UN declares Earth has entered a period of 'water bankruptcy' that is likely impossible to reverse

https://www.earth.com/news/un-declares-water-bankruptcy-era-as-major-rivers-and-aquifers-dry-up/

> Rivers are shrinking and aquifers are falling, raising fears of “water bankruptcy” as billions experience increasing water shortages.

Reminder that llm data centres waste dozens of gallons of potable water every minute of every day

#climateChange #climate #climateCrisis #water

Under water, in denial: is #Europe drowning out the #climatecrisis?
The quiet fallout of a broken climate has been echoing around western Europe for weeks. The back-to-back storms that battered Spain have killed at least 16 people in neighbouring Portugal. Soils across France have reached unprecedented levels of saturation, with weather forecasters issuing flood alerts that demand “absolute vigilance”.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/21/under-water-in-denial-is-europe-drowning-out-the-climate-crisis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Under water, in denial: is #Europe drowning out the #climatecrisis?
The quiet fallout of a broken climate has been echoing around western Europe for weeks. The back-to-back storms that battered Spain have killed at least 16 people in neighbouring Portugal. Soils across France have reached unprecedented levels of saturation, with weather forecasters issuing flood alerts that demand “absolute vigilance”.
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/feb/21/under-water-in-denial-is-europe-drowning-out-the-climate-crisis?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Good idea: harvest water from dry air

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/21/nobel-laureate-omar-yaghi-invents-machine-that-harvests-water-from-dry-air

A Nobel laureate’s environmentally friendly invention that provides clean water if central supplies are knocked out by a hurricane or drought, could be a life saver for vulnerable islands, its founder says.

The invention, by the chemist Prof Omar Yaghi, uses a type of science called reticular chemistry to create molecularly engineered materials, which can extract moisture from the air and harvest water even in arid and desert conditions.

#climatecrisis, #drought, #waterharvester

Good idea: harvest water from dry air

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/feb/21/nobel-laureate-omar-yaghi-invents-machine-that-harvests-water-from-dry-air

A Nobel laureate’s environmentally friendly invention that provides clean water if central supplies are knocked out by a hurricane or drought, could be a life saver for vulnerable islands, its founder says.

The invention, by the chemist Prof Omar Yaghi, uses a type of science called reticular chemistry to create molecularly engineered materials, which can extract moisture from the air and harvest water even in arid and desert conditions.

#climatecrisis, #drought, #waterharvester

UN declares Earth has entered a period of 'water bankruptcy' that is likely impossible to reverse

https://www.earth.com/news/un-declares-water-bankruptcy-era-as-major-rivers-and-aquifers-dry-up/

> Rivers are shrinking and aquifers are falling, raising fears of “water bankruptcy” as billions experience increasing water shortages.

Reminder that llm data centres waste dozens of gallons of potable water every minute of every day

#climateChange #climate #climateCrisis #water

@pezmico Indeed, back in 1972-74, I was a member of a crew which produced what in those days was called an 'underground magazine', and we (illegally of course, we were all anarchists) republished that cartoon in a special issue on the Club of Rome Report.

Yes, the #ClimateCrisis is older than you thought -- and still virtually nothing's been done.

https://www.clubofrome.org/publication/the-limits-to-growth/