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Forward Thinking Architecture unveils solar-powered vertical farm concept to tackle food scarcity
2015-05-28 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
Spain-based design company Forward Thinking Architecture (FTA) has developed a new solar-powered vertical farm concept to tackle future difficulties in food supply.
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Why Food Companies Should Be More Afraid Of Water Scarcity
2015-05-12 00:11:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: America's biggest food production companies face a growing threat of water scarcity, according to a new report from Ceres, an environmental sustainability group. Producing food, after all, requires more water than almost any other business on Earth. And the outlook isn't pretty: One-third of food is grown in areas of high or extremely high water stress, while pollution and climate change are further limiting supplies of clean water around the world. And yet two-thirds of the 37 U.S. food companies...
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A Landscape Abundance Becomes A Landscape Of Scarcity
2015-05-04 09:21:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: Photographer Matt Black grew up in California's Central Valley. He has dedicated his life to documenting the area's small towns and farmers. Last year, he says he realized what had been a mild drought was now severe. It had simply stopped raining. "It was kind of a daily surreal thing to walk outside," Black says. Last month, Governor Jerry Brown announced the first mandatory water restrictions in the state's history, as California endures its fourth year of drought. The Central Valley makes...
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Could water scarcity stop the shale gas revolution in its tracks?
2015-04-20 01:00:00| Power Technology
The planets shale resources, if all developed, could increase our supply of natural gas by 47%, but will water scarcity get in the way? Elly Earls finds out.
Women and Children are Most Affected by Water Scarcity
2015-03-07 17:57:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Yemen: Yemen is a country with one of the highest rates of population growth in the world. It is also the country with the highest rate of exhaustion of water sources in the Middle East. Half of the Yemeni population in the country is in need of access to clean water. The water crisis has become a real threat. Running water is available in some parts of Yemen, but most villages remain without it. An example is the rural population in Amran province, which lies to the north of the capital Sanaa, which...
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