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Behind every dramatic rescue lies invisible work that makes everything else possible. Consider water. We've drilled and rehabilitated 51 boreholes across Kenya, strategically located deep within protected areas to draw wildlife away from communities. Each sits in a remote location with pumps and mechanical systems demanding weekly cleanings and...

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As the dry season takes hold in Tsavo, the elephant visitors come to Ithumba in a steady stream. Up to 150 congregate by our water troughs sometimes. Head Keeper Benjamin and the team are ready. Behind these full troughs is Water for Wildlife — our complex, fully committed conservation programme. Northern Tsavo is marked by high salinity levels, rendering much of its water undrinkable. To solve the water challenge, we established a desalination plant in Ithumba. Now, we can take saline water directly from the Ithumba boreholes, process it through the plant, and make it potable. Multiple times a day, our bowsers deliver water and top up troughs, dispersing the wealth throughout the landscape. This innovation has also transformed operations for our teams and the KWS units who are also based in Ithumba. Since we began providing drinkable water, wildlife have come back to the area in droves. These reliable watering points encourage elephants to remain deep within the safety of the park instead of venturing onto community land in search of food and water, which helps reduce human-wildlife conflict. Support our conservation projects, and elephants like these:
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As the dry season takes hold in Tsavo, the elephant visitors come to Ithumba in a steady stream. Up to 150 congregate by our water troughs sometimes. Head Keeper Benjamin and the team are ready. Behind these full troughs is Water for Wildlife — our complex, fully committed conservation programme. Northern Tsavo is marked by high salinity levels, rendering much of its water undrinkable. To solve the water challenge, we established a desalination plant in Ithumba. Now, we can take saline water directly from the Ithumba boreholes, process it through the plant, and make it potable. Multiple times a day, our bowsers deliver water and top up troughs, dispersing the wealth throughout the landscape. This innovation has also transformed operations for our teams and the KWS units who are also based in Ithumba. Since we began providing drinkable water, wildlife have come back to the area in droves. These reliable watering points encourage elephants to remain deep within the safety of the park instead of venturing onto community land in search of food and water, which helps reduce human-wildlife conflict. Support our conservation projects, and elephants like these:

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

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Yorkshire, starting on Friday 11 July, a temporary use ban (TUB), which is a restriction on the use of hosepipes, will come into effect. This will help our region’s reservoir levels recover and protect Yorkshire's water resources throughout the summer months, following one of the driest springs on record and the region being in drought. We've tried everything possible to avoid these restrictions, and despite our customers' help to save water where they can and our efforts to manage water resources, including adding an extra 100 people to our leakage team and upgrading our infrastructure to reduce leaks and bursts, the dry weather and warmer-than-usual temperatures have increased demand. We have supplied an additional 4.3 billion litres of water between April and June compared to a typical year - that's enough to supply Leeds for five weeks. This has left our reservoirs more depleted than expected and lower than average for this time of year. As a result, we’re kindly asking everyone to please put their hosepipes away for a bit. We understand you may have some questions about the restrictions. You can find detailed FAQs, including activities covered by the hosepipe restrictions and who would be exempt from it, on our website at or watch the video below to see how this might affect you. The restrictions will be in place until the region has seen significant rainfall to bring reservoirs and groundwater stocks back to where they need to be. This may last into the winter months, but rest assured, we will lift it as soon as we are able to. We’re really grateful to everyone who has been saving water where they can this year, and we kindly ask that you please continue to do so to help ensure there’s enough water for everyone in Yorkshire this summer and beyond. Thank you for your understanding. 💙
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Yorkshire, starting on Friday 11 July, a temporary use ban (TUB), which is a restriction on the use of hosepipes, will come into effect. This will help our region’s reservoir levels recover and protect Yorkshire's water resources throughout the summer months, following one of the driest springs on record and the region being in drought. We've tried everything possible to avoid these restrictions, and despite our customers' help to save water where they can and our efforts to manage water resources, including adding an extra 100 people to our leakage team and upgrading our infrastructure to reduce leaks and bursts, the dry weather and warmer-than-usual temperatures have increased demand. We have supplied an additional 4.3 billion litres of water between April and June compared to a typical year - that's enough to supply Leeds for five weeks. This has left our reservoirs more depleted than expected and lower than average for this time of year. As a result, we’re kindly asking everyone to please put their hosepipes away for a bit. We understand you may have some questions about the restrictions. You can find detailed FAQs, including activities covered by the hosepipe restrictions and who would be exempt from it, on our website at or watch the video below to see how this might affect you. The restrictions will be in place until the region has seen significant rainfall to bring reservoirs and groundwater stocks back to where they need to be. This may last into the winter months, but rest assured, we will lift it as soon as we are able to. We’re really grateful to everyone who has been saving water where they can this year, and we kindly ask that you please continue to do so to help ensure there’s enough water for everyone in Yorkshire this summer and beyond. Thank you for your understanding. 💙

Yorkshire Water 💧

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A life-or-death situation, twofold: a mother elephant and her tiny calf had fallen into a well and were hopelessly stuck within its watery depths. The mum was submerged, using her trunk as a snorkel, whilst her baby struggled to keep her head above water. When our teams arrived, the exhausted calf couldn't tread water much longer. Immediate action was needed. We guided ropes around the calf and dragged her to solid ground, carrying her to shade, away from her mother's distressed calls. Meanwhile, our bowser and supplemental water pump began the slow work of filling the deep well, raising the water level so the mother could float to freedom. Hours later, when the water reached the lip, we threw ropes around the mum and used the bowser and Land Cruiser to pull in tandem and haul her out. The moment she stood on all four feet, we released her calf. They ran straight to each other, reuniting with palpable relief. We flew home to the most wonderful sight below: baby happily suckling from her mum, finally free and together. This ⬆️ epic emergency unfolded back in 2024; many more emergencies have unfolded since then. In the past week, we've rescued a calf from a well, and attended 14 veterinary treatments. Your donations power these rescue missions. Support our emergency rescue operations: #ConservationInAction
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A life-or-death situation, twofold: a mother elephant and her tiny calf had fallen into a well and were hopelessly stuck within its watery depths. The mum was submerged, using her trunk as a snorkel, whilst her baby struggled to keep her head above water. When our teams arrived, the exhausted calf couldn't tread water much longer. Immediate action was needed. We guided ropes around the calf and dragged her to solid ground, carrying her to shade, away from her mother's distressed calls. Meanwhile, our bowser and supplemental water pump began the slow work of filling the deep well, raising the water level so the mother could float to freedom. Hours later, when the water reached the lip, we threw ropes around the mum and used the bowser and Land Cruiser to pull in tandem and haul her out. The moment she stood on all four feet, we released her calf. They ran straight to each other, reuniting with palpable relief. We flew home to the most wonderful sight below: baby happily suckling from her mum, finally free and together. This ⬆️ epic emergency unfolded back in 2024; many more emergencies have unfolded since then. In the past week, we've rescued a calf from a well, and attended 14 veterinary treatments. Your donations power these rescue missions. Support our emergency rescue operations: #ConservationInAction

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

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From Martin County, KY to Delbarton, WV — the coal industry’s mess keeps poisoning our region, and politicians keep failing us. In 2000, Martin County, Kentucky suffered one of the worst coal slurry spills in U.S. history - over 300 million gallons of toxic sludge (loaded with arsenic, mercury, and more) flooded the waterways after a Massey impoundment failed. Rivers turned black, aquatic life died by the millions, and the drinking water for tens of thousands was contaminated. More than 25 years later? Many residents are still drinking bottled water. 96% rely on it for drinking because the tap water remains unreliable, with frequent outages, line breaks, and quality issues. They pay some of the highest water rates in Kentucky for water they often can’t trust. When disasters like the recent orange water crisis in Delbarton, Mingo County, WV hit, it doesn’t stop at the state line. These creeks and rivers connect all of us across eastern Kentucky, southern West Virginia, and beyond. The pollution flows downstream. The health risks don’t check borders. Some locals believe these incidents aren’t just accidents, they suspect old mines are being allowed (or even encouraged) to flood and discharge so companies can more easily extract rare earth minerals from the acid mine drainage and waste. While the world scrambles for materials for EVs, magnets, and tech, our hollows pay the price with orange rivers and undrinkable water. Whether it’s Kentucky politics dragging its feet on infrastructure or West Virginia downplaying blowouts and acid mine drainage, our mountain communities keep paying the price for decades of extraction. Coal built this region, but its legacy left us with ruined water, struggling economies, and broken promises. We need real investment in clean water systems that actually work not more studies and excuses. No more treating Appalachia like a disposable sacrifice zone for yesterday’s coal and tomorrow’s “green” minerals.
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From Martin County, KY to Delbarton, WV — the coal industry’s mess keeps poisoning our region, and politicians keep failing us. In 2000, Martin County, Kentucky suffered one of the worst coal slurry spills in U.S. history - over 300 million gallons of toxic sludge (loaded with arsenic, mercury, and more) flooded the waterways after a Massey impoundment failed. Rivers turned black, aquatic life died by the millions, and the drinking water for tens of thousands was contaminated. More than 25 years later? Many residents are still drinking bottled water. 96% rely on it for drinking because the tap water remains unreliable, with frequent outages, line breaks, and quality issues. They pay some of the highest water rates in Kentucky for water they often can’t trust. When disasters like the recent orange water crisis in Delbarton, Mingo County, WV hit, it doesn’t stop at the state line. These creeks and rivers connect all of us across eastern Kentucky, southern West Virginia, and beyond. The pollution flows downstream. The health risks don’t check borders. Some locals believe these incidents aren’t just accidents, they suspect old mines are being allowed (or even encouraged) to flood and discharge so companies can more easily extract rare earth minerals from the acid mine drainage and waste. While the world scrambles for materials for EVs, magnets, and tech, our hollows pay the price with orange rivers and undrinkable water. Whether it’s Kentucky politics dragging its feet on infrastructure or West Virginia downplaying blowouts and acid mine drainage, our mountain communities keep paying the price for decades of extraction. Coal built this region, but its legacy left us with ruined water, struggling economies, and broken promises. We need real investment in clean water systems that actually work not more studies and excuses. No more treating Appalachia like a disposable sacrifice zone for yesterday’s coal and tomorrow’s “green” minerals.

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India is dying of thirst, but who cares? He only cares about PM Cares. ​Let him not care; we will care. We will care for those who have to walk miles just to get a bucket full of water. We will care for the children who, instead of going to school, spend their days fetching water. We will care for every single citizen for whom water becomes the most precious commodity during the summer. We will care for our future generations. ​The little we can do is: 1) ​Stop wasting water in our daily routines. 2) ​Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth or shaving. 3) ​Use a bucket for bathing instead of running the shower. 4) ​Recycle the wastewater from your RO systems and AC units for cleaning or watering plants. 5) ​Reuse water from washing food (like vegetables, rice, or lentils) to water the plants at home or in your locality. 6) ​Carry a refillable bottle instead of buying single-use plastic mineral water bottles every time. 7) ​Finish the last drop if you do use a plastic water bottle, rather than taking one sip and throwing the rest away. 8) ​Adopt rainwater harvesting in your home or building as much as possible. 9) ​Take a pledge not to pollute water bodies, as millions of people depend on that water directly. 10) ​Start planting more trees to help restore groundwater levels. 11) ​Repost and share this with others and be part of the change.
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India is dying of thirst, but who cares? He only cares about PM Cares. ​Let him not care; we will care. We will care for those who have to walk miles just to get a bucket full of water. We will care for the children who, instead of going to school, spend their days fetching water. We will care for every single citizen for whom water becomes the most precious commodity during the summer. We will care for our future generations. ​The little we can do is: 1) ​Stop wasting water in our daily routines. 2) ​Turn off the tap while brushing your teeth or shaving. 3) ​Use a bucket for bathing instead of running the shower. 4) ​Recycle the wastewater from your RO systems and AC units for cleaning or watering plants. 5) ​Reuse water from washing food (like vegetables, rice, or lentils) to water the plants at home or in your locality. 6) ​Carry a refillable bottle instead of buying single-use plastic mineral water bottles every time. 7) ​Finish the last drop if you do use a plastic water bottle, rather than taking one sip and throwing the rest away. 8) ​Adopt rainwater harvesting in your home or building as much as possible. 9) ​Take a pledge not to pollute water bodies, as millions of people depend on that water directly. 10) ​Start planting more trees to help restore groundwater levels. 11) ​Repost and share this with others and be part of the change.

ज़िद्दी नागरिक

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An orphan never graduates alone. Around age three, our orphaned elephants leave the Nursery for one of three Reintegration Units – and their closest friends make the journey with them. The destination comes down to an orphan's physical condition, the herd dynamics at each unit and conditions in the field. Most head to Voi or Ithumba in Tsavo East. Those unable to cover Tsavo's dry-season distances – like Murera and Sonje, whose injuries would have made that life untenable – graduate to Umani Springs, where the Kibwezi Forest's underground springs keep food and water within reach all year. Here is a flash back to our dependent herd welcoming graduates Toto, Mwinzo and Natibu earlier this year. More on how orphans reclaim their place in the wild:
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An orphan never graduates alone. Around age three, our orphaned elephants leave the Nursery for one of three Reintegration Units – and their closest friends make the journey with them. The destination comes down to an orphan's physical condition, the herd dynamics at each unit and conditions in the field. Most head to Voi or Ithumba in Tsavo East. Those unable to cover Tsavo's dry-season distances – like Murera and Sonje, whose injuries would have made that life untenable – graduate to Umani Springs, where the Kibwezi Forest's underground springs keep food and water within reach all year. Here is a flash back to our dependent herd welcoming graduates Toto, Mwinzo and Natibu earlier this year. More on how orphans reclaim their place in the wild:

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

22,385 Aufrufe • vor 23 Tagen

I was delighted to commission 71 urban road projects yesterday in Enugu, in fulfillment of the pledge we made to our people who gave us their mandate one year ago. We shall continue to serve Ndi Enugu with every fibre of our being. To make sure that all Trunk A and Trunk B roads in the urban and rural areas are paved, we shall embark on the construction of additional 80 roads, and also see that streetlights as well as water taps are functional. Our rural communities are not left out. We are committed to constructing 10 kilometers of roads in each of our state's 260 wards. We are re-energized to work even harder by the wonderful support from our people. Tomorrow is here!
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I was delighted to commission 71 urban road projects yesterday in Enugu, in fulfillment of the pledge we made to our people who gave us their mandate one year ago. We shall continue to serve Ndi Enugu with every fibre of our being. To make sure that all Trunk A and Trunk B roads in the urban and rural areas are paved, we shall embark on the construction of additional 80 roads, and also see that streetlights as well as water taps are functional. Our rural communities are not left out. We are committed to constructing 10 kilometers of roads in each of our state's 260 wards. We are re-energized to work even harder by the wonderful support from our people. Tomorrow is here!

Peter Ndubuisi Mbah

27,142 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

🚨 Donate urgently for the children of Gaza 🚨 💧 Watch this child waiting for a drop of water… it may be his last hope. 💔 Before you watch this video… Pause for a moment and look at this child. He is not waiting for a toy. He is not waiting for a gift. He is waiting for a drop of water. In Gaza, finding clean water has become a daily struggle. Thousands of children stand for hours under the scorching sun, carrying empty containers, waiting and hoping that there will be enough water for them and their families. Despite donations slowing dramatically, Project Muhammed has refused to stop. From the heart of Gaza, directly from the field, our team continues working every single day under extremely difficult conditions to provide water for displaced families and children who are struggling to survive. Thanks to your support, Project Muhammed has distributed 400,000 litres of clean water across 4 displacement camps in Gaza, reaching families who desperately needed this basic necessity. Before you watch what your kindness made possible… hear the voices of Gaza’s children saying: “Thank you for not leaving us alone.” ❤️ For many children we meet, the water we provide is the only clean water they will receive that day. There are mothers who hide their own thirst so their children can drink first. There are fathers who stand helplessly, unable to provide even a single cup of clean water for their children. There are children who go to sleep thirsty, simply because there is no water left. In Gaza, thirst is no longer just a hardship… It has become a fight for survival. Every water truck we send and every litre we distribute depends entirely on your support. If donations stop… The water stops. And children will return to waiting with empty containers, hoping for help. ❤️ Will 🦥 Menaker ❤️ Eyup Lovely ❤️ GoliathFan1952 Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Your voices continue to keep this work alive and have given thousands of families another day of hope. Please do not scroll past this message. Your donation is not just money. It is clean water in the hands of a thirsty child. It is relief for a family with nothing left. It is hope for children who are waiting. Your donation today can put clean water in the hands of a child. Please donate if you can, and share this message so it reaches someone who can help. Together, we can keep the water flowing to the families who need it most. ❤️ Donate now and share this message. Help us keep Project Muhammed working from the heart of Gaza and continue delivering water to the families who need us most.
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🚨 Donate urgently for the children of Gaza 🚨 💧 Watch this child waiting for a drop of water… it may be his last hope. 💔 Before you watch this video… Pause for a moment and look at this child. He is not waiting for a toy. He is not waiting for a gift. He is waiting for a drop of water. In Gaza, finding clean water has become a daily struggle. Thousands of children stand for hours under the scorching sun, carrying empty containers, waiting and hoping that there will be enough water for them and their families. Despite donations slowing dramatically, Project Muhammed has refused to stop. From the heart of Gaza, directly from the field, our team continues working every single day under extremely difficult conditions to provide water for displaced families and children who are struggling to survive. Thanks to your support, Project Muhammed has distributed 400,000 litres of clean water across 4 displacement camps in Gaza, reaching families who desperately needed this basic necessity. Before you watch what your kindness made possible… hear the voices of Gaza’s children saying: “Thank you for not leaving us alone.” ❤️ For many children we meet, the water we provide is the only clean water they will receive that day. There are mothers who hide their own thirst so their children can drink first. There are fathers who stand helplessly, unable to provide even a single cup of clean water for their children. There are children who go to sleep thirsty, simply because there is no water left. In Gaza, thirst is no longer just a hardship… It has become a fight for survival. Every water truck we send and every litre we distribute depends entirely on your support. If donations stop… The water stops. And children will return to waiting with empty containers, hoping for help. ❤️ Will 🦥 Menaker ❤️ Eyup Lovely ❤️ GoliathFan1952 Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. Your voices continue to keep this work alive and have given thousands of families another day of hope. Please do not scroll past this message. Your donation is not just money. It is clean water in the hands of a thirsty child. It is relief for a family with nothing left. It is hope for children who are waiting. Your donation today can put clean water in the hands of a child. Please donate if you can, and share this message so it reaches someone who can help. Together, we can keep the water flowing to the families who need it most. ❤️ Donate now and share this message. Help us keep Project Muhammed working from the heart of Gaza and continue delivering water to the families who need us most.

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12,566 Aufrufe • vor 19 Tagen

Today marks an important milestone in our national journey toward universal access to clean and safe water. I officially opened the Presidential Borehole Drilling Scheme in Marondera on behalf of President E.D. Mnangagwa. We celebrate yet another demonstration of His Excellency, President Dr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa’s unwavering commitment to improving the lives of all Zimbabweans. This initiative is part of the President’s broader vision to ensure that every community has reliable access to clean water, in line with Vision 2030, the priorities outlined in NDS1 and NDS2, and the global aspirations of the Sustainable Development Goals. While these boreholes provide immediate relief to our communities, they are also a temporary measure as Government advances long‑term, sustainable solutions to the urban water crisis through major projects such as Kunzvi Dam and other strategic water infrastructure developments across the country. I am particularly encouraged by the spirit of unity displayed here today. The presence of officials from across the political spectrum, including representatives from the CCC, among them the Mayor of Marondera-speaks volumes about the growing bipartisan cooperation among Zimbabweans. This is how nations are built: through shared purpose, mutual respect, and collective responsibility. More boreholes will be drilled across all provinces as we continue to operationalize the President’s mantra of “leaving no one and no place behind.” This is not just a slogan; it is a guiding principle that shapes every national programme under the Second Republic. As we stand only four days away from the first reading of CAB3 in Parliament, I encourage all Zimbabweans to continue supporting this historic piece of legislation. Many have noted that the number seven carries deep spiritual significance in the Bible, symbolizing completeness. In that same spirit, let us approach this moment with unity, purpose, and faith in the future we are building together. Thank you, Marondera, for your warmth and support. #CAB3
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Today marks an important milestone in our national journey toward universal access to clean and safe water. I officially opened the Presidential Borehole Drilling Scheme in Marondera on behalf of President E.D. Mnangagwa. We celebrate yet another demonstration of His Excellency, President Dr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa’s unwavering commitment to improving the lives of all Zimbabweans. This initiative is part of the President’s broader vision to ensure that every community has reliable access to clean water, in line with Vision 2030, the priorities outlined in NDS1 and NDS2, and the global aspirations of the Sustainable Development Goals. While these boreholes provide immediate relief to our communities, they are also a temporary measure as Government advances long‑term, sustainable solutions to the urban water crisis through major projects such as Kunzvi Dam and other strategic water infrastructure developments across the country. I am particularly encouraged by the spirit of unity displayed here today. The presence of officials from across the political spectrum, including representatives from the CCC, among them the Mayor of Marondera-speaks volumes about the growing bipartisan cooperation among Zimbabweans. This is how nations are built: through shared purpose, mutual respect, and collective responsibility. More boreholes will be drilled across all provinces as we continue to operationalize the President’s mantra of “leaving no one and no place behind.” This is not just a slogan; it is a guiding principle that shapes every national programme under the Second Republic. As we stand only four days away from the first reading of CAB3 in Parliament, I encourage all Zimbabweans to continue supporting this historic piece of legislation. Many have noted that the number seven carries deep spiritual significance in the Bible, symbolizing completeness. In that same spirit, let us approach this moment with unity, purpose, and faith in the future we are building together. Thank you, Marondera, for your warmth and support. #CAB3

Dr P Tungwarara, Presidential Advisor

157,841 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten

There is a major concern about Data Centers that are using closed loop cooling systems that’s not being talked about There are a lot of chemicals being put into the water used in these systems. That water has to be flushed out every couple years Whistleblowers say that chemical water is being pushed into our streams and waterways and may have extremely limited cleaning requirements depending on state “I'm getting whistleblowers on the inside saying that they're taking all that waste and they're just running it down into the sewers. They're wanting to go to more closed cooling systems, and in those closed cooling systems, you still are gonna be using chemicals. There's no regulations about every 2 years when you have to clean out a cooling closed system, where are you gonna throw all of those chemicals?” “Taking polluted water and running it through system and dumping it into a river and it flows downstream, that will have a natural dilution, would resolve the issue, and it's not. Even if it's a closed cooling system, that water that's recycling in there, eventually they have to clean those systems. They have to release that water. And are there any regulations to look at what chemicals aren't in that water before we release it into the environment and just create another pollution issue?” “Right now it's a free-for-all out there.” It’s not a complete free for all, it depends on the states and general federal regulations. Discharges from cleaning, blowdown or maintenance are subject to environmental rules There should be compliance reporting but whistleblowers are saying none of this is being followed, they’re saying it’s a “free for all” and the data centers are just planning on the chemicals being diluted as they flow down our waterways We need investigations
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There is a major concern about Data Centers that are using closed loop cooling systems that’s not being talked about There are a lot of chemicals being put into the water used in these systems. That water has to be flushed out every couple years Whistleblowers say that chemical water is being pushed into our streams and waterways and may have extremely limited cleaning requirements depending on state “I'm getting whistleblowers on the inside saying that they're taking all that waste and they're just running it down into the sewers. They're wanting to go to more closed cooling systems, and in those closed cooling systems, you still are gonna be using chemicals. There's no regulations about every 2 years when you have to clean out a cooling closed system, where are you gonna throw all of those chemicals?” “Taking polluted water and running it through system and dumping it into a river and it flows downstream, that will have a natural dilution, would resolve the issue, and it's not. Even if it's a closed cooling system, that water that's recycling in there, eventually they have to clean those systems. They have to release that water. And are there any regulations to look at what chemicals aren't in that water before we release it into the environment and just create another pollution issue?” “Right now it's a free-for-all out there.” It’s not a complete free for all, it depends on the states and general federal regulations. Discharges from cleaning, blowdown or maintenance are subject to environmental rules There should be compliance reporting but whistleblowers are saying none of this is being followed, they’re saying it’s a “free for all” and the data centers are just planning on the chemicals being diluted as they flow down our waterways We need investigations

Wall Street Apes

69,557 Aufrufe • vor 13 Tagen

When I received a cancer diagnosis in 2015, I dedicated every waking moment to getting healthy. Step 1 - cure. Step 2 - eliminate the cause. Turns out, step 2 was the hardest part. My environment was so toxic, there is no doubt that it contributed to it. One undeniable element of that comes from living in CA most of my life which has some of the most polluted water🚰 Freedom begins with optimal mental, physical and spiritual health, something I work for every day. Living part time on an off-grid homestead has really taught me how to earn that freedom, regardless of where I’m at in the world. We grow our own food devoid of chemicals for nutritional freedom, and now through deposition water harvesting, we have pure & abundant water freedom. 💦 The sad reality is that few people in the US have true water freedom, relying on toxic municipal water, contaminated well water, or inconsistent rainfall. Because of my passion for this topic & technology, I have acquired a piece of this company with distribution rights. I’m offering a significant financial advantage to those who want to experience complete water freedom 💧 ➡️ Comment “water freedom” and I’ll send you a message with more information.
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When I received a cancer diagnosis in 2015, I dedicated every waking moment to getting healthy. Step 1 - cure. Step 2 - eliminate the cause. Turns out, step 2 was the hardest part. My environment was so toxic, there is no doubt that it contributed to it. One undeniable element of that comes from living in CA most of my life which has some of the most polluted water🚰 Freedom begins with optimal mental, physical and spiritual health, something I work for every day. Living part time on an off-grid homestead has really taught me how to earn that freedom, regardless of where I’m at in the world. We grow our own food devoid of chemicals for nutritional freedom, and now through deposition water harvesting, we have pure & abundant water freedom. 💦 The sad reality is that few people in the US have true water freedom, relying on toxic municipal water, contaminated well water, or inconsistent rainfall. Because of my passion for this topic & technology, I have acquired a piece of this company with distribution rights. I’m offering a significant financial advantage to those who want to experience complete water freedom 💧 ➡️ Comment “water freedom” and I’ll send you a message with more information.

Janna Breslin

28,021 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren

Leave no elephant behind. It's an ethos that elephants live by — they are incredibly loyal and will only abandon their kind in the most dire circumstances. It's also a mission that guides our conservation work. This stands out as one of our most heart-wrenching operations in recent years. During the drought, a mum and baby’s search for water turned into a death trap. Hopelessly stuck, the mother continued to protect her calf the only way she could, shielding him with her trunk. Her baby was equally brave, running back to his mum and refusing to leave her side. It was a monumental operation to rescue the pair — but we leave no elephant behind. Working in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service, we managed to free both mum and baby. It ended with the best possible outcome: two lives saved and a wild family kept together. We have been doing this work for the better part of a century. Decades in the field have taught us that no challenge is too great and that every life is worth saving. In fact, just last week we pulled off another monumental operation — we’ll share that story in the coming days. — In the lead-up to #WorldElephantDay (August 12), we are showcasing the different aspects of our work to secure a future for Kenya’s elephants — all made possible by donors like you. Join us in protecting Kenya’s elephants — become a donor or adopt an orphan today: 🐘
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Leave no elephant behind. It's an ethos that elephants live by — they are incredibly loyal and will only abandon their kind in the most dire circumstances. It's also a mission that guides our conservation work. This stands out as one of our most heart-wrenching operations in recent years. During the drought, a mum and baby’s search for water turned into a death trap. Hopelessly stuck, the mother continued to protect her calf the only way she could, shielding him with her trunk. Her baby was equally brave, running back to his mum and refusing to leave her side. It was a monumental operation to rescue the pair — but we leave no elephant behind. Working in partnership with the Kenya Wildlife Service, we managed to free both mum and baby. It ended with the best possible outcome: two lives saved and a wild family kept together. We have been doing this work for the better part of a century. Decades in the field have taught us that no challenge is too great and that every life is worth saving. In fact, just last week we pulled off another monumental operation — we’ll share that story in the coming days. — In the lead-up to #WorldElephantDay (August 12), we are showcasing the different aspects of our work to secure a future for Kenya’s elephants — all made possible by donors like you. Join us in protecting Kenya’s elephants — become a donor or adopt an orphan today: 🐘

Sheldrick Wildlife Trust

315,412 Aufrufe • vor 11 Monaten

🚨 Donate urgently to provide water for the children of Gaza 🚨 To contribute: Before you keep scrolling… Imagine your child waking up in the middle of the night and saying: “Mom… I’m thirsty.” You walk to the tap. You turn it on. Nothing comes out. You search for a bottle. Nothing. You look everywhere for even one drop of clean water… But there is none. Now imagine telling your child: “Wait until tomorrow…” Knowing tomorrow may not bring any water either. For thousands of families in Gaza… This is not a story. This is their daily reality. Children are going to sleep thirsty. Parents are watching their children suffer because they cannot provide the most basic thing a human being needs to survive. Today, our team at Project Mohammed is delivering clean drinking water to displaced families living in camps across Gaza. We reach areas where families have nowhere else to turn. Every day, we receive desperate messages from mothers begging for water for their children. Not luxury. Not comfort. Just clean water to keep their children alive. But our ability to continue these water distributions is at risk. Donations have fallen dramatically. Without urgent support… Our water trucks may stop. And when the trucks stop… Children will be left searching for water under the burning sun, carrying empty containers, waiting for someone to help. 💧 One donation today can become the water a child drinks when there is nothing left. 🤍 Deep thanks to those who continue standing beside Gaza: Eyup (Eyup Lovely) ❤️ Felix (GoliathFan1952) ❤️ William Menaker (Will 🦥 Menaker) ❤️ Your voices help us reach families who are fighting every day just to survive. Please don’t scroll past. If you can donate, you can provide water. If you cannot donate, share this message so it reaches someone who can. Because one share may become the reason a child receives clean water tomorrow. 🙏 Donate Water. Share Hope. Save a Child. Before thirst takes another life. To contribute:
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🚨 Donate urgently to provide water for the children of Gaza 🚨 To contribute: Before you keep scrolling… Imagine your child waking up in the middle of the night and saying: “Mom… I’m thirsty.” You walk to the tap. You turn it on. Nothing comes out. You search for a bottle. Nothing. You look everywhere for even one drop of clean water… But there is none. Now imagine telling your child: “Wait until tomorrow…” Knowing tomorrow may not bring any water either. For thousands of families in Gaza… This is not a story. This is their daily reality. Children are going to sleep thirsty. Parents are watching their children suffer because they cannot provide the most basic thing a human being needs to survive. Today, our team at Project Mohammed is delivering clean drinking water to displaced families living in camps across Gaza. We reach areas where families have nowhere else to turn. Every day, we receive desperate messages from mothers begging for water for their children. Not luxury. Not comfort. Just clean water to keep their children alive. But our ability to continue these water distributions is at risk. Donations have fallen dramatically. Without urgent support… Our water trucks may stop. And when the trucks stop… Children will be left searching for water under the burning sun, carrying empty containers, waiting for someone to help. 💧 One donation today can become the water a child drinks when there is nothing left. 🤍 Deep thanks to those who continue standing beside Gaza: Eyup (Eyup Lovely) ❤️ Felix (GoliathFan1952) ❤️ William Menaker (Will 🦥 Menaker) ❤️ Your voices help us reach families who are fighting every day just to survive. Please don’t scroll past. If you can donate, you can provide water. If you cannot donate, share this message so it reaches someone who can. Because one share may become the reason a child receives clean water tomorrow. 🙏 Donate Water. Share Hope. Save a Child. Before thirst takes another life. To contribute:

Muhmmed Project𓂆 🇵🇸

18,993 Aufrufe • vor 25 Tagen

🚨 Ohio is quietly surrendering its water to AI. Not tomorrow. Right now. Central Ohio alone has 65+ new data centers planned. Each one can guzzle up to 5 million gallons per day just to cool the servers. Google’s New Albany facility? Already sucking down 348,000 gallons daily. One facility. We get 40 inches of rain a year. Ohio should be water-rich. Instead, we’re pumping groundwater faster than it can recharge. Wells are dropping. Aquifers are thinning. By 2050, industrial water demand is projected to explode 120%. That’s your drinking water, farmers’ irrigation, and every river, stream, and wetland in a losing battle against server farms. This isn’t sustainable. This isn’t progress. This is theft from our children’s future. That’s why Ohioans are fighting back: a citizen-led effort to amend the Ohio Constitution to ban large-scale data centers that threaten our water. Ballot language is being reviewed now. Petitions will hit every county soon. Most of these companies hide their real water usage behind NDAs. They don’t want you to know they’re drinking your future. AI doesn’t run on electricity alone. It runs on your water. Arizona already learned this lesson the hard way. Ohio doesn’t have to. We will not sacrifice our water, our land, and our grandchildren’s inheritance so tech billionaires can train bigger models. Sign the petitions when they drop. Spread the word. This is Water Wars and Ohio is waking up. #water #waterwars #ohio #bigtech #datacenters Casey Putsch for Ohio Governor
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🚨 Ohio is quietly surrendering its water to AI. Not tomorrow. Right now. Central Ohio alone has 65+ new data centers planned. Each one can guzzle up to 5 million gallons per day just to cool the servers. Google’s New Albany facility? Already sucking down 348,000 gallons daily. One facility. We get 40 inches of rain a year. Ohio should be water-rich. Instead, we’re pumping groundwater faster than it can recharge. Wells are dropping. Aquifers are thinning. By 2050, industrial water demand is projected to explode 120%. That’s your drinking water, farmers’ irrigation, and every river, stream, and wetland in a losing battle against server farms. This isn’t sustainable. This isn’t progress. This is theft from our children’s future. That’s why Ohioans are fighting back: a citizen-led effort to amend the Ohio Constitution to ban large-scale data centers that threaten our water. Ballot language is being reviewed now. Petitions will hit every county soon. Most of these companies hide their real water usage behind NDAs. They don’t want you to know they’re drinking your future. AI doesn’t run on electricity alone. It runs on your water. Arizona already learned this lesson the hard way. Ohio doesn’t have to. We will not sacrifice our water, our land, and our grandchildren’s inheritance so tech billionaires can train bigger models. Sign the petitions when they drop. Spread the word. This is Water Wars and Ohio is waking up. #water #waterwars #ohio #bigtech #datacenters Casey Putsch for Ohio Governor

Kim Georgeton for Ohio

89,379 Aufrufe • vor 4 Monaten

The natural range of deuterium in drinking water on Earth is 90 to 160 ppm. Where you fall within that range depends entirely on where you live — and almost nobody tracking their health knows this. The measurement data comes from István Fórizs — Hungarian geochemist and isotope hydrologist who studies the movement and distribution of isotopes through water systems in nature. Ocean water carries 156 ppm — the reference point and the highest deuterium concentration found in liquid water under normal conditions. Tropical and high-evaporation lakes such as Lake Chad and Lake Van in Turkey sit at approximately 160 ppm because evaporation concentrates deuterium — lighter water evaporates first and heavier water remains. Mediterranean precipitation trends toward the higher end of the range. Northern Europe trends progressively lower moving north. Greenland and Antarctic ice sit between 90 and 110 ppm — the most deuterium-depleted natural water found on Earth's surface. The continental effect explains the geography. Water evaporating from the ocean forms clouds. As those clouds move inland, each rainfall removes heavier isotopes preferentially — the remaining vapor becomes progressively lighter. By the time precipitation reaches the center of a continent it carries significantly less deuterium than coastal rain. Temperature adds another layer. Precipitation in Budapest measures 152 ppm in summer and 132 ppm in winter. A 20 ppm variation driven purely by temperature — the same city, every year. But tap water tells a more complex story. Most drinking water in Hungary comes from groundwater — an accumulated average of precipitation over time that leans slightly toward winter values because winter precipitation infiltrates the ground at higher rates than summer precipitation, which tends to evaporate before reaching the aquifer. Some of that groundwater infiltrated the earth during the ice age — over 11,000 years ago — when global temperatures were significantly lower. It carries less deuterium than modern precipitation from the same region because the planet was colder when it fell. The geological record of temperature is readable in the deuterium content of ancient groundwater. Which means the deuterium content of your drinking water is shaped not just by where you live today — but by the climatic history of the region over thousands of years. The gap between ~90 ppm Antarctic melted snow and ~160 ppm tropical/evaporative water spans most of the biologically active window that Professor Roman Zubarev from Karolinska Institute identified as regulating cell growth. Your mitochondria are navigating this variable every single day. Geography is a biological input.
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The natural range of deuterium in drinking water on Earth is 90 to 160 ppm. Where you fall within that range depends entirely on where you live — and almost nobody tracking their health knows this. The measurement data comes from István Fórizs — Hungarian geochemist and isotope hydrologist who studies the movement and distribution of isotopes through water systems in nature. Ocean water carries 156 ppm — the reference point and the highest deuterium concentration found in liquid water under normal conditions. Tropical and high-evaporation lakes such as Lake Chad and Lake Van in Turkey sit at approximately 160 ppm because evaporation concentrates deuterium — lighter water evaporates first and heavier water remains. Mediterranean precipitation trends toward the higher end of the range. Northern Europe trends progressively lower moving north. Greenland and Antarctic ice sit between 90 and 110 ppm — the most deuterium-depleted natural water found on Earth's surface. The continental effect explains the geography. Water evaporating from the ocean forms clouds. As those clouds move inland, each rainfall removes heavier isotopes preferentially — the remaining vapor becomes progressively lighter. By the time precipitation reaches the center of a continent it carries significantly less deuterium than coastal rain. Temperature adds another layer. Precipitation in Budapest measures 152 ppm in summer and 132 ppm in winter. A 20 ppm variation driven purely by temperature — the same city, every year. But tap water tells a more complex story. Most drinking water in Hungary comes from groundwater — an accumulated average of precipitation over time that leans slightly toward winter values because winter precipitation infiltrates the ground at higher rates than summer precipitation, which tends to evaporate before reaching the aquifer. Some of that groundwater infiltrated the earth during the ice age — over 11,000 years ago — when global temperatures were significantly lower. It carries less deuterium than modern precipitation from the same region because the planet was colder when it fell. The geological record of temperature is readable in the deuterium content of ancient groundwater. Which means the deuterium content of your drinking water is shaped not just by where you live today — but by the climatic history of the region over thousands of years. The gap between ~90 ppm Antarctic melted snow and ~160 ppm tropical/evaporative water spans most of the biologically active window that Professor Roman Zubarev from Karolinska Institute identified as regulating cell growth. Your mitochondria are navigating this variable every single day. Geography is a biological input.

no.mind

13,678 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

🎉 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, BUZSTOPBOYS! 💚🌍 On July 5, 2023, Buzstopboys was founded with one mission: to prove that real change begins when ordinary people choose to act. Today, we celebrate another year of turning purpose into action,cleaning our streets, restoring polluted spaces, protecting water bodies, and inspiring communities to see waste not as someone else's problem, but as everyone's responsibility. Every cleanup, every volunteer, every partnership, and every life we've touched is a reminder that one idea can grow into a movement capable of transforming communities. To our volunteers, partners, supporters, and everyone who has believed in our vision from day one, thank you. Your dedication has fueled every milestone we've achieved. As we mark this anniversary, we renew our commitment to building a Ghana where clean environments are the norm, not the exception; where nature is respected, and where future generations inherit a healthier planet. This is more than an anniversary. It is a celebration of purpose, resilience, and collective action.
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🎉 HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, BUZSTOPBOYS! 💚🌍 On July 5, 2023, Buzstopboys was founded with one mission: to prove that real change begins when ordinary people choose to act. Today, we celebrate another year of turning purpose into action,cleaning our streets, restoring polluted spaces, protecting water bodies, and inspiring communities to see waste not as someone else's problem, but as everyone's responsibility. Every cleanup, every volunteer, every partnership, and every life we've touched is a reminder that one idea can grow into a movement capable of transforming communities. To our volunteers, partners, supporters, and everyone who has believed in our vision from day one, thank you. Your dedication has fueled every milestone we've achieved. As we mark this anniversary, we renew our commitment to building a Ghana where clean environments are the norm, not the exception; where nature is respected, and where future generations inherit a healthier planet. This is more than an anniversary. It is a celebration of purpose, resilience, and collective action.

Buzstopboys

14,840 Aufrufe • vor 27 Tagen

Engineers discover a new class of materials that passively harvest water from air | University of Pennsylvania A serendipitous observation in a Chemical Engineering lab at Penn Engineering has led to a surprising discovery: a new class of nanostructured materials that can pull water from the air, collect it in pores and release it onto surfaces without the need for any external energy. The research, published in Science Advances, was conducted by an interdisciplinary team, including Daeyeon Lee, Russell Pearce and Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), Amish Patel, Professor in CBE, Baekmin Kim, a postdoctoral scholar in Lee's lab and first author, and Stefan Guldin, Professor in Complex Soft Matter at the Technical University of Munich. Their work describes a material that could open the door to new ways to collect water from the air in arid regions and devices that cool electronics or buildings using the power of evaporation. "We weren't even trying to collect water," says Lee. "We were working on another project testing the combination of hydrophilic nanopores and hydrophobic polymers when Bharath Venkatesh, a former Ph.D. student in our lab, noticed water droplets appearing on a material we were testing. It didn't make sense. That's when we started asking questions." Those questions led to an in-depth study of a new type of amphiphilic nanoporous material: one that blends water-loving (hydrophilic) and water-repelling (hydrophobic) components in a unique nanoscale structure. The result is a material that both captures moisture from air and simultaneously pushes that moisture out as droplets. Water-Collecting Nanopores When water condenses on surfaces, it usually requires either a drop in temperature or very high humidity levels. Conventional water harvesting methods rely on these principles, often requiring energy input to chill surfaces or a dense fog to form to collect water passively from humid environments. But Lee and Patel's system works differently. Instead of cooling, their material relies on capillary condensation, a process where water vapor condenses inside tiny pores even at lower humidity. This is not new. What is new is that in their system, the water doesn't just stay trapped inside the pores, as it usually does in these types of materials. "In typical nanoporous materials, once the water enters the pores, it stays there," explains Patel. "But in our material, the water moves, first condensing inside the pores, then emerging onto the surface as droplets. That's never been seen before in a system like this, and at first we doubted our observations." A Material That Defies Physics Before they understood what was happening, the researchers first thought that water was simply condensing onto the surface of the material due to an artifact of their experimental setup, such as a temperature gradient in the lab. To rule that out, they increased the thickness of the material to see if the amount of water collected on the surface would change. "If what we were observing was due to surface condensation alone, the thickness of the material wouldn't change the amount of water present," explains Lee. But, the total amount of water collected increased as the film's thickness increased, proving that the water droplets forming on the surface came from inside the material. Even more surprising: the droplets didn't evaporate quickly, as thermodynamics would predict. "According to the curvature and size of the droplets, they should have been evaporating," says Patel. "But they were not; they remained stable for extended periods." With a material that could potentially defy the laws of physics on their hands, Lee and Patel sent their design off to a collaborator to see if their results were replicable. "We study porous films under a wide range of conditions, using subtle changes in light polarization to probe complex nanoscale phenomena," says Guldin. "But we've never seen anything like this. It's absolutely fascinating and will clearly spark new and exciting research." A Stabilized Cycle of Condensation and Release It turns out that they had created a material with just the right balance of water-attracting nanoparticles and water-repelling plastic -- polyethylene -- to create a nanoparticle film with this special property. "We accidentally hit the sweet spot," says Lee. "The droplets are connected to hidden reservoirs in the pores below. These reservoirs are continuously replenished from water vapor in the air, creating a feedback loop made possible by this perfect balance of water-loving and water-repelling materials." A Platform for Passive Water Harvesting and More Beyond the physics-defying behavior, the materials' simplicity is part of what makes them so promising. Made from common polymers and nanoparticles using scalable fabrication methods, these films could be integrated into passive water harvesting devices for arid regions, surfaces for cooling electronics or smart coatings that respond to ambient humidity. "We're still uncovering the mechanisms at play," says Patel. "But the potential is exciting. We're learning from biology -- how cells and proteins manage water in complex environments -- and applying that to design better materials." "This is exactly what Penn does best, bringing together expertise in chemical engineering, materials science, chemistry and biology to solve big problems," adds Lee. The next steps include studying how to optimize the balance of hydrophilic and hydrophobic components, scale the material for real-world use and investigating how to make the collected droplets roll off surfaces efficiently. Ultimately, the researchers hope this discovery will lead to technologies that offer clean water in dry climates or more sustainable cooling methods using only the water vapor already in the air. Read more:
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Engineers discover a new class of materials that passively harvest water from air | University of Pennsylvania A serendipitous observation in a Chemical Engineering lab at Penn Engineering has led to a surprising discovery: a new class of nanostructured materials that can pull water from the air, collect it in pores and release it onto surfaces without the need for any external energy. The research, published in Science Advances, was conducted by an interdisciplinary team, including Daeyeon Lee, Russell Pearce and Elizabeth Crimian Heuer Professor in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), Amish Patel, Professor in CBE, Baekmin Kim, a postdoctoral scholar in Lee's lab and first author, and Stefan Guldin, Professor in Complex Soft Matter at the Technical University of Munich. Their work describes a material that could open the door to new ways to collect water from the air in arid regions and devices that cool electronics or buildings using the power of evaporation. "We weren't even trying to collect water," says Lee. "We were working on another project testing the combination of hydrophilic nanopores and hydrophobic polymers when Bharath Venkatesh, a former Ph.D. student in our lab, noticed water droplets appearing on a material we were testing. It didn't make sense. That's when we started asking questions." Those questions led to an in-depth study of a new type of amphiphilic nanoporous material: one that blends water-loving (hydrophilic) and water-repelling (hydrophobic) components in a unique nanoscale structure. The result is a material that both captures moisture from air and simultaneously pushes that moisture out as droplets. Water-Collecting Nanopores When water condenses on surfaces, it usually requires either a drop in temperature or very high humidity levels. Conventional water harvesting methods rely on these principles, often requiring energy input to chill surfaces or a dense fog to form to collect water passively from humid environments. But Lee and Patel's system works differently. Instead of cooling, their material relies on capillary condensation, a process where water vapor condenses inside tiny pores even at lower humidity. This is not new. What is new is that in their system, the water doesn't just stay trapped inside the pores, as it usually does in these types of materials. "In typical nanoporous materials, once the water enters the pores, it stays there," explains Patel. "But in our material, the water moves, first condensing inside the pores, then emerging onto the surface as droplets. That's never been seen before in a system like this, and at first we doubted our observations." A Material That Defies Physics Before they understood what was happening, the researchers first thought that water was simply condensing onto the surface of the material due to an artifact of their experimental setup, such as a temperature gradient in the lab. To rule that out, they increased the thickness of the material to see if the amount of water collected on the surface would change. "If what we were observing was due to surface condensation alone, the thickness of the material wouldn't change the amount of water present," explains Lee. But, the total amount of water collected increased as the film's thickness increased, proving that the water droplets forming on the surface came from inside the material. Even more surprising: the droplets didn't evaporate quickly, as thermodynamics would predict. "According to the curvature and size of the droplets, they should have been evaporating," says Patel. "But they were not; they remained stable for extended periods." With a material that could potentially defy the laws of physics on their hands, Lee and Patel sent their design off to a collaborator to see if their results were replicable. "We study porous films under a wide range of conditions, using subtle changes in light polarization to probe complex nanoscale phenomena," says Guldin. "But we've never seen anything like this. It's absolutely fascinating and will clearly spark new and exciting research." A Stabilized Cycle of Condensation and Release It turns out that they had created a material with just the right balance of water-attracting nanoparticles and water-repelling plastic -- polyethylene -- to create a nanoparticle film with this special property. "We accidentally hit the sweet spot," says Lee. "The droplets are connected to hidden reservoirs in the pores below. These reservoirs are continuously replenished from water vapor in the air, creating a feedback loop made possible by this perfect balance of water-loving and water-repelling materials." A Platform for Passive Water Harvesting and More Beyond the physics-defying behavior, the materials' simplicity is part of what makes them so promising. Made from common polymers and nanoparticles using scalable fabrication methods, these films could be integrated into passive water harvesting devices for arid regions, surfaces for cooling electronics or smart coatings that respond to ambient humidity. "We're still uncovering the mechanisms at play," says Patel. "But the potential is exciting. We're learning from biology -- how cells and proteins manage water in complex environments -- and applying that to design better materials." "This is exactly what Penn does best, bringing together expertise in chemical engineering, materials science, chemistry and biology to solve big problems," adds Lee. The next steps include studying how to optimize the balance of hydrophilic and hydrophobic components, scale the material for real-world use and investigating how to make the collected droplets roll off surfaces efficiently. Ultimately, the researchers hope this discovery will lead to technologies that offer clean water in dry climates or more sustainable cooling methods using only the water vapor already in the air. Read more:

Owen Gregorian

137,919 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr

The contrasts are stark. While some communities struggle for clean air, water and dignified living conditions, others continue to consume far beyond the limits of what our planet can sustain. It is time to stop treating environmental action as an optional extra. It is time to move beyond token gestures and towards meaningful change. This #WorldEnvironmentDay, let us remember that every choice we make has an impact on nature, on the climate, and on each other. Some things we can all do: 🌿 Refuse single-use plastics and avoid unnecessary plastic consumption. 🌿 Segregate and manage waste at source. 🌿 Waste less. Consume mindfully. 🌿 Protect forests, trees, wetlands and natural ecosystems. 🌿 Support organisations working for wildlife conservation and environmental protection. 🌿 Work with local authorities and communities to scale solutions that restore ecosystems and build resilience. 🌿 Invest in businesses and innovations that place people and planet at the heart of progress. These are some of the things I try to do. Some of the things we can all do. The environment is not separate from us. It is the source of every breath we take, every meal we eat, every drop of water we drink. Let us not look away from reality. Let us act with courage, urgency and hope. For nature. For climate. For our future. #WorldEnvironmentDay #NowForClimate #PlanetStartsWithPeople #SDGs #GlobalGoals #BeatPollution #ActNow #ForNature
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The contrasts are stark. While some communities struggle for clean air, water and dignified living conditions, others continue to consume far beyond the limits of what our planet can sustain. It is time to stop treating environmental action as an optional extra. It is time to move beyond token gestures and towards meaningful change. This #WorldEnvironmentDay, let us remember that every choice we make has an impact on nature, on the climate, and on each other. Some things we can all do: 🌿 Refuse single-use plastics and avoid unnecessary plastic consumption. 🌿 Segregate and manage waste at source. 🌿 Waste less. Consume mindfully. 🌿 Protect forests, trees, wetlands and natural ecosystems. 🌿 Support organisations working for wildlife conservation and environmental protection. 🌿 Work with local authorities and communities to scale solutions that restore ecosystems and build resilience. 🌿 Invest in businesses and innovations that place people and planet at the heart of progress. These are some of the things I try to do. Some of the things we can all do. The environment is not separate from us. It is the source of every breath we take, every meal we eat, every drop of water we drink. Let us not look away from reality. Let us act with courage, urgency and hope. For nature. For climate. For our future. #WorldEnvironmentDay #NowForClimate #PlanetStartsWithPeople #SDGs #GlobalGoals #BeatPollution #ActNow #ForNature

Dia Mirza

12,112 Aufrufe • vor 1 Monat

🚨 URGENT: Donate now to provide clean water for orphaned children in Gaza before another child goes to sleep thirsty. 🚨 👉 Before you keep scrolling… Somewhere in Gaza today, an orphaned child is carrying an empty container through destroyed streets. The container is almost as big as their small body. There is no mother walking beside them. No father to carry the water for them. No family waiting safely inside a home. They lost them all. Now they are searching alone for something no child should ever have to beg for: Water. 💔 Some children walk for hours beneath the unbearable heat and return with nothing. 💔 Some drink unsafe and contaminated water because thirst leaves them no other choice. 💔 Some fall asleep with dry mouths and empty bottles beside them. 💔 Some are too weak from hunger and dehydration to carry the water they desperately need. These are not children asking for toys. They are not asking for comfort. They are asking: “Will I drink today?” Imagine losing your mother, your father, your home and everyone who once protected you… Then waking up thirsty inside a crowded tent, with no one left to search for water except you. A child should never have to choose between drinking contaminated water and dying of thirst. But this is the reality facing thousands of children across Gaza. 🚨 Mohammed’s Team is working directly from inside Gaza to deliver clean drinking water to orphaned children, displaced families and overcrowded camps. We reach children who have been forgotten. We fill the empty containers they have carried for hours. We deliver water directly into camps where families are surviving beneath unbearable heat with almost nothing. Because water is not a luxury. Water is life. Without clean water, children face dehydration, disease and death. Every water truck we distribute may be the only safe water hundreds of children receive that day. 🫶 This work has been made possible by people who refused to look away: 🔥 William Menaker (Will 🦥 Menaker) 🔥 Felix (GoliathFan1952) 🔥 Eyup Lovely (Eyup Lovely) 🔥 Marcus (Marcus d’Osint 🎒🕊️ _) Because of their humanity, thirsty children have received clean water. But the need is still enormous. Thousands of orphaned and displaced children are still waiting beside empty containers. Tonight, some will sleep thirsty. Tomorrow, some will walk for hours searching again. And without urgent donations, the water trucks may stop. 🚨 PLEASE DO NOT SCROLL PAST THIS CHILD. 👉 Donate now to help us distribute clean water across Gaza. Your donation can: 💧 Fill an orphaned child’s empty container 💧 Deliver clean water to an overcrowded displacement camp 💧 Protect children from dehydration and contaminated water 💧 Keep our water trucks moving every day A child who has already lost their entire family should not also lose their life because no clean water reached them. One donation becomes water. One share can help send another truck. Together, we can show Gaza’s children that the world has not completely abandoned them. 👉
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🚨 URGENT: Donate now to provide clean water for orphaned children in Gaza before another child goes to sleep thirsty. 🚨 👉 Before you keep scrolling… Somewhere in Gaza today, an orphaned child is carrying an empty container through destroyed streets. The container is almost as big as their small body. There is no mother walking beside them. No father to carry the water for them. No family waiting safely inside a home. They lost them all. Now they are searching alone for something no child should ever have to beg for: Water. 💔 Some children walk for hours beneath the unbearable heat and return with nothing. 💔 Some drink unsafe and contaminated water because thirst leaves them no other choice. 💔 Some fall asleep with dry mouths and empty bottles beside them. 💔 Some are too weak from hunger and dehydration to carry the water they desperately need. These are not children asking for toys. They are not asking for comfort. They are asking: “Will I drink today?” Imagine losing your mother, your father, your home and everyone who once protected you… Then waking up thirsty inside a crowded tent, with no one left to search for water except you. A child should never have to choose between drinking contaminated water and dying of thirst. But this is the reality facing thousands of children across Gaza. 🚨 Mohammed’s Team is working directly from inside Gaza to deliver clean drinking water to orphaned children, displaced families and overcrowded camps. We reach children who have been forgotten. We fill the empty containers they have carried for hours. We deliver water directly into camps where families are surviving beneath unbearable heat with almost nothing. Because water is not a luxury. Water is life. Without clean water, children face dehydration, disease and death. Every water truck we distribute may be the only safe water hundreds of children receive that day. 🫶 This work has been made possible by people who refused to look away: 🔥 William Menaker (Will 🦥 Menaker) 🔥 Felix (GoliathFan1952) 🔥 Eyup Lovely (Eyup Lovely) 🔥 Marcus (Marcus d’Osint 🎒🕊️ _) Because of their humanity, thirsty children have received clean water. But the need is still enormous. Thousands of orphaned and displaced children are still waiting beside empty containers. Tonight, some will sleep thirsty. Tomorrow, some will walk for hours searching again. And without urgent donations, the water trucks may stop. 🚨 PLEASE DO NOT SCROLL PAST THIS CHILD. 👉 Donate now to help us distribute clean water across Gaza. Your donation can: 💧 Fill an orphaned child’s empty container 💧 Deliver clean water to an overcrowded displacement camp 💧 Protect children from dehydration and contaminated water 💧 Keep our water trucks moving every day A child who has already lost their entire family should not also lose their life because no clean water reached them. One donation becomes water. One share can help send another truck. Together, we can show Gaza’s children that the world has not completely abandoned them. 👉

Muhmmed Project𓂆 🇵🇸

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A billion dollar company backed by hedge funds is planning on pumping 15 BILLION gallons of water out of a Texas aquifer per year. This will have devastating consequences 🚨 The man who owns the company was on the board of the groundwater district that reviews the permits “Small town corruption and greed and good old boys in Texas making deals that sell out their very own neighbors and communities. — That's exactly what's happening right now in rural East Texas, and hardly anyone's talking about it. But I'm not afraid to spill the tea and name names. So let's get into it. A company backed by a billionaire hedge fund from out of town is trying to come in and drill roughly 30 industrial wells into the Carrizo Wilcox aquifer. If approved, this would pull roughly 15 billion with a B gallons of water out of that aquifer per per year. This is the same aquifer that thousands upon thousands of people across several different counties rely on for their water. And those 15 billion gallons of water that would be pulled out every year isn't going to go to our families and our farms and our schools and our communities. That water would be piped out and sold to fuel, development and other areas of the state, leaving us to deal with the consequences. Water levels will drop, pressure will drop, and wells will run dry. This is our only water source for our families, for our livestock, for our ranches, farms, schools, and everything else in our communities. But here's the kicker, and here's where that corruption and greed comes in. The well drilling company that was hired to drill all of these industrial wells for this project is owned by a man named Donald A. Foster. And up until just yesterday, Donald Foster was on the board of the groundwater district that reviews these permits. This is obviously a huge conflict of interest, but it gets worse. Texas law requires that board members with a financial conflict recuse themselves from all discussions and decisions regarding that issue. But I've been digging through public records, including minutes from this board's meetings over the last year and a half, and these public records do not show that Donald Foster recused himself. Public records show that Donald Foster was present during discussions of this project and even participated in enclosed sessions where this project was discussed. During one meeting, there was even a vote on whether or not to consult with a hydrologist for these permits for these wells. And it does not show that Donald Foster recused himself or abstained from that vote. In fact, it looks like he voted and it passed unanimously. Now, in April 2025, he did abstain from one vote. The board was voting to accept the applications for these permits as administratively complete elite, and he did not participate in that vote. He did abstain. — Donald Foster resigned from that board yesterday. But you don't get to sit in secret meetings and rubber stamp billion dollar water grabs that line your pockets and then try to get out of the hot seat at the last minute. Not when it's our land, our wells, and our lives all on the line. I guess the people who actually live here were never supposed to notice, let alone fight back. But we did notice. We did find out what you were doing. And we're not just going to roll over and take it. We will not let our communities be drained, silenced and sold. At least not without a fight.”
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A billion dollar company backed by hedge funds is planning on pumping 15 BILLION gallons of water out of a Texas aquifer per year. This will have devastating consequences 🚨 The man who owns the company was on the board of the groundwater district that reviews the permits “Small town corruption and greed and good old boys in Texas making deals that sell out their very own neighbors and communities. — That's exactly what's happening right now in rural East Texas, and hardly anyone's talking about it. But I'm not afraid to spill the tea and name names. So let's get into it. A company backed by a billionaire hedge fund from out of town is trying to come in and drill roughly 30 industrial wells into the Carrizo Wilcox aquifer. If approved, this would pull roughly 15 billion with a B gallons of water out of that aquifer per per year. This is the same aquifer that thousands upon thousands of people across several different counties rely on for their water. And those 15 billion gallons of water that would be pulled out every year isn't going to go to our families and our farms and our schools and our communities. That water would be piped out and sold to fuel, development and other areas of the state, leaving us to deal with the consequences. Water levels will drop, pressure will drop, and wells will run dry. This is our only water source for our families, for our livestock, for our ranches, farms, schools, and everything else in our communities. But here's the kicker, and here's where that corruption and greed comes in. The well drilling company that was hired to drill all of these industrial wells for this project is owned by a man named Donald A. Foster. And up until just yesterday, Donald Foster was on the board of the groundwater district that reviews these permits. This is obviously a huge conflict of interest, but it gets worse. Texas law requires that board members with a financial conflict recuse themselves from all discussions and decisions regarding that issue. But I've been digging through public records, including minutes from this board's meetings over the last year and a half, and these public records do not show that Donald Foster recused himself. Public records show that Donald Foster was present during discussions of this project and even participated in enclosed sessions where this project was discussed. During one meeting, there was even a vote on whether or not to consult with a hydrologist for these permits for these wells. And it does not show that Donald Foster recused himself or abstained from that vote. In fact, it looks like he voted and it passed unanimously. Now, in April 2025, he did abstain from one vote. The board was voting to accept the applications for these permits as administratively complete elite, and he did not participate in that vote. He did abstain. — Donald Foster resigned from that board yesterday. But you don't get to sit in secret meetings and rubber stamp billion dollar water grabs that line your pockets and then try to get out of the hot seat at the last minute. Not when it's our land, our wells, and our lives all on the line. I guess the people who actually live here were never supposed to notice, let alone fight back. But we did notice. We did find out what you were doing. And we're not just going to roll over and take it. We will not let our communities be drained, silenced and sold. At least not without a fight.”

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