...of the coastline. Higher ocean levels raise the risk for erosion of coastlines, submersion of valuable properties and infrastructure, and saltwater intrusion into freshwater aquifers. Elevated ocean temperatures impact systems...

...ambiguous because “energy” and “water” are not subjects studied in school like mathematics or history. We go about our lives expecting water to be readily available, cars to run when...

...source of carbon-free energy, which has benefits, it also has unknown impacts on the marine environment and raises concerns about industrialized beaches and coastal communities. A Pelamis Wave Energy Converter...

...such as irrigation and washing cars. Many municipalities use purple pipes to provide a visual clue that the effluent is not potable. Image Credits: Alistair Scott/Shutterstock.com; Evelyn Sugar/Shutterstock.com; Robert Schlie/Shutterstock.com....

...(W). Overall U.S. power consumption totals around 3.34 × 1012 W, or 3.34 terawatts (TW), compared to 17.5 TW globally. About 10,000 times more energy shines on Earth every day...

...a 3% drop in power generation. At the same time, many millions of people depend on the basin’s water for irrigation, drinking, commercial activity, industrial processes, and power production. Higher...

...plants, as well as organic waste materials, such as cow dung, old tires, municipal solid waste, agricultural waste, and landfill gas. Producers usually combust bioenergy sources in their original form...

There are over 1,300 power plants in the United States, about a thousand of which report their water use data to the U.S. government.6 Melissa Harris, “Alternative Water Use” (presentation,...

...not leave behind a wake of environmental destruction from energy consumption or require more than one planet on which to live?” Image Credits: Richard Cavalleri/Shutterstock.com; ESB Professional/Shutterstock.com; Pradit.Ph/Shutterstock.com; Nuk2013/Shutterstock.com; xuanhuongho/Shutterstock.com....