Yes - Hiya Shah
It’s true in the United States, it’s true in California, it’s true globally. The scarcity of freshwater resources and the need for additional freshwater supply is critical in many arid regions around the world, and it will be increasingly important in the future. These areas may not have freshwater resources in the form of surface water or limited underground brackish water resources. One thing we still have plenty of, however, is the ocean. Some areas are already harnessing innovative solutions like desalination, or more broadly, turning salt water into potable water.
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But with the escalating crisis, trying to curb carbon emissions amidst an era of cars, factories, and industrial giants, though fruitful in some aspects, has lost much of its power and appeal. We’re simply not moving fast enough to ensure that the approach will succeed. Scientists (and everyday activists like you and I!) have turned their attention instead to ways we can take back the carbon already in our atmosphere in a process called carbon sequestration.
Riya Jariwala
As we traverse pandemic times and feel the need to return to normalcy, scientists warn that more pandemics like the ongoing coronavirus will occur more frequently due to habitat destruction and deforestation. Eliminating natural environments of different species won’t make the species themselves disappear. As University of Montpellier infectious diseases researcher Roger Frutos puts it, “We instead create a patchwork, a mosaic of their environment that’s closer to ours, with houses that attract insects or sheds where bats can rest and find shelter.” And with that comes the spread of more infectious diseases, which is evident from the three pandemics that have occurred since 2002: SARS, Ebola, and currently SARS-CoV-2. All three of these viruses have jumped from wild animals to humans, and the probability of the spread of similar infectious diseases will only continue if we don’t reassess how our land conversion behaviors.
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