The Waterly
"The Waterly" is a weekly all-things-water newsletter we share with our community covering the latest innovations and investment deal flow in the water sector and recent news on climate change and water-related crises.
The bubble barrier is a promising solution to plastic pollution. A startup wants to send underwater drones to find treasures. Bangalore-based Uravu raises seed capital for its100% renewable water technology. Death Valley witnesses a once-in-a-1000-years flood. Human remains and plane wreckage are found everywhere on the planet due to extreme drought. PFAS is found in Antarctica. Moty Ben Yona is this week's highlighted WELL member.
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This week's water fact:
Frozen water is lighter than liquid water, this is why ice floats on water
Tech & Innovation
Japanese shipping giant to take part in tidal power project planned for Singapore
Japanese shipping giant Nippon Yusen Kaisha is to take part in a tidal power project planned for Singapore, as the emerging marine energy sector gains traction.
‘Incredibly promising’: the bubble barrier extracting plastic from a Dutch river
Technology applied to Oude Rijn river helps stop plastic pollution reaching sea.
A startup will use underwater drones to find treasures 33 feet beneath the seabed
The manufacturer of the underwater drone, SeaFarer, claims that SeaSearcher can detect and differentiate various types of metal buried up to 33 feet (10 meters) beneath the seabed while creating and relaying a 3D digital map of their location.
Corporate & Deals
Bangalore-based Startup Uravu Labs Raises Seed Capital for its Unique Renewable Water Technology
Bangalore-based climate tech startup Uravu Labs has recently raised a seed round of funding for its unique 100 per cent renewable water technology.
Inter IKEA Group makes minority investment in Flow Loop
IKEA and Flow loop have been collaborating since March 2020 to develop an innovative water recycling shower solution that can be retrofitted in existing shower spaces. The aim is to make it easy and affordable for people to save both water and energy without compromising the shower experience.
Water & the Environment
Switzerland’s melting glaciers reveal human remains and plane wreckage
Soaring temperatures are prompting Switzerland’s melting glaciers to reveal their secrets, with hikers this summer chancing upon two sets of unidentified human remains and a plane wreckage lost for more than half a century.
Record Death Valley flooding ‘a once-in-1,000-year event’
Hundreds were marooned in the downpour as the climate crisis increases the likelihood of extreme weather.
Yet more human remains found as drought shrinks Lake Mead reservoir
A fourth set of human remains has been found at the shrinking reservoir of Lake Mead as the drought gripping the western US continues to blaze and sends its water levels plunging.
Every Baby Sea Turtle in Florida Seems to Be Female. We Warned You, Scientists Say
The phenomenon has been observed around the world. A 2018 study found that 99 percent of turtles in Eastern Australia were female as well.
PFAS & Chemicals
New Antarctic Study Shows Levels Of ‘Forever Chemicals' Reaching The Remote Continent Have Been Increasing
New evidence from Antarctica shows that toxic ‘fluorinated forever chemicals’ have increased markedly in the remote environment in recent decades.
A Legal History of PFAS
It took one lawsuit to expose the toxicity of PFAS. And more than two decades of litigation to begin to address the harm it has caused.
Moty is a partner with Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP law firm. represents clients in business and commercial transactions, with a concentration on corporate transactions, venture capital funds and mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to joining Smith, Gambrell & Russell, LLP, Moty was a partner at an international boutique law firm based in midtown Manhattan with top-ranked practices in corporate, litigation, real estate and high-tech.
Moty also worked for more than six years at the Corporate and M&A practice group of one of Israel’s leading law firms. In addition, Moty served as Senior General Counsel of one of Israel’s leading Venture Capital funds. While in Israel, Moty was also an adjunct faculty member and a corporate law lecturer at Tel Aviv University School of Law, Tel Aviv University School of Business and the Interdisciplinary Center School of Law in Israel.
Moty was selected as a New York Metro Super Lawyers Rising Star for 2015 and as a Super Lawyer for 2017-2019.
Thank you Moty for adding your expertise and passion to WIA and the WELL community.
Water & Lifestyle
These sea pods offer a luxurious life on the water or on land
These pod habitats built by Ocean Builders offer the most luxurious lifestyle on land or water.
