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The Weekly Dive #43

A quarter of the global population faces extreme water stress, July was the hottest month since 1880, and key developments include green hydrogen and graphene nanofiltration.

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The Weekly Dive #42

Join Mission Blue to talk sharks! Scientists find microplastics in hearts, link lead to crime, and make plastic soap. Youth win Montana clean environment trial. China builds hydroelectric storage. Matter gets $10M for filtration. Amazon plans 2030 water stewardship.

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The Weekly Dive #41

Floating solar panels at the Equator, startups solving Latin America's water crisis, no quick fix for Antarctica, NASA and IBM's AI for climate, battery-powered cargo containers, Ocean 14's €200M fund, Transcend's $20M for infrastructure, and Aquanzo's £1.2M for aquafeed systems.

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The Weekly Dive #40

Will the US run out of water? Brewery recycles wastewater into beer, Google's water use soars, Brevel gets $18.5M for algae protein, Seaworthy's Climate Hour, 3M's PFAS settlement, Jack Ma farms, microgrid for small towns, new earthquake cables, 22 attorneys general oppose Florida, US Navy's "Iron Man" suit, and Antarctica loses Argentina-size sea ice.

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The Weekly Dive #39

Kentucky tops tap water ranking, Alabama last; 1-in-100 year floods now every 8 years; largest climate fund invests in water; first green methanol cargo ship; promising PFAS destruction; artificial grass harms marine life; major funding in smart farming, sustainable energy, and wastewater treatment; Greenland was ice-free.

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The Weekly Dive #38

Kentucky tops tap water ranking, Alabama last; frequent floods; major water investments; first green methanol ship; promising PFAS destruction; artificial grass harms marine life; big funding in smart farming, energy, wastewater; Greenland was ice-free.

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The Weekly Dive #37

Oceans are changing color and it's affecting life within it. 374Water's SCWO technology now net positive. What ChatGPT had to say about water. BiOceanOr raised €2M for water quality forecasting and Hooked Foods raised €644K for vegan seafood. About half of US tap water contaminated with PFAS. Thames Water has accumulated £14M in debt. EPA announces new framework to regulate PFAS. Heat in 2024 will leap to a whole other level. 'Underground climate change' is threatening buildings.

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The Weekly Dive #36

Earn $100k with Ocean Exchange. World's first green hydrogen offshore pilot production live. Water cremation soon available in the UK. 374Water enters into strategic partnership with EGL. Researchers turn chicken feathers into water filters. Destinus unveils supersonic hydrogen-powered plane. Bluu Seafood raises €16M for cultivated fish production. Anxiety grips the world as Japan readies to release Fukushima radioactive water into the oceans. Scientists who turned humid air into renewable power speak out.

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The Weekly Dive #35

Imploded Titan submarine's wreckage found. Groundwater extraction causing Earth's rotational pole to drift. 3M reaches $10.3B settlement over PFAS. 374Water to join the Russell 3000, congrats! NASA now recycles 98% of urine and sweat into drinking water. Britain's nuclear transport to become greener with AI-powered sails. Largest hydro-solar power plant unveiled in China. N-Drip raised a $44M Series C round.

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The Weekly Dive #34

Latest news on the missing submersible. DuPont, Chemours, and others to provide $1.1B in PFAS settlement. Cling wrap made of potatoes to solve world's plastic problem. CRH Ventures to launch new accelerator. ZwitterCo's CEO talks about water reuse. Switzerland's blue gold under pressure. California extends its ban on use of drinking water for non-functional turf. How AI will transform the water sector in the EU. Sandia team is working on a PFAS filtration method.

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The Weekly Dive #33

Book now the first-ever all-electric commercial flight with SAS. A UCLA desalination startup just struck a deal with Boeing. First steps on plastics treaty after Paris talks. Top US chemical firms to pay $1.2B in settlement for PFAS contamination. Water vs. Wastewater, do you know the difference? Microplastics found in every sample of water taken during Ocean Race. Iraq's oil bloom blamed for worsening water crisis.

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The Weekly Dive #32

Veda Austin back on our Oceanside Chat! First affordable and adaptable AI-driven maritime tracking system. Pani awarded "Breakthrough Technology of the Year". Supreme Court issues disappointing decision for the nation's water, Erin Brockovich has some to say about it. Aquatech startup eFishery becomes a unicorn. Evoqua is now part of Xylem. Proof-of-concept computer that uses running water now predicts events better than digital computers.

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The Weekly Dive #31

Gradiant becomes latest Water Tech unicorn after receiving $225M. Feds invest $2.8B to improve public lands. Water vapors detected in space. New innovative powder uses sunlight to purify water. BMW unveils 'The Icon' electric hydrofoil at Cannes Film Festival. More about why VCs are betting on Water Tech. Waterplan gets $11M in Series A. Scientists find bacteria and fungi capable of breaking down plastics.

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The Weekly Dive #30

New York City is sinking! More everyday items discovered to hold PFAS, among them: contact lenses and food pesticides. SFO becomes first US airport to test wastewater for Covid-19. Seaweed-based straw gets funding. Underwater drone gets €2M. Swiss Ecorobotix receives $52M. Biden-Harris administration releases $600M to modernize water power in the US.

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The Weekly Dive #29

Forget the cloud, save your data on your DNA. Congratulations to Karen Frost and The Water Council for $1 million. Gigantic ice deserts full of black algae are making the ice melt faster. A startup sending spacecrafts using water propulsion. New US tech to remove 100 tons of CO2 per year. AI solutions entering the water industry. Chicago's $1 billion deal to sell its water. H&M Foundation invests in soundwave innovation to reduce microplastics. Mushrooms' electric communications increase after rainfall.

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The Weekly Dive #28

Our  Oceanside Chat with Giulio Boccaletti is live. Machine learning reveals a new theoretical phase of Hydrogen. World's first 3D-printed fish fillets. $100M for water tech investments. World's largest hydrogen-electric zero-emission aircraft. New water tech degree program. 20,800 antibiotic-resistant genes in clouds. Long-banned PCB pollutants found in the deepest places on Earth.

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The Weekly Dive #27

PFAS linked to post-diet weight gain. US water infrastructure has backlog of $625 Billion. New robots explore and clean the oceans. Here is how corporations can help solve the water crisis. Shrimp farming startup Tepbac raises $2.25M. The Air Water Company becomes the first publicly traded SPAC for atmospheric water technology.

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The Weekly Dive #26

ChatGPT is smart but it needs a lot of water to think. Why don't we see more vegan fish? 374Water demonstrates its technology during SCWO week in Indiana. The water bottled industry exploits the global water crisis. Wavin invests $50M in energy-neutral wastewater treatment company Aquacycl. Kelp may be the hidden underwater resource we've always needed. A new solar reactor turns water into renewable hydrogen, oxygen, and heat. 'Forever chemical' PCB last used in the 1980s found in the ocean. Are flash droughts the new normal?

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The Weekly Dive #25

Ocean Cleanup removed 440,000 pounds of plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. SF has a new beer made from recycled grey water. Tunisia is getting closer to Day Zero Water as it shuts down drinking water at night. Aqua Cultured Foods raised $5.5M for fungi-fueled alt seafood platform. PFAS may not be necessary to make fabric stain repellent after all. Scientists want to submerge pendulums in the ocean to reduce coastal erosion.

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The Weekly Dive #24

Cape Fear is suing DuPont over PFAS. US scientist to live for 100 days underwater. Researchers stir volcanic H2O at 0 degree celsius. World's first liquid hydrogen-powered ferry. NASA finds oceans have risen over 3.5 inches over the past 30 years. Climate costs to wipe out profits for half of the world's livestock companies. Biden-Harris administration announces $775M for Clean Water Infrastructure. Rising seas may cut off millions of Americans this century.

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