IIASA's Water Security Group Leader Dr Taher Kahil interviewed for Die Press

Die Presse's Veronica Schmidt made the astute comparison between identifying biomarkers for disease and the work of the SOS Water project, which is pursuing a similar goal, but for water systems. The SOS Water project aims to identify the limits (biomarkers in nature) of healthy water systems. 

We are developing a holistic approach as a sustainability concept: We need values ​​that indicate when we are getting too close to dangerous tipping points

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