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On The Fate Of Asia’s Great Rivers
September 13th, 2012
Courtesy of The New York Times, a look at the challenges facing Asia’s largest rivers: The melting Zemu Glacier in eastern Tibet. A new report from the National Research Council, a group that advises the United States government, brings some sobriety to the oft-heated discussion about melting Himalayan glaciers. Interest in the glaciers intensified in […]
Read more »Support For UN Water Treaty Accelerates
September 8th, 2012
Via Circle of Blue, a look at how progress on the UN Water Treaty, which deals with transboundary water basins, or those shared by two or more countries, had stalled — until a major conservation group got involved: According to researchers at Oregon State University, there are 276 river basins that are shared by two […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Water Problem
September 8th, 2012
Via Caixin, an article on China’s water problems: This summer’s weather has been intense. In Beijing, flash floods paralyzed the capital in late July and killed at least 77 people. A storm that flooded Manila turned the Philippines’ capital into what one official called “Water World.” Hong Kong raised the Signal Ten typhoon warning for […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Largest Hydropower Station On Mekong River Starts Operation
September 8th, 2012
Via Xinhua News, a report on a new hydropower station on the Mekong River: The largest hydropower station on Lancang River in southwest China’s Yunnan Province — known as the Mekong River in southeast Asia — went into operation Thursday with its first power generating unit up and running. The Nuozhadu hydroelectric station, located in […]
Read more »Water Politics: Rising To The Top Of The Global Agenda
September 8th, 2012
Via the Irish Times, an article on water politics: THE POLITICS of water will loom large in international affairs this century. This is emerging under the influence of climate change, unequal access to water between richer and poorer peoples, intensifying agricultural and industrial use and transboundary conflicts. Looking at world politics through the lens of […]
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