* Any views expressed in this article are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. A project conceived to solve water shortages by towing icebergs from the poles to regions such as ...

In Chasing Icebergs, Matthew Birkhold introduces readers to a colorful cast of characters with wildly different ideas about how (and if) humans should use icebergs. Here he travels with Nick Sloane, a ...

In a region where rain is rare and water more precious than oil, the United Arab Emirates once had its sights set on an audacious engineering marvel: towing a gigantic Antarctic iceberg to its ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The world is suffering from a freshwater crisis, including many parts ...

Every year, thousands of people flock to Newfoundland’s shores to gaze at icebergs as they glide past. A McGill scientist made a similar journey a century ago, but instead of watching the bergs, he wa ...

CAPE TOWN - It is a plan as crazy as the situation is desperate - towing an iceberg from Antarctica to Cape Town to supply fresh water to a city in the grip of drought. Earlier this year, Cape Town ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American There's something about the idea of towing an ...