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A podcast about the future of our planet's water — and why you should care. Hosted by Jay Famiglietti and presented by the Global Institute for Water Security and The Walrus Lab.
What happens when we change our relationship to water? Can we stop trying to control water and just go with the flow? Erica Gies , environme...
The Endhó Dam north of Mexico City has been called "the largest septic tank in the world" and "Mexico's toilet bowl". Once designed to solve...
What happens when science gets in the way of ambition, politics, and progress? With a look back at the historical figures and forces that le...
Humans are burning through our fossil fuels, and we're burning through our groundwater at an alarming rate. But are the powers that be even...
The World Bank estimated in 2016 it would take $1.7 trillion USD to achieve universal access to clean water and sanitation by 2030. By other...
What is the true price of water? Considering growth and climate, how do we address the gap between demand and supply? Could we achieve water...
Freshwater is essential for life on Earth, but analysts at the World Bank say more often than not, there's either too little, too much, or t...
People in the lower Colorado River basin are now witnessing drastic cuts to their allotments. In many cases, developers find alternate sourc...
The meat and dairy industries are some of the biggest water users in the American West, thanks to one of cows' favorite foods – alfalfa. As...
When Autumn Peltier was eight, she learned the tap water on a neighbouring reserve wasn't safe to drink, or even to use for hand-washing. Th...
Can we really "tech" our way out of freshwater shortages, scarcity, and pollution? In our Season 4 finale, we're asking the big question of...
In this episode, we're going underground, undersea and into your water and sewer pipelines with science fiction's favorite problem-solvers…r...
On this episode of What About Water? an entrepreneur in Austin, Texas turns his dishwasher sensor into a tech startup that's feeding water u...
If it's not stuck in glaciers or polar ice, 99 per cent of the world's freshwater is groundwater. Water underground supplies nearly half of...
Call the fashion police! In this special holiday edition of What About Water? we dive into the apparel industry's dirty secret: its water us...
How can we measure water when it disappears into thin air? On this episode of What About Water? we're looking at evapotranspiration, or "ET"...
In the quest to find clean, renewable sources of energy, we turn to a familiar method: hydroelectricity. Today, the ancient method of harnes...
It's estimated that by 2050, we'll have over 9 billion people on earth. To feed everyone, we will need to produce 60 per cent more food - an...
By 2025, experts predict over half the world's population will live in water-stressed areas. With a number of our freshwater resources on la...
For Nik Kowsar, civil unrest in Iran is not new. As a geologist and journalist, he's been sounding the alarm about water shortages and censo...
Can water risk disclosure move the needle on corporate water stewardship? And what does that risk mean for our own retirement funds? In this...
In the first episode of our fourth season, Jay sits down with renowned scientist and IPCC author, Virginia Burkett, to talk about technology...
Our planet is in crisis. When it comes to water, there are many promising solutions. But i n a world full of new technologies, what innovati...
What happens when tensions over water reach their boiling point? In our final bonus episode of the summer season, we explore the causes of w...
In our third bonus episode of the summer season, we look back at the innovative ways people are sourcing their freshwater, from building hom...
From farmer's fields to the high arctic, from your morning cup of coffee to a glass of wine – everything we eat and drink depends on water....
In our first mini-episode of the summer season, we turn to three guests from our past seasons to explore Indigenous ways of knowing, and to...
This summer on What About Water? we bring you some of our most compelling interviews from the past three seasons. We're releasing f our mini...
On our final episode of Season 3, we hear how a 6th grade science fair project led to receiving the Order of Nova Scotia for youth environme...
This week on What About Water?, we look at water infrastructure – from broken water pipes across America to the redistribution of water righ...
Coffee is one of the most widely-consumed beverages in the world. But with climate change threatening the world's two main coffee species, w...
On this episode of What About Water? we're learning from traditional knowledge. Jay sits down with Tasha Beeds, a grassroots Indigenous acad...
On this episode of What About Water? we take a look at the state of our rising seas from space, and learn what coastal communities on the gr...
With climate change threatening freshwater sources, water demand across the globe is likely to increase by 20 - 30% between now and 2050. In...
Transboundary waters - the rivers, lakes, and aquifers shared by two or more countries - are found in 153 of the world's 192 countries. They...
We're already reaping the financial repercussions of climate change. Four Twenty Seven projects that by 2040, roughly $78 trillion, equivale...
For centuries, we have built big dams, reservoirs, and levees. Humans have steered and shaped the flow of water to irrigate deserts, prevent...
It's no surprise growing food uses lots of water. One cow needs anywhere from 3 to 30 L of water a day. It takes 3200 L of water to grow one...
In this episode, we visit the city of Iqaluit in Canada's northern territory of Nunavut, which is battling a water crisis on multiple fronts...
On this episode: Katharine Hayhoe's new book, Saving Us: A Climate Scientist's Case for Hope and Healing in a Divided World, is a practical...
Water is one of the main ways we experience the effects of a changing climate. As flooding, drought, and climate extremes grow widespread, t...
Join our guest host, Professor Graham Strickert, as he hosts a panel of experts to discuss the pitfalls and problems of hydropower dams. Ins...
Join us as some of Canada's leading water scientists and experts discuss how testing wastewater for SARS-CoV-2 can help us detect emerging c...
Climate change has a price. In this bonus episode (recorded on Earth Day) our host Dr. Jay Famiglietti has a live virtual roundtable with th...
Valuing water is about much more than price. In this bonus episode (a condensed version of our Let's Talk About Water virtual forum on World...
We've had a great second season on Let's Talk About Water, diving deep into some of the planet's most pressing water concerns. We looked at...
Mark World Water Day on March 22 by checking out our extended director's cut of "Towards a Greener, Better World with Jeffrey Sachs". Tune i...
World-renowned economist Dr. Jeffrey Sachs believes humanity can leap forward with science and technology – but only if we drop our primeval...
Colorado water lawyer James Eklund and California water policy expert Ellen Hanak talk to Jay about the future of water -- or rather, about...
For thousands of years Indigenous North Americans drank some of the world's purest drinking water. Then came colonization and government neg...