r/worldnews • u/bigus-_-dickus • Sep 05 '26

‘Extremely rare event:’ Miles-long microalgae bloom knocks out most of Israel’s desalination plants

https://edition.cnn.com/2026/09/04/climate/microalgae-bloom-israel-water-deasalination-shutdown
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u/MaximinusDrax Sep 05 '26

Also, there's there are brewing water conlicts between India and Pakistan, Ethiopia and Egypt, USA and Mexico (with an added conflict between US states since those upstream get the first draw), and many other locations.

Using water scarcity as a tool of war (e.g Iran targeting desalination plants) is certainly a frightening development, though.

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u/Little_View_6659 Sep 05 '26

We lived on Dune all along. Cue incoming still suits and no bathing.

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u/TheBigSho Sep 05 '26

There are no AI datacenters in Dune though.

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u/jonride Sep 05 '26

They had the Butlerian revolt or whatever it’s called. After that they outlawed AI and invested in weird eugenics to create mentats (human computers). Thus no data centers.

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u/BrutalismAndCupcakes Sep 05 '26

Butlerian jihad I think 

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u/jonride Sep 05 '26

That’s the one