Fresh Water

Cycles and connections, from the mountaintop to the abyssal plain

Water as an Asset Class

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Economist Willem Buiter's recent essay in the newsletter "Thirsty Cities—Urbanization to Drive Water Demand” surveys the growth of world population, concentration in urban areas, rising demand, resulting pressure on existing supplies and investment implications.

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Where Does Water Come From?

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Population, Fresh Water and the Ocean

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The Exhausted Land We Live In

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We often think of the ocean as a place apart, but it is not so. The ocean is as threatened by exhaustion as the land around us. As population increases, so too do demands for energy, food, fresh water, and the pollutants which we use to meet those requirements. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill will argue that the ocean begins at the mountain top, that everything that occurs on land descends to the sea, that every behavior on land impacts the downstream.

How Seawater Can Power the World

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Once commercialized, nuclear fusion has the potential to transform the world's energy supply. In this episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill talks of the challenges (scientific, budgetary, engineering) of making this abundant, safe, and clean energy source a reality that could shape our future.

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Patterns of Water

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