In the field of the sciences, the issue of water was at the center of discussions, as well as the link between water, energy and food security.
The hundreds of photovoltaic chips gathering energy at the center will be cooled by the same sort of microchannel water cooling that kept Aquasar from frying, letting each chip safely concentrate 2, 000 times the solar energy it would normally face.
Faticanti said they were talking to engineers in Abu Dhabi about the possibility of creating a well to reach the underground water table in the center of the building, and using it to create a green oasis of gardens.
This dusty settlement of 25, 000 farmers in the center of Africa has no running water or electricity.
In the center of the ocean, wind-driven currents bring fresh water to the surface, so stirring the ocean could transform it into a well-organized storage depot.
At the center of each reflecting pool is another, smaller square, into which water tumbles, as if it were flowing to the center of the earth.
Those gravity-defying levees, along with pumping stations designed to move water away from the center of the Earth, kept the city pretty darn dry.
Like many maternity clinics in rural parts of Africa, the health center in Atitiri is lacking several necessary resources -- shortage of running water, electricity challenges, broken beds and scarcity of medicines all make Madudu's job very difficult.
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The workshop will be held at the Cultural Center Bernardino Rivadavia in Rosario, Argentina, as part of the activities of the Ministry of Water, Public Services and Environment (MWSE) and Habitat Secretariat in the framework of World Habitat Day.
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The Karen Beasley Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center is located across from the water tower in Topsail Beach (southern end of Topsail Island).
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If Shell Oil, Chevron Appalachia and other companies are found to be abiding by a list of stringent measures to protect the air and water from pollution, they will receive the blessing of the new Pittsburgh-based Center for Sustainable Shale Development, created by environmentalists and the energy industry.
Long lines of cars streamed by the community center, dropping off food, water and other rations throughout the weekend.
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At Charity Hospital, the city's major trauma center, two intensive care patients died Wednesday morning as a result of the lack of electricity and water, doctors said.
The biggest potential risks following an earthquake center around clean water, safe food, shelter, and disposal of waste.
In this case, drilling and pipeline companies will be encouraged to submit to an independent review of their operations, and if they are found to be taking certain steps to protect the air and water, they will receive the blessing of the brand-new Pittsburgh-based Center for Sustainable Shale Development.
The rebuilding effort also represented a chance to create infrastructure improvements that would have helped the economy directly, such as investments in transportation, water and power systems, according to Arthur Levner-Lam, director of the hazard center at the Earth Institute at Columbia University.
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