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During Cape Town’s 2018 water crisis, salvage expert Nick Sloane proposed towing a 100-million-tonne Antarctic iceberg 2,700 km; he estimated 63% could survive
As Cape Town edged towards the feared “Day Zero” during its 2018 water crisis, engineers and policymakers analysed ideas that ranged from large-scale desalination to groundwater extraction. Among these, one of the ambitious proposals came from Nick Sloane, the South African salvage expert who is best known for leading the recovery of the Costa Concordia cruise ship.
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During Cape Town’s 2018 water crisis, salvage expert Nick Sloane proposed towing a 100-million-tonne Antarctic iceberg 2,700 km; he…
As Cape Town edged towards the feared “Day Zero” during its 2018 water crisis, engineers and policymakers analysed ideas that ranged from large-scale desalination to groundwater…
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In the 1950s, California oceanographer John D. Isaacs proposed towing an 8-billion-tonne Antarctic iceberg to San Diego, but the frozen…
Long before desalination plants became common and climate change intensified concerns regarding water security, one California oceanographer proposed an idea that sounded more…