Archive for September 7, 2018

Erkin | September 7, 2018
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Fishing for water in the clouds

Water scarcity has long been a problem for those living in Morocco’s Anti-Atlas mountain range. Harvesting fog for water could help.

Water is a scarce and precious resource in the communities around Mount Boutmezguida in Morocco’s Anti-Atlas mountain range. The region is one of the driest in the country – a situation worsened by climate change. But one thing the area does have is plenty of fog. That gave the people at nongovernmental organization Dar Si Hmad the idea to implement an innovative and eco-friendly technology to improve the lives of the farmers living in the area. Read more

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Erkin | September 6, 2018
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A world without water

We can survive for weeks without food – but without water? That’s a different story. Yet all over the world, people and wildlife alike are having to cope without it. We take a look at the devastating impact of drought.

Somalia

Nowhere in the world is the lack of water being more keenly felt at the moment than in Somalia. No water to drink or to grow food and nothing to give their ailing livestock – drought has the Horn of Africa region in its deathly grip. More than 110 people died within a single 48-hour period earlier this month, according to Somalia’s prime minister, but millions more are at risk.

Somalia usually has two seasons of rainfall: Deyr from October to December, and Gu, which begins in March. But for two years, there has been significantly less rainfall than normal – a disaster for agriculture dependent on rain water rather than irrigation. Read more

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