Tag: water issues

Water turned off in Abu Dhabi desert tree experiment (photo)

Our local photographer takes a look at what happens when trees are cut off from their water source in...

Daring Moroccan university recycles urine as drinking water

You might not want to tell your Moroccan grandmother, but technology first developed by the European Space Agency (ESA)...

IDE Technologies aims for a fleet of floating water desalination plants in three years

Barge-mounted desalination plants aren't unique - the Saudis first deployed them in 2008 - but Israel's IDE Technologies Ltd....

Bamboo WarkaWater tower harvests potable water from air

On a recent trip to Ethiopia, Italian designer Arturo Vittori discovered how collecting water is both dangerous and time-consuming -...

The edible Ooho water bottle could save us from plastic

Plastic. No word assaults our sensibilities more. Plastic in the bellies of baby birds; plastic strangling marine animals; plastic...

Egypt runs to Saudi for help over Ethiopia’s Grand Renaissance Dam

When all else fails, run to wealthy Saudi Arabia. That seems to be the prevailing thought among Egyptian officials at...

Morocco’s Berbers take on Africa’s richest silver mine – and the king

Africa's largest silver mine has been operating in the Atlas mountains since 1969, but the Berber people living in...

As Trees Die, Cyprus Republic Looks to Lebanon for Water Import

Cyprus has one of the worst fresh water shortage than other regional countries,  including Lebanon, Israel and Syria.  The problem...

Dubai is Growing Food in Salt Marshes

Scientists in Dubai are growing a new kind of food crop in salt marshes along the Persian Gulf coast. A...

Cilantro can clean water

So addicted to technology, we have forgotten that nature has an answer to just about everything - including water...

Iran’s Water Woes More Worrying than War

International media is so obsessed with Iran's forbidden access to nuclear energy and the possibility of war that a...

Ancient Egyptian River Could be Revived for Farming

Researchers from Al-Azhar University, Boston University and the University of North Carolina have discovered an ancient river that may be...