War isn’t the only thing that threatens human survival–an even bigger threat is lack of water. Despite the fact that Australia is experiencing incredible floods right now, the country endured many years of drought.read more
New washer uses only a cup of water – Drought will be a big problem in the future?and is already a huge problem in some parts of the world. A lot of water is wasted doing the laundry, but a new type of washing machine has been invented that uses much less water to get clothes clean.
How does it do it? It pounds clothes clean with thousands of plastic chips. It also saves energy, because the clothes come out so dry, they don’t need a tumble dryer.
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Scientists don’t just predict a food shortage for the future, they predict a water shortage too?despite the fact that sea levels are expected to rise?and part of the reason may be corn grown for biofuel production.
A crisis is looming over water shortages worldwide. By 2025 more than half the nations in the world will face freshwater stress or shortages and by 2050 as much as 75% of the world’s population could face freshwater scarcity. There is a 50% chance Lake Mead, a key source of water for millions of people in the southwestern United States, will be dry by 2021, due to global warming.
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Experts warn that food and water shortages caused by global warming could lead to future wars, and may be causing one of the wars that this going on RIGHT NOW. Past history makes it even more likely that this will happen. This is why the United Nations has become concerned about climate change.
In LiveScience.com, Andrea Thompson reports that researchers who studied nearly 900 wars fought in China in the last two thousand years (and Chinese history goes back a long time) found “a correlation between the frequency of warfare and records of temperature changes.”
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