Category Archives: water

Safe Water in Peril

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

More than one billion people lack access to safe drinking water, and more than two billion people live without improved sanitation. While these dire conditions already pose the greatest threat to environmental health around the world, global warming is set … Continue reading →

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Bringing Safe Water to the World

Posted on March 27, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

Almost every day, Sarah and her best friend walk to a deep hole dug into a dry riverbed in Sudan to fetch water for their families. It’s a seven-and-a-half-hour journey in brutal heat, the return trip made even more arduous … Continue reading →

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The climatic effects of water vapour

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

This article is a couple of years old but it is excellent. I have been meaning to write about it for some time but there have been recent discussions on the web regarding the thermodynamic tendencies of the entire planet, … Continue reading →

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The Water Cycle:Earth’s Water is Always in Circulation

Posted on March 22, 2008 by Rashid Faridi

The Earth’s water is always in circulation. It has been recycled for the last 3 billion years. This process is called the water cycle. The cycle starts when the sun’s heat evaporates water from the oceans into the atmosphere to … Continue reading →

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