News tagged with water footprint

Experts call on governments, industries and the water and trade research communities

With greater water scarcity in some regions and increasing global demand for high quality water, international trade agreements need to help save water globally. This was the main conclusion of a special report, published ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Dec 05, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Collecting carbon in a concrete jungle

Land unsuitable for tree planting could still be used to reduce levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere thanks to new research.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 6

Calculating water footprints of animal, plant proteins

Many times more water is needed for the production of meat and other animal products, such as eggs and dairy produce, than for the production of plant products. The University of Twente (The Netherlands) has ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 31, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Time to find a second Earth, WWF says

Carbon pollution and over-use of Earth's natural resources have become so critical that, on current trends, we will need a second planet to meet our needs by 2030, the WWF said on Wednesday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Oct 13, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (17) | comments 46

Student's water bottles will help the world's poor

(PhysOrg.com) -- A student is helping fund third-world African communities by designing an innovative eco-friendly water bottle.

Other Sciences / Other

created Aug 03, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Water cooling for supercomputers unveiled in Switzerland

Swiss researchers on Thursday unveiled a water-cooling system to cut the heat generated by a supercomputer, thereby significantly reducing its carbon footprint.

Technology / Engineering

created May 06, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (18) | comments 7

IBM and ETH Zurich unveil plan to build new kind of water-cooled supercomputer

In an effort to achieve energy-aware computing, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), and IBM today announced plans to build a first-of-a-kind water-cooled supercomputer that will directly ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Biofuels may lead to a 'drink or drive' issue

Rice University scientists warned that the United States must be careful that the new emphasis on developing biofuels as an alternative to imported oil takes into account potential damage to the nation's water resources.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0