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recent bookmarks from andrewduckerGoogle proposes an AI training datacenter that would use up to 8 million gallons of water *per day*2026-03-10T09:13:27+00:00
https://www.wsls.com/news/local/2026/02/26/google-data-center-water-estimates-go-public-residents-in-roanoke-and-botetourt-react/
andrewduckerwater google aihttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:c962f8e2143e/Did people drink water in the Middle Ages?2026-02-02T09:33:06+00:00
https://www.medievalists.net/2023/05/drink-water-middle-ages/
andrewduckerwater historyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:85c94171ea8d/United Nations Declares That the World Has Entered an Era of 'Global Water Bankruptcy'2026-01-25T19:13:29+00:00
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/united-nations-declares-that-the-world-has-entered-an-era-of-global-water-bankruptcy-180988045/
andrewduckerwater environment doomhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ad115c125ada/AI water use is complex (video, 24 minutes long, wide-ranging, lots of info)2025-12-31T10:45:31+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_c6MWk7PQc
andrewduckerai water videohttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f9583a2db2b4/Kew woman fined £150 for pouring coffee down a street drain2025-10-22T08:57:16+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cg435gg66gpo
andrewduckerwaste water location regulation UK Londonhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:98c934f8d161/Do not charge your phone in the bath.2025-10-01T11:07:33+00:00
https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/1001/1536213-inquest-anne-marie-ogorman/
andrewduckerphones electricity baths waterhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e5fe5d76235c/Google has released data on how much energy an AI prompt uses2025-08-21T14:35:05+00:00
https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/08/21/1122288/google-gemini-ai-energy/
andrewduckerai energy co2 waterhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b12c9e121248/The UK government's final tip on how to save water is, frankly, out of contact with reality2025-08-12T14:59:56+00:00
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/national-drought-group-meets-to-address-nationally-significant-water-shortfall
andrewduckeruk government water EpicWTFhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:006562471d51/In less than two decades, Earth has tilted 31.5 inches as a result of pumping groundwater2025-07-26T20:01:58+00:00
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a65515974/why-earth-has-tilted-science/
andrewduckerwater earthhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3a3be84fabbd/Labour ministers lying about Scottish water quality to make it look like privatisation isn't the problem2025-07-22T18:11:49+00:00
https://scottishgov-newsroom.prgloo.com/correspondence/water-quality-in-scotland-letter-to-secretary-of-state-for-environment-food-and-rural-affairs
andrewduckerScotland UK England Labour lies water privatisationhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:bcdc9f1ec5f6/Seine reopens to Paris swimmers after century-long ban2025-07-05T21:22:27+00:00
https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2025/07/05/seine-reopens-to-paris-swimmers-after-century-long-ban_6743058_7.html
andrewduckerFrance Paris water pollution sewagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a48217c52dd2/Scottish Water warning after driest period in 60 years2025-05-15T07:41:24+00:00
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0r1nk8g8l8o
andrewduckerScotland waterhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:1461cda016df/Next-generation datacenters consume zero water for cooling2024-12-10T16:34:51+00:00
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-cloud/blog/2024/12/09/sustainable-by-design-next-generation-datacenters-consume-zero-water-for-cooling/
andrewduckerwater cool heat Technologyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:382ef64dc605/Earth has tilted by 31.5 inches and humans are to blame - pumping 2 trillion tons of groundwater2024-11-27T11:36:23+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/news/science/earth-tilted-humans-blame-why-matters-3398943
andrewduckerwater earth doomhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2a05141378bf/Water expands a ridiculous amount when it turns into steam, and you do not want to be nearby if it happens very quickly2024-11-11T21:31:44+00:00
https://youtube.com/watch?v=oWSHEC1N770&si=L277WBJ5qXBh37Hk
andrewduckervideo water heathttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2f815f7805db/Scientists Say Our Water Cycle Has Started Breaking Down2024-10-23T08:47:08+00:00
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a62642208/water-cycle-malfunction/
andrewduckerwater environment doomhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:1ce9633f4007/US finalizes rule to remove lead pipes within a decade. (Do many other countries still use lead water pipes?)2024-10-08T21:38:49+00:00
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241008-us-finalizes-rule-to-remove-lead-pipes-within-a-decade
andrewduckerlead water USAhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:311b5f8f38c9/How much energy does desalinisation use? Is it “absurdly cheap”?2024-09-23T21:25:50+00:00
https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/how-much-energy-does-desalinisation
andrewduckerwater electricity desalinationhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:c8befb165438/Fats from thin air: Making butter using CO2 and water2024-07-17T09:59:56+00:00
https://newatlas.com/technology/savor-butter-bill-gates/
andrewduckerfood co2 water butterhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ffed1fab1c83/Lake District sewage spill runs non-stop for 42 days after decades of inaction2024-05-25T12:31:38+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/news/lake-district-sewage-spill-runs-non-stop-3060959
andrewduckerwater sewage pollution nature regulation UK OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:dbdc6e5a32c8/One third of Thames Water sewage sensors are faulty2024-04-04T09:56:52+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/news/third-thames-water-sewage-sensors-faulty-2981550
andrewduckerwater uk pollution OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:0d74998d3af2/The Designer Who’s Trying to Transform Your City Into a Sponge2024-03-15T11:50:04+00:00
https://www.wired.com/story/the-designer-whos-trying-to-transform-your-city-into-a-sponge/
andrewduckerwater cities china design droughthttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:9705e25600e6/Water firms allowed to dump sewage into rivers using permits from the 1950s2024-02-23T13:42:11+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/news/sewage-permits-water-firms-pollute-rivers-2916824
andrewduckerUK water pollution regulation OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f57be9ad8627/The UK won't regulate water companies because it would bankrupt them2024-02-22T19:49:46+00:00
https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/52/environment-food-and-rural-affairs-committee/news/199990/ensure-water-companies-clean-up-their-act-before-bills-rise-says-committee/
andrewduckerregulation UK water pollution OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a086a49deb58/Mimas' surprise: Saturn's tiny moon hides a young ocean beneath its icy shell2024-02-08T09:52:01+00:00
https://phys.org/news/2024-02-mimas-tiny-moon-young-ocean.html
andrewduckermoon saturn ocean waterhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:740e7cfbdfd3/Photos of the giant Marchmont storm drain containment tanks being built on Edinburgh's Meadows2024-02-01T10:23:35+00:00
https://www.instagram.com/p/C2j_Djpskgi?img_index=1
andrewduckerpark water edinburgh photoshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:8709a30b9dff/Would Labour's plan to put water bosses in the dock over sewage dumps work?2024-01-23T13:46:00+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/news/would-labour-plan-put-water-bosses-dock-sewage-dumps-work-2865656
andrewduckerenvironment water uk labourhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:0c5b90dbabee/Why a spritz of water before grinding coffee yields less waste, tastier espresso2023-12-09T13:47:20+00:00
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/study-why-a-spritz-of-water-before-grinding-coffee-yields-less-waste-tastier-espresso/
andrewduckercoffee waterhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d740c7762802/Humid Heat Can Kill Us Much Faster Than We Thought2023-10-16T09:13:31+00:00
https://nautil.us/humid-heat-can-kill-us-much-faster-than-we-thought-415997/
andrewduckerheat death waterhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a3d0828dc4d0/Megget Reservoir: The valley quenching Edinburgh's thirst2023-09-30T11:54:22+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-66934528?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
andrewduckerhistory Edinburgh water Scotlandhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:639b87dfaade/Britain Faces a Giant Water Bill, And Nobody Wants to Pay It2023-07-04T06:37:25+00:00
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-07-01/why-nobody-wants-to-pay-britain-s-giant-water-bill
andrewduckerUK water business Doomhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:bd04a85d8e9f/How Russia just destroyed the agricultural lands of Ukraine2023-06-09T06:55:25+00:00
https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1666352735132995584
andrewduckerUkraine Russia farming agriculture water canal Doom warhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:260ea3ec066d/Inside London's new 'super sewer' that promises to return nature to the Thames2023-05-15T10:21:57+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/inside-london-super-sewer-nature-thames-2336802
andrewduckerwaste water london ukhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ea5049793e2a/New water treatment zaps ‘forever chemicals’ for good2023-04-30T18:02:28+00:00
https://news.ubc.ca/2023/03/22/new-ubc-water-treatment-zaps-forever-chemicals-for-good/
andrewduckerwater cleaning GoodNewshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b90e0f07de59/Tiny data centre used to heat public swimming pool2023-03-14T13:37:53+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-64939558
andrewduckerUK Technology heat swimming waterhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:c08b536b21bc/The Indian doctor who saved 50,000,000 lives with a simple invention2022-12-16T15:42:33+00:00
https://timharford.com/2022/12/struck-by-the-power-of-the-simple-invention/
andrewduckerhealthcare sugar salt water indiahttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:43e755e170e7/Reminder that drowning isn't obvious and can kill in full sight of lifeguards2022-08-28T21:09:14+00:00
https://twitter.com/AMLinehan/status/1563693522133426178?t=X8w6Sj5H3KZYD14H0nvGxg&s=09
andrewduckerwater deathhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:5ee6332e0e08/Sewage in sea: French appeal to EU over UK discharges of waste2022-08-25T09:23:48+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-62670623?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
andrewduckerwaste france uk waterhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:74cebc36d8d2/2,553% increase over five years in raw sewage released into UK waterways and sea2022-08-21T07:22:10+00:00
https://news.sky.com/story/huge-increase-in-raw-sewage-released-into-uk-waterways-and-sea-data-reveals-12677730
andrewduckerwaste water UK OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:34d21810edcc/Around the world rivers are in crisis2022-08-20T19:24:01+00:00
https://twitter.com/dcpetterson/status/1560717540069937153?t=6BgDDbFuAB27e3slQmkqyA&s=09
andrewduckerwater Doomhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:bd2e85ff119a/South West Water boss trebles pay with huge bonus as beaches are shut due to raw sewage pumped into sea2022-08-19T21:09:30+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/news/south-west-water-boss-trebles-pay-with-huge-bonus-beaches-shut-due-to-raw-sewage-pumped-into-sea-1805742
andrewduckerwater moneyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2cd3c6c4a4ad/Saving Lake Windermere2022-08-16T08:49:53+00:00
https://www.wcl.org.uk/saving-lake-windermere-my-statement-on-the-lake-district-water-campaign.asp
andrewduckerUK water Doomhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a1993e1c3488/UK needs 30 new reservoirs to protect water supply from drought after failing to build one in 31 years2022-08-13T13:51:18+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/uk-needs-30-new-reservoirs-protect-water-supply-drought-31-years-1793414
andrewduckerwater UK infrastructurehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e5a723075e22/The latest drought exposes the abject failure of Tory water privatisation2022-08-11T17:51:35+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/the-latest-drought-exposes-the-abject-failure-of-tory-water-privatisation-1790586
andrewduckerwater privatisation UK epicfailhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:74b7732b0b3a/France experiencing worst drought on record2022-08-10T06:00:55+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/62456540
andrewduckerFrance water Doomhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:27976c7acf55/If you're wondering why the South of England has a water shortage, the government has been blocking new reservoirs for over a decade2022-08-09T13:40:48+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-12651131
andrewduckerwater UK Doom OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d874395654f8/This slide down a waterslide is a *world* of nope from me.2022-08-08T13:33:07+00:00
https://twitter.com/overtime/status/1556040036403093514
andrewduckerheight water video aieeee!https://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:7184fd0f42f2/Pumped storage under the Alps could be a game-changer for renewable energy in Europe2022-08-02T19:42:33+00:00
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/08/01/world/water-battery-switzerland-renewable-energy-climate-scn-hnk-spc-intl/index.html
andrewduckerelectricity storage Europe Switzerland waterhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:5dbc49584417/A review of pumped hydro energy storage2022-07-25T12:15:44+00:00
https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2516-1083/abeb5b#prgeabeb5bs9
andrewduckerwater storage viaDanielDWilliamhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:253ba1d3f32e/Compared with standard care, a water birth significantly reduced the use of epidurals as well as pain and heavy bleeding after the birth2022-07-08T13:02:23+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/news/health/water-births-clear-benefits-healthy-mums-1725150
andrewduckerwater childbirthhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:16e27b2ca955/How a Glaswegian responds to a killer whale2022-05-31T18:43:02+00:00
https://www.tiktok.com/@kylemcook/video/7078761551821409541?_t=8SmGN6x2VWf&_r=1
andrewduckerScotland water animalshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:49f6a112f564/Who wants to see a standing wave in a swimming pool?2022-05-13T15:06:17+00:00
https://andrewducker.tumblr.com/post/684147873480376320
andrewduckerwater physicshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:980d14fa6fdf/A Vast Underground Water System Helps Drive Antarctica’s Glaciers2022-05-06T09:38:32+00:00
https://www.wired.com/story/a-vast-underground-water-system-helps-drive-antarcticas-glaciers/
andrewduckerantarctic waterhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2c1bd33a4823/Warning over health impacts as Scotland's lochs and reservoirs heat up due to climate change2022-04-26T10:24:22+00:00
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/environment/warning-over-health-impacts-as-scotlands-lochs-and-reservoirs-heat-up-due-to-climate-change-3669067
andrewduckerglobalwarming scotland waterhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:9b661d342923/Desalination Plants Dump Toxic Brine in Oceans2022-04-18T13:06:28+00:00
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/slaking-the-worlds-thirst-with-seawater-dumps-toxic-brine-in-oceans/
andrewduckerwater salt desalinationhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:7464fe0c3042/Fluoride in water in Scotland would save NHS a fortune2022-04-06T14:49:23+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-61010060?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
andrewduckerwater teeth Scotlandhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:398e4e105403/Call for ban on wet wipes containing plastic (but they can't be banned without Westminster agreement)2022-02-23T08:56:24+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-60477762?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
andrewduckeruk scotland water waste plastichttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ff3a331f2ae3/Underwater Photographer of the Year winner revealed2022-02-11T14:03:51+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-60334402?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
andrewduckerphotography water viacmcmckhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:0bf63c7bd4b0/Only one Scottish beach isn't meeting environmental standards2021-12-13T19:42:08+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-59637354?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA
andrewduckerScotland sea water environmenthttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b76241551d10/Heart racing? Try tricking your brain into thinking you're a whale2021-12-03T12:39:29+00:00
https://twitter.com/gaileyfrey/status/963842152303280129
andrewduckerpanic oxygen water bloodhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:acbb1df56f77/If Clouds Are Made of Water, How Do They Stay in the Air?2021-10-22T12:29:01+00:00
https://www.wired.com/story/if-clouds-are-made-of-water-how-do-they-stay-in-the-air/
andrewduckerair physics water clouds heathttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:54e8ad2493c2/Fluoride to be added to UK drinking water to cut tooth decay, chief medical officers say (I thought we had decades ago!)2021-09-25T11:06:35+00:00
https://www.itv.com/news/2021-09-24/fluoride-to-be-added-to-uk-drinking-water-to-cut-tooth-decay
andrewduckerUK teeth health waterhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:8fb12587c06e/'People can die': Republican bill would strip worker water breaks in extreme temperatures2021-08-26T07:40:53+00:00
https://www.eenews.net/articles/people-can-die-texas-bill-would-strip-worker-water-breaks/#:~:text=Dallas%20and%20Austin%20require%20employers,to%20increase%20with%20climate%20change
andrewduckerheat Texas USA republicans water work OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:8a81ab50a65a/The zero-power sewage plant inspired by cows2021-08-16T09:11:13+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-58017501
andrewduckerindia waste water videohttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:22784251c754/Scotland's growing sewage spill problem2021-08-03T08:42:27+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-58040852
andrewduckerwaste water scotlandhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:021733d6daab/Loch Ness falls to lowest water level in five years2021-07-02T13:57:07+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-57651477
andrewduckerLochNess scotland waterhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:60a2eff5ca7a/Leaky pipes can be better for moving water (and exchanging heat and gas with the air)2021-07-02T08:11:56+00:00
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01822-1
andrewducker3dprinting water gas air heat spacehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ee7ae81f5837/Why isn't there more pumped hydro in the UK?2021-06-25T07:04:34+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-57510870
andrewduckerUK water powerhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:7dd7a53ce5ca/The Dead Sea is disappearing, leaving behind a landscape shattered by sinkholes2021-06-10T08:34:35+00:00
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-06-10/the-disappearing-dead-sea-sinkhole-science-en-gedi/100123858
andrewduckerIsrael water Doomhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ac43091eb82a/Albania’s first floating solar plant starts commercial operations2021-06-09T13:20:50+00:00
https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/news/albanias-first-floating-solar-plant-starts-commercial-operations/
andrewduckersolarpower water Europe viaDanielDWilliamhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:4419dbe01004/