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The Thirsty Dragon: Chinese Threat to Lake Balkhash Fueling Anti-Chinese Feelings in Kazakhstan
April 5th, 2021
Via The Jamestown Foundation’s Eurasia Daily Monitor, a look at how China’s blockage of the Ili River is threatening Lake Balkhash: Kazakhstan’s Lake Balkhash, the 15th largest freshwater lake in the world, may follow the Aral Sea into extinction, Russian researcher Petr Bologov warned six years ago. Not only is the lake threatened by excessive water […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Cloud Seeding Is No Silver Lining
April 2nd, 2021
Via The Economist, a look at China’s efforts to solve its water shortages via cloud seeding: In early March, a small aeroplane being used by a local weather bureau crashed in a village in the southern province of Jiangxi. All five people on board were killed and one person on the ground was injured. Footage […]
Read more »Drought In US West
April 2nd, 2021
Via The Economist, a report on how the lack of snow in the US west is worsening the Colorado River’s supply problem: On March 13th, Denverites watched from frozen windows as the fourth-biggest snowstorm ever to hit their city buried Colorado’s capital two feet deep, and added fresh powder to the foothills of the Rockies. Local officials […]
Read more »Jordan’s Worsening Water Crisis A Warning For The World
April 1st, 2021
Via Eurasia Review, a look at Jordan’s water crisis: Dwindling water supplies and a growing population will halve per capita water use in Jordan by the end of this century. Without intervention, few households in the arid nation will have access to even 40 liters (10.5 gallons) of piped water per person per day. Low-income […]
Read more »Egypt Warns Ethiopia Dam Risks ‘Unimaginable Instability’
April 1st, 2021
Via Terra Daily, an article on continuing tensions over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi warned Tuesday that Ethiopia’s enormous dam project, upstream on the Nile, risked causing “unimaginable instability”. The dispute over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has been simmering for around a decade and mediation attempts with downstream […]
Read more »Afghan Leader Demands Iranian Oil in Exchange for River Water
March 29th, 2021
Via VOA News, a report on Afghan – Iranian water tensions: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said Wednesday that his country is committed to give Iran its due share of water under a decades-long bilateral treaty but he stressed that Tehran will have to pay for any additional requirements. “We will honor our commitments. However, […]
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