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8,000 buildings damaged by Beirut port blast
The damaged buildings include 50 ancient buildings reports Hassan Darwish of Anadolu as 8,000 buildings damaged by Beirut port blast last week are increasingly showing that it is merely the result of a degree of negligence never attained anywhere else in the world.
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Iran: decades of unsustainable water use
Salt storms are an emerging threat for millions of people in north-western Iran, thanks to the catastrophe of Lake Urmia. Once one of the world’s largest salt lakes, and still the country’s largest lake, Urmia is now barely a tenth of its former size.
OPEC Struggles To Manage “Permanent Demand Destruction”
The oil industry has been hit hard by a number of things this year that have led to a decrease in demand. The biggest one, of course, is the coronavirus pandemic. People aren’t driving as much these days as they stay close to home.
Point Of Use Water Purifier (POU) Market In MENA
Future Market Insights report examines the ‘POU Water Purifier Market’ in Middle East and North Africa region for the period 2014–2020. The primary objective of the report is to offer key insights about water purifier market in MENA to current market participants or new entrant’s participants across the value chain.
Tiny plants crucial for sustaining dwindling water supplies
Miniscule plants growing on desert soils can help drylands retain water and reduce erosion, UNSW researchers have found.
The audiobook opportunity in education
UAE-based audiobook platform Kitab Sawti was recently acquired by Storytel. In this exclusive piece for Wamda, Kitab Sawti’s founder Sebastian Bond outlines the opportunity for audiobooks in the Middle East
Reducing the carbon footprint of concrete production
A new manufacturing research project brings together industry technology and engineering experts to develop advanced technology for manufacturing, placing and curing novel ultra-sustainable concrete in Australia and hopefully in the rest of the world.
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ABU DHABI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – FEBRUARY 05: A man Jet skis past the city skyline at sunset on February 5, 2015 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates and the second most populous city after Dubai with a population of around two million people. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)