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Mexican company invents “solid rain,” a irrigation system to reduce water waste

Solid Rain, they are like sugar grains, polymers, expand and capture 400 times their weight in water, and transform into a gel that aims to address the water scarcity affecting 60% of Mexico's territory. According to Leonardo Rico, creator of...

Suspect who started a large-scale intentional fire in Corrientes detained

This intentional fire started on Saturday February 6th at around 3:45 pm approximately on National Route 123 between kilometers 159 and 161 in Mercedes, Corrientes. Two witnesses who were traveling on the same Route saw a person getting into a...

They want to dissolve the National Water Institute, a key player in flood and drought management.

The National Water Institute (INA) in Argentina is decentralized in five branches throughout the country, where around 300 people work. Its role is key in the design, monitoring, and evaluation of policies and projects related to water. Among its most...

A half-degree increase will triple uninhabitable zones on Earth.

The unstoppable global warming will cause more parts of the planet to become uninhabitable and excessively hot for the human body in the coming decades. A recent study published in the journal *Nature Reviews Earth and Environment* reveals that the...

The ‘fog oases’ in the Atacama Desert, Chile’s new strategy against drought

The **Atacama Desert**, not only is the driest on the planet, but due to **climate change** it is expanding towards the south of Chile. Its natural border is the north of the Coquimbo region, but **the most severe drought...

Earth X-ray: seismic data used to locate drinking water

In Tanzania, amidst a serious water crisis, a geological exploration decided to use seismic information to find drinking water. In other words, they turned to the data held by oil companies to locate the subterranean resource. Fridtjov Ruden, one of...

They spread where the vital water sources are located in Africa.

Tracking seismic data could help in finding groundwater in Africa, where water scarcity affects two-thirds of the population. In Tanzania, a geological exploration for water seemed doomed to fail until Fridtjov Ruden, one of the hydrogeologists on the project, had...

Forest fires expected to increase: what is the only effective solution

While most forest fires have their origin in human action (whether due to negligence, accident, or intention), it is estimated that with climate change, they will become more frequent. In that sense, there is only one solution that appears hopeful:...

Fire containment at Punta Lara Reserve by the Buenos Aires Government

From the Buenos Aires government, the control of the fire that occurred yesterday afternoon in the Punta Lara Reserve, in the part corresponding to the municipality of Berazategui, was addressed and controlled in record time, through the implementation of...

Severe droughts in Patagonia: impact on forests and possible responses

A recent article titled “Surviving or Dying of Thirst”, published in the magazine Desde la Patagonia, difundiendo saberes, warns about a future of droughts more frequent, intense, and prolonged in the Patagonian region. According to specialists from the National...

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Florida’s sewers are full of alligators

A famous urban legend holds that the sewers of New York are filled with blind albino alligators. These mythical...