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Sugarcane Cultivation in India: A Symbol of Water Stress and Environmental Strain Amidst Global Demand for Sugar and Green Fuel

Valdemar Medeiros 24/06/2026 at 19:43

Interesting facts

Egypt wants to divert 10 million m³ of Nile water per day, equivalent to 4,000 Olympic swimming pools, to build a glass city in the desert and irrigate 2.28 million acres, in a project that attempts to push life out of the country’s most contested valley.

Ana Alice 21/06/2026 at 22:44

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As historic droughts threaten crops and cities, Morocco accelerates a billion-dollar plan to transform ocean water into drinking water, build Africa’s largest desalination plant, and supply millions by 2030.

Felipe Alves da Silva 18/06/2026 at 17:05

Science and Technology

Spain uses a 3,700-ton concrete block and 12 underwater windows to capture water from the Mediterranean and supply Europe’s largest desalination plant.

Alisson Ficher 26/05/2026 at 14:56

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End of water scarcity: colossal 4.2 km pipeline in the Mediterranean supplies mega plant capable of producing 200 million liters per day with reverse osmosis, 25 million liter reservoir, and structure to serve 600,000 people in Tunisia

Alisson Ficher 25/05/2026 at 14:25

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Mega dam of 2.1 km will store 2.9 billion m³ of water and benefit 70 million people, while the government tries to reduce the impacts of water scarcity caused by disputes over the Padma River after decades of tension in Bangladesh.

Alisson Ficher 17/05/2026 at 20:12

Science and Technology

While millions suffer from water scarcity, Stanford scientists create hydrogel that extracts potable water from the air using solar energy, lasts more than eight months, and paves the way for water supply almost anywhere.

Carla Teles 09/05/2026 at 21:57

Science and Technology

While countries spend billions to draw water from the sea, a Nobel-winning scientist creates a container-sized machine that extracts up to 1,000 liters per day from dry air and uses ultrasound to release water in minutes, even in the middle of the desert.

Ana Alice 06/05/2026 at 20:01

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Egypt wants to draw 10 million cubic meters of water from the Nile per day into the desert, irrigate a new agricultural frontier, and build a city where there is currently only sand.

Ana Alice 20/04/2026 at 10:25

Com o risco de as torneiras secarem em seis meses e sem alternativas, Windhoek tornou-se, em 1968, a primeira capital do mundo a converter esgoto diretamente em água potável sem passar por rios ou reservatórios e, 57 anos depois, a planta ainda abastece 35% da cidade, enquanto delegações dos EUA, da Austrália e dos Emirados vão estudar o modelo

Science and Technology

Facing The Risk Of Taps Running Dry In Six Months Without Alternatives, Windhoek Became The First Capital In The World To Convert Sewage Directly Into Drinking Water Without Passing Through Rivers Or Reservoirs In 1968, And 57 Years Later, The Plant Still Supplies 35% Of The City, While Delegations From The US, Australia, And The UAE Come To Study The Model

Valdemar Medeiros 09/03/2026 at 17:14

Depois de 7 anos de seca, chuvas recordes transformam Marrocos em um tapete verde visível do espaço, enchem reservatórios, garantem até 3 anos de água

Science and Technology

After 7 Years of Drought, Record Rains Transform Morocco into a Green Carpet Visible from Space, Fill Reservoirs, Secure Up to 3 Years of Water, and Completely Change the Country’s Landscape

Carla Teles 08/03/2026 at 22:33

Com estruturas de gelo que chegam a mais de 33 metros de altura e armazenam até 7,5 milhões de litros de água para irrigar centenas de hectares, engenheiros e agricultores de Ladakh criam “geleiras artificiais” para vencer a escassez hídrica no deserto frio do Himalaia

Construction

With Ice Structures Reaching Over 33 Meters High and Storing Up to 7.5 Million Liters of Water to Irrigate Hundreds of Hectares, Engineers and Farmers in Ladakh Create “Artificial Glaciers” to Overcome Water Scarcity in the Cold Himalayan Desert

Valdemar Medeiros 11/01/2026 at 11:11

Sugarcane Cultivation in India: A Symbol of Water Stress and Environmental Strain Amidst Global Demand for Sugar and Green Fuel

Egypt wants to divert 10 million m³ of Nile water per day, equivalent to 4,000 Olympic swimming pools, to build a glass city in the desert and irrigate 2.28 million acres, in a project that attempts to push life out of the country’s most contested valley.

As historic droughts threaten crops and cities, Morocco accelerates a billion-dollar plan to transform ocean water into drinking water, build Africa’s largest desalination plant, and supply millions by 2030.

Spain uses a 3,700-ton concrete block and 12 underwater windows to capture water from the Mediterranean and supply Europe’s largest desalination plant.

End of water scarcity: colossal 4.2 km pipeline in the Mediterranean supplies mega plant capable of producing 200 million liters per day with reverse osmosis, 25 million liter reservoir, and structure to serve 600,000 people in Tunisia

Mega dam of 2.1 km will store 2.9 billion m³ of water and benefit 70 million people, while the government tries to reduce the impacts of water scarcity caused by disputes over the Padma River after decades of tension in Bangladesh.

While millions suffer from water scarcity, Stanford scientists create hydrogel that extracts potable water from the air using solar energy, lasts more than eight months, and paves the way for water supply almost anywhere.

While countries spend billions to draw water from the sea, a Nobel-winning scientist creates a container-sized machine that extracts up to 1,000 liters per day from dry air and uses ultrasound to release water in minutes, even in the middle of the desert.

Egypt wants to draw 10 million cubic meters of water from the Nile per day into the desert, irrigate a new agricultural frontier, and build a city where there is currently only sand.

After 7 Years of Drought, Record Rains Transform Morocco into a Green Carpet Visible from Space, Fill Reservoirs, Secure Up to 3 Years of Water, and Completely Change the Country’s Landscape

With Ice Structures Reaching Over 33 Meters High and Storing Up to 7.5 Million Liters of Water to Irrigate Hundreds of Hectares, Engineers and Farmers in Ladakh Create “Artificial Glaciers” to Overcome Water Scarcity in the Cold Himalayan Desert

In the cold desert of Ladakh, where it hardly rains, engineer Sonam Wangchuk created the ice stupa, a tower that freezes winter water and stores it for irrigating crops in the spring, a simple engineering feat that mimics nature.

Almost 6,000 residents live concentrated along a single street nearly 9 km long in the interior of Poland. Houses form a continuous row, and behind them, narrow agricultural strips emerge, creating one of the most unusual rural patterns in Europe.

Júlia Pimentel, an 11-year-old from Minas Gerais, independently invented a new formula to calculate the square root using simple addition and multiplication, and her method was published in one of the most important mathematical scientific journals in Brazil.

They planted a sea of eucalyptus to produce cellulose, but the monoculture turned into a green desert, dried up springs and rivers, and pushed families out of regions in Minas Gerais and Bahia.

Chinese woman planted trees for decades while sand buried part of her house, received $5,000 from an American in 1999, and helped transform the desert into a forest of 8 million trees in China.

Without her own home and pressured by rent, a 25-year-old bought a small 15-meter boat, gradually renovated the interior by herself, transformed the interior with paint, new flooring, a larger bathroom, and started living on the canals, paying much less per month.

The Atacama Desert, the driest place on Earth, was covered in flowers and turned into a colorful carpet with more than 200 species in the phenomenon called “desert bloom,” when atypical rains awaken seeds that had remained dormant in the soil for many years.