisation de l'eau en reconnaissant clairement la dimension collective du problème. Au lieu de cela, Pickens prévoit de commercialiser l'eau en l'acheminant vers une grande zone urbaine géographiquement éloignée. </p><p>==>> (suite ci-dessous concernant les affaires du milliardaire Pickens)</p><p><a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Californie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Californie</span></a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"Outside Corpus Christi, TX—where water is so scarce they hand out shower timers at HS football games—Musk is building a $1B lithium refinery -could need 8M gallons of water a day."<br>-C Webb</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Tesla" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tesla</span></a> doesn't have a contract for the water needed to operate the FAC, presenting a hurdle for CEO Musk’s goal of turning lithium into chem. products used to make EV batteries.</p><p>Trump/Abbott will ensure: <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> gets what he wants.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Deregulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deregulation</span></a> harms, kills...</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.engineeringnews.co.za/article/musks-massive-tesla-lithium-plant-hunts-for-water-in-drought-hit-texas-2025-01-08" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">engineeringnews.co.za/article/</span><span class="invisible">musks-massive-tesla-lithium-plant-hunts-for-water-in-drought-hit-texas-2025-01-08</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p>"One of the reasons that datacenter operators have gravitated toward evaporative coolers is because they're so cheap to operate compared to alternative technologies.</p><p>"It is always of a higher coefficient of performance (COP), meaning less energy required, to evaporate water, regardless of what cooling medium is being utilized," Shelnutt said.</p><p>In fact, COP, which refers to the amount of heat removed for a given amount of power, for evaporative cooling comes in at 1,230 while dry coolers and chillers manage a COP of about 12 and 4, respectively, he explained.</p><p>In terms of energy consumption, this makes an evaporatively cooled datacenter far more energy efficient than one that doesn't consume water, and that translates to a lower operating cost.</p><p>The challenge is that not every location and climate is well suited to evaporative cooling. In hotter climates where water is either scarce or places with high humidity where evaporative coolers are ineffective, chillers, which function similar to your AC unit, may be used instead."</p><p><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/04/how_datacenters_use_water/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/01/04/how</span><span class="invisible">_datacenters_use_water/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataCenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataCenters</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>While Trump & Republicans deny the climate crisis, disasters remind Americans why the US government should be mitigating climate change. Republicans aren’t just ignoring CC, their agenda includes rewarding more fossil fuel drilling, which will increase GHG emissions, removing safeguards & regulations that Pres Biden put in place, & possibly defunding FEMA.</p><p>“Palisades fire: Evacuations, road closures, shelters.”</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drought</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-01-07/palisades-fire-evacuation-road-closures-shelters" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">latimes.com/california/story/2</span><span class="invisible">025-01-07/palisades-fire-evacuation-road-closures-shelters</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>CA farmers could soon enjoy bumper crops thanks to Trump’s pledge to lift water restrictions. But who'll pick them if he follows thru on his deportation threats?</p><p>The country’s largest AG constituency backed Trump re his promises to “open the faucet” & deliver more water to the C Valley. Now it’s reckoning with an uncomfortable contradiction: he also campaigned on mass deportations of undoc. <a href="https://toad.social/tags/immigrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigrants</span></a> *at least half of CA's AG workforce.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/MassDeportation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassDeportation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a> <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2024/12/26/california-farmers-trump-water-workers-00195839" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2024/12/26/c</span><span class="invisible">alifornia-farmers-trump-water-workers-00195839</span></a></p>
Linking Dot<p>Last stand to save a forest from Tesla<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/features/longform/2024/12/21/the-desperate-last-stand-to-save-a-forest-from-tesla" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aljazeera.com/features/longfor</span><span class="invisible">m/2024/12/21/the-desperate-last-stand-to-save-a-forest-from-tesla</span></a></p>
Fedecops<p>🌊⚠️ The world's largest rivers are losing flow! 😱🚨</p><p>What’s causing this crisis, and what does it mean for us? 👇</p><p>👉 <a href="https://blog.rapusia.org/climate_crisis/2685/the-world-s-largest-rivers-are-losing-flow/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.rapusia.org/climate_crisi</span><span class="invisible">s/2685/the-world-s-largest-rivers-are-losing-flow/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://moth.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> 🌍 <a href="https://moth.social/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a> 💧 <a href="https://moth.social/tags/RiversInDecline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RiversInDecline</span></a> 🌊 <a href="https://moth.social/tags/EnvironmentalAlert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalAlert</span></a> ⚠️ <a href="https://moth.social/tags/SustainabilityMatters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SustainabilityMatters</span></a> 🌱</p>
EURACTIV Economy<p>Shaping the Future: International development through sustainable solutions [Advocacy Lab Content] <a href="https://www.euractiv.com/section/economy-jobs/special_report/shaping-the-future-international-development-through-sustainable-solutions/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euractiv.com/section/economy-j</span><span class="invisible">obs/special_report/shaping-the-future-international-development-through-sustainable-solutions/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/waterscarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterscarcity</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>Freshwater is scarce, worldwide.</p><p>"An international team of scientists using observations from NASA-German satellites found evidence that Earth's total amount of freshwater dropped abruptly starting in May 2014 and has remained low ever since. Reporting in Surveys in Geophysics, the researchers suggested the shift could indicate Earth's continents have entered a persistently drier phase."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-11-nasa-satellites-reveal-abrupt-global.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">phys.org/news/2024-11-nasa-sat</span><span class="invisible">ellites-reveal-abrupt-global.html</span></a></p>
💧🌏 Greg Cocks<p>Global Water Crisis Leaves Half Of World Food Production At Risk In Next 25 Years<br>--<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/16/global-water-crisis-food-production-at-risk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/20</span><span class="invisible">24/oct/16/global-water-crisis-food-production-at-risk</span></a> <-- shared media article<br>--<br><a href="https://watercommission.org/publications/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">watercommission.org/publicatio</span><span class="invisible">ns/</span></a> <-- Global Commission on the Economics of Water publications<br>--<br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrology</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/freshwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freshwater</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/planning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>planning</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/projections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>projections</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/watersecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watersecurity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/foodsecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>foodsecurity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>farming</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/global" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>global</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterresources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterresources</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/watermanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watermanagement</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>climatechange</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/evaporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evaporation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/report" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>report</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/publication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publication</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/world" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>world</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/watercrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercrisis</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterscarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterscarcity</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cost</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/economics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economics</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/subsidies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>subsidies</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/industry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>industry</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>recycling</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/nutrition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nutrition</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/rainfall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rainfall</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/precipitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>precipitation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/international" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>international</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/nations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nations</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/interconnected" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interconnected</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cooperation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cooperation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hydrologicsystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hydrologicsystems</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/watercycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watercycle</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>environmental</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/extremeweather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extremeweather</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/drought" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>drought</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deforestation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/moisture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>moisture</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/atmosphere" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>atmosphere</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wetlands</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ecosystems</span></a> #<a href="https://techhub.social/tags/irrigation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>irrigation</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/waterrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>waterrights</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GlobalCommissionOnTheEconomicsOfWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalCommissionOnTheEconomicsOfWater</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/risk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>risk</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/hazard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hazard</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/production" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>production</span></a> <br>@watercommongood</p>
DoomsdaysCW<p>The system that moves <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> around the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Earth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Earth</span></a> is off balance for the first time in human history</p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterCycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterCycle</span></a> refers to the complex system by which water moves around the Earth.</p><p>By Laura Paddison, CNN <br>Published Oct 17, 2024</p><p>"Humanity has thrown the global water cycle off balance 'for the first time in human history,' fueling a growing water disaster that will wreak havoc on economies, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FoodProduction</span></a> and lives, according to a landmark new report.</p><p>"Decades of destructive <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandUse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LandUse</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterMismanagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterMismanagement</span></a> have collided with the human-caused <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCrisis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCrisis</span></a> to put 'unprecedented stress' on the global water cycle, said the report published Wednesday by the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, a group of international leaders and experts.</p><p>"The water cycle refers to the complex system by which water moves around the Earth. Water evaporates from the ground — including from lakes, rivers and plants — and rises into the atmosphere, forming large rivers of water vapor able to travel long distances, before cooling, condensing and eventually falling back to the ground as rain or snow.</p><p>"Disruptions to the water cycle are already causing suffering. Nearly 3 billion people face <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a>. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Crops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Crops</span></a> are shriveling and cities are sinking as the groundwater beneath them dries out.</p><p>"The consequences will be even more catastrophic without urgent action. The water crisis threatens more than 50% of global food production and risks shaving an average of 8% off countries’ GDPs by 2050, with much higher losses of up to 15% projected in low-income countries, the report found.</p><p>'“For the first time in human history, we are pushing the global water cycle out of balance,' said Johan Rockström, co-chair of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water and a report author. '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Precipitation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Precipitation</span></a>, the source of all <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freshwater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freshwater</span></a>, can no longer be relied upon.'</p><p>"The report differentiates between '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BlueWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlueWater</span></a>,' the liquid water in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/lakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lakes</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rivers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rivers</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/aquifers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>aquifers</span></a>, and '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GreenWater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GreenWater</span></a>,' the moisture stored in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/soils" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soils</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/plants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>plants</span></a>.</p><p>"While the supply of green water has long been overlooked, it is just as important to the water cycle, the report says, as it returns to the atmosphere when plants release water vapor, generating about half of all rainfall over land.</p><p>"Disruptions to the water cycle are 'deeply intertwined' with climate change, the report found.</p><p>"A stable supply of green water is vital for supporting vegetation that can store planet-heating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/carbon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>carbon</span></a>. But the damage humans inflict, including destroying <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wetlands" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wetlands</span></a> and tearing down <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a>, is depleting these carbon sinks and accelerating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GlobalWarming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalWarming</span></a>. In turn, climate change-fueled heat is drying out landscapes, reducing moisture and increasing [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/wildfire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wildfire</span></a>] risk.</p><p>"The crisis is made more urgent by the huge need for water. The report calculates that, on average, people need a minimum of about 4,000 liters (just over 1,000 gallons) a day to lead a 'dignified life,' far above the 50 to 100 liters the United Nations says is needed for basic needs, and more than most regions will be able to provide from local sources.</p><p>"Richard Allan, a climate science professor at Reading University, England, said the report 'paints a grim picture of human-caused disruption to the global water cycle, the most precious natural resource that ultimately sustains our livelihoods.'</p><p>"Human activities 'are altering the fabric of our land and the air above which is warming the climate, intensifying both wet and dry extremes, and sending wind and rainfall patterns out of kilter,' added Allan, who was not involved in the report.</p><p>"The crisis can only be addressed through better management of natural resources and massive cuts in planet-heating pollution, he told CNN.<br>"The report’s authors say world governments must recognize the water cycle as a '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CommonGood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CommonGood</span></a>' and address it collectively. Countries are dependent on each other, not only through lakes and rivers that span borders, but also because of water in the atmosphere, which can travel huge distances — meaning decisions made in one country can disrupt rainfall in another.</p><p>"The report calls for a 'fundamental regearing of where water sits in economies,' including better pricing to discourage wastefulness and the tendency to plant water-thirsty crops and facilities, such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DataCenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataCenters</span></a>, in water-stressed regions."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.accuweather.com/en/climate/the-system-that-moves-water-around-the-earth-is-off-balance-for-the-first-time-in-human-history/1704688" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">accuweather.com/en/climate/the</span><span class="invisible">-system-that-moves-water-around-the-earth-is-off-balance-for-the-first-time-in-human-history/1704688</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterIsLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterIsLife</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateCatastrophe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateCatastrophe</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WaterUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterUsage</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Climate</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Weather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weather</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldWeather" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldWeather</span></a></p>
Sarah Breau<p><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/article/9167a8a8-96d1-4a68-9a13-824d862f627a" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thetimes.com/article/9167a8a8-</span><span class="invisible">96d1-4a68-9a13-824d862f627a</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/LLMs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LLMs</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataCenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataCenters</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a>: "You may be hungry for knowledge, but your chatbot is thirsty for the world’s water supplies. The huge computer clusters powering ChatGPT need four times as much water to deliver answers than previously thought, it has been claimed.</p><p>Using the chatbot for between ten to 50 queries consumes about two litres of water, according to experts from the University of California, Riverside.</p><p>A pre-print study from the academics, which was released last year, estimated that one 500ml bottle was used for this volume of queries, but they have now discovered it underestimated the problem.</p><p>Technology companies developing powerful artificial intelligence use water for cooling, power generation and in manufacturing chips.</p><p>The study, entitled Making AI Less Thirsty, looked at an earlier version of ChatGPT (GPT-3) and will be published in the Communications of the ACM magazine."</p><p><a href="https://www.thetimes.com/article/9167a8a8-96d1-4a68-9a13-824d862f627a?shareToken=ee1797a1e9992a631f79c82dd49c3a6b" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thetimes.com/article/9167a8a8-</span><span class="invisible">96d1-4a68-9a13-824d862f627a?shareToken=ee1797a1e9992a631f79c82dd49c3a6b</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mexico</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataCenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataCenters</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a>: "In a nondescript building in an industrial park in central Mexico, cavernous rooms hold stack after stack of servers studded with blue lights, humming with computations and cooled by thousands of little fans and large vents blasting great columns of air across the room.</p><p>“Datacentres are the lungs of digital life,” says Amet Novillo, the managing director of Equinix Mexico, a digital infrastructure company, as he stands in the middle of the airflows that stop the hardware overheating.</p><p>Datacentres are clustering in the state of Querétaro, where Amazon, Microsoft and Google are among those lining up multibillion-dollar investments. Amazon alone has said it will invest $5bn. The government heralds the industry as a new driver of economic growth – but in a drought-prone state where the electrical grid suffered blackouts this summer, critics want to know how strained infrastructure will find the extra water and energy it needs.</p><p>Similar debates are playing out across Latin America, where datacentres are springing up to meet the needs of an expanding digital world."</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2024/sep/25/mexico-datacentre-amazon-google-queretaro-water-electricity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/global-develop</span><span class="invisible">ment/2024/sep/25/mexico-datacentre-amazon-google-queretaro-water-electricity</span></a></p>
Miguel Afonso Caetano<p><a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GenerativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/DataCenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DataCenters</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/Water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Water</span></a> <a href="https://tldr.nettime.org/tags/WaterScarcity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WaterScarcity</span></a>: "The building of new data centres is increasing demand for water resources. Some data centres are presently located in areas of water stress or are likely to be in the future. Developing cooling technologies which minimise or do not require water is becoming increasingly important. Perhaps AI will find a scalable solution to this problem."</p><p><a href="https://planet-tracker.org/ai-needs-to-reduce-its-water-dependency/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">planet-tracker.org/ai-needs-to</span><span class="invisible">-reduce-its-water-dependency/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email</span></a></p>
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