The Drink That Really Satisfies

Scientists have created a teabag that purifies water ..... It sits inside a tube that can be fitted on top of a bottle and purifies water as it is poured on a cup.

A Million Lives Could Be Saved By This

This could save thousands of lives across the third world (and in disaster zones such as Pakistan) so three cheers for science, which too many are prepared to abandon, in favour of a mythical being.

Worlds Rivers Drying Up

As any reader of my Blog knows, I am fairly convinced that the world is heading for destruction this century .... I have pinpointed 2050 as the moment when the shit hits the fan .... so the news that many of the worlds major rivers water levels have declined significantly over the past 50 years is no great surprise.

The only area with a significant increase in water flows was the Arctic and Himalayas, due to a greater amount of snow and ice melting, and that's a disaster as well, because once the glacial ice has gone, its gone, and India and China will lose 30% of their fresh water supplies.

From the Yellow river in northern China, to the Ganges in India, to the Colorado river in the United States - US scientists say that the major sources of fresh water for much of the world's population are in decline.

We laughed at those 'Survivalists' but they may be the last ones standing.

Yemen runs dry

I am away in Italy for a while so these are a couple of quick comments ....

Yemen Droughts

..... firstly water wars. I have blogged before about the collapse of the Ecosystem and our closeness to "water wars".