The technological advances leading to the extraction of shale gas and shale oil are revolutionizing the world’s energy markets.  Now, the discovery of vast quantities of low-salinity water under Earth’s continental shelves is further evidence that occurrences of future natural resources are unpredictable, their limits bounded only by human innovation and discovery. In a report

On March 11, 2011, Japan’s Fukushima No. 1 Nuclear Power Plant withstood shaking from the fourth largest earthquake recorded worldwide in over one hundred years. However, the 19 foot-high seawall separating the facility from potential oceanic onslaughts could not withstand the tsunami that followed. The plant flooded, electrical power to the cooling system was lost,