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250 million People Rely On The Nile For Water That May Not exist By 2080
March 7th, 2020

Via Quartz, an article on the Nile’s parched future: The Nile river snakes through 11 countries, providing hundreds of millions of people with the majority of their water supply. For many, it is their only water source. Egypt, for one, gets about 85% of its water from the river—and experts expect the country to face a nationwide freshwater shortage by […]

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Can We Predict Water Scarcity Problems Before Conditions Boil Over?
March 1st, 2020

Via The Revelator, commentary on a new online resource combines economic and environmental data to help prevent deadly conflict: In 2015 an estimated 1.8 million migrants crossed into the European Union, fleeing countries gripped by violence, political upheaval and resource scarcity like Syria, Afghanistan, Kosovo, Eritrea and Nigeria. Many made their trips in flimsy, overcrowded boats. Thousands drowned […]

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