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Hauling icebergs to Africa: could a bizarre plan to get drinking water actually work?

Transporting water trapped in icebergs to drought-plagued regions is pooh-poohed by scientists — but some see it as a huge opportunity.
  1. Josie Glausiusz

    1. Josie Glausiusz is a science journalist and author in Israel. Twitter: @josiegz

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An aerial view of an iceberg, calved from the Sermeq Kujalleq glacier, floating in the Ilulissat Icefjord, Greenland in 2021.

Two-thirds of global fresh water is locked away in ice. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty

Chasing Icebergs: How Frozen Freshwater Can Save the Planet Matthew H. Birkhold Pegasus (2023)

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Nature 614, 617-618 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-00510-6

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  • Correction 06 April 2023: This article originally listed the wrong publisher for Chasing Icebergs; it should have said Pegasus.

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