Under the Sea: Hidden Freshwater Reserves with Brandon Dugan
Oct 26, 2022
By 2025, experts predict over half the world’s population will live in water-stressed areas. With a number of our freshwater resources on land receding, is it time to look to the ocean - or, rather, underneath it for fresh water?
Jay sits down with Brandon Dugan, the Associate Department Head and Baker Hughes Chair in...
Running Dry: Nik Kowsar on Iranian Censorship and Water Scarcity
Oct 12, 2022
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 censorship in his home country for decades.
After being arrested and jailed for one of his cartoons and receiving death threats from pro-regime Islamists, Kowsar fled Iran in 2003.