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21 Jul 2021 Washington DC, United States
US Drought Brings Wildfires, Water Shortages, Crop Failure
As the west of the US swelters and burns under sustained drought conditions, there are wider implications for national security and global food prices. Water levels in the Colorado River system are dangerously low and states are bickering over access to irrigation waters.
21 Jan 2021 EDINBURGH, United Kingdom
The Unexpected, Symbiotic Connection Between Water And Cryptocurrencies
The rapid proliferation of cryptocurrencies in recent years (with Bitcoin the most prominent) is raising environmental concerns, and water resources deployed for hydropower are becoming central to the discourse. Bitcoin may exist purely in the digital world, but the process that supports it is extremely energy intensive...