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Iran Faces Its Driest Summer In Fifty Years
July 8th, 2021
Via The Atlantic Council, a report on Iran’s drought: Iran is on the fast track to severe water scarcity. This semi-arid country, which has stressed the role of agriculture in assuring its economic independence, faces an onslaught of threats to its water supply, including climate change, population growth, mass migration, political instability, and resource mismanagement. Tehran, […]
Read more »Number of People Suffering Extreme Droughts To Double By Late 21st Century
July 6th, 2021
Via The National Science Foundation, a report that – by the late 21st century – the number of people suffering extreme droughts will double: Researchers at Michigan State University are leading a global effort to offer the first worldwide view of how climate change could affect water availability and drought severity in the decades to […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India’s Plans To Divert Excess Water Under Indus Treaty For Irrigation
July 6th, 2021
Via Mint, a report on India’s plans to fully utilize its share of water under the Indus treaty: India is working on exercising its rights to stop excess water flowing to Pakistan under the Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 to irrigate its own lands, Jal Shakti minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said. After nine years of negotiations, […]
Read more »Is UN Last Diplomatic Stop In Nile Dam Dispute?
July 4th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, an article on Egypt’s case to the UN Security Council that – without an agreement – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam threatens peace and security in the region: Egypt has so far played the Nile Dam dispute with Ethiopia straight by the diplomatic book, seeking a solution via mediated negotiation, working with and […]
Read more »Why Water Levels in Megadrought-Impacted Southwestern States Have Experts Concerned
July 4th, 2021
Via ABC News, an article on why water levels in megadrought-impacted Southwestern states have some experts concerned: California was once the site of a gold rush. But now arguably one of the most precious commodities in parts of the state and in the Southwest is something else entirely — water — as the region grapples […]
Read more »‘Megadrought’ Along Border Strains US-Mexico Water Relations
July 4th, 2021
Via SmartWater Magazine, an article on how the United States and Mexico are tussling over their dwindling shared water supplies after years of unprecedented heat and insufficient rainfall: The United States and Mexico are tussling over their dwindling shared water supplies after years of unprecedented heat and insufficient rainfall. Sustained drought on the middle-lower Rio Grande since the mid-1990s […]
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