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The Thirsty Dragon: Why China Needs To Divert The Brahmaputra
December 2nd, 2020
Via Claude Arpi, an article (dated but still relevant) on China’s thirst for the Brahmaputra: Several times during the last couple of weeks, I have mentioned the Chinese new plans for the diversion of the Yarlung Tsangpo (Siang/Brahmaputra) and other Tibetan rivers towards the Yellow river. My information came from a longish article posted on the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: China’s Tibet Dam Plan Worries Downstream India
December 2nd, 2020
Via The Asia Times, a report on China’s planned mega-dam on world’s highest altitude river: The world’s highest altitude river, cutting through the Tibetan plateau and rugged terrain along the Chinese-Indian border, carries troubled waters amid a new era of border tensions between the two Asian giants. Those tensions are set to rise with Beijing’s […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Sinking Water Table Jeopardizes India and South Asia
December 1st, 2020
Via India Climate Dialogue, a report on how he United Nations has called for immediate action to tackle overexploitation of groundwater in South Asia in the face of increasing droughts that could affect food production: Globally, 1.2 billion people live in areas where agriculture is severely constrained by water shortages and scarcity – about one in […]
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