#qanat — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #qanat, aggregated by home.social.
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Tra ripidi sentieri di montagna, l’infrastruttura idrica che anticipa il terrore del Karakorum
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=42301
#percorsi #pakistan #acquedotti #qanat #tragitti #montagne #vertigini #escursioni #viaggi #dalmondo #cultura #società #infrastrutture #tecnologia #villaggi #difficoltà #pericolo #subcontinente #asia #roccia #scavi
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Looking to the past to solve today's problems....
3,000-year-old underground aqueduct technology, qanat tunnels, are being used today to bring water to areas where they're needed, including water for passive cooling.
The creation of city gardens help cool the air, plus solar-powered pump systems take advantage of evaporative cooling to make a more comfortable environment in the hot summer months
https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2024/4/28/how-an-ancient-design-is-cooling-21st-century-streets
#ClimateChange #EvaporativeCooling #HeatWaves #Qanat #OldIsNew
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How An Ancient Society In The Sahara Desert Rose And Fell With Groundwater
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https://phys.org/news/2023-10-ancient-society-sahara-rose-fell.html <-- shared technical article
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https://gsa.confex.com/gsa/2023AM/meetingapp.cgi/Paper/391971 <-- shared GSA abstract
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#mapping #water #hydrology #groundwater #ancientcivilisation #Africa #NorthAfrica #hydrogeology #waterresources #irrigation #farming #agriculture #crops #technology #watersecurity #Garamantians #garamantes #WadielAgial #Libya #extraction #archaeology #hyperarid #arid #desert #Sahara #Holocene #climate #MessakSettafet #ancientempire #alluvialfans #foggara #qanat