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Turkey’s Drought
November 3rd, 2021
Via The Frontier Post, an article on Turkey’s drought: Water scarcity, caused by the drought experienced in recent years, is turning into a pressing issue for Turkey. A Turkish environmental organization said on Wednesday that it is possible to live without coal in a time of crisis, but never without water. “Greenhouse gas emissions from […]
Read more »Drought-Stricken Madagascar a ‘Wake-Up Call’ to Rest of World Facing Climate Change: U.N.
November 2nd, 2021
Via Newsweek, a report on drought-stricken Madagascar and what it means for the rest of the world: The United Nations‘ food agency has referenced Madagascar as an example of what’s to come as the climate crisis continues. World Food Program (WFP) Executive Director David Beasley told the Associated Press in an interview that he recently visited […]
Read more »Haunting Satellite Imagery Shows Turkey’s Second-Largest Lake Has Dried Up
November 2nd, 2021
Via Gizmodo, an article on how new satellite images show drought has turned Lake Tuz from a beautiful blue pool into a tiny puddle amidst a salt flat: A new satellite image of Turkey’s Lake Tuz is gorgeous—and, if you know more about what it’s portraying, worrying. The stunning capture from the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellite shows Turkey’s second-largest lake […]
Read more »The Indus Waters Treaty: India and Pakistan’s Water Divorce
November 2nd, 2021
Courtesy of The Diplomat, a look at how the problems and opportunities associated with the Indus Basin have changed as well, making it time for a new treaty: Imagine yourself walking along the banks of the Jhelum River. You begin your trek at Verinag, walking along the arcade and garden built by Emperor Jahangir in […]
Read more »“Climate Change could Bring Near-Unliveable Conditions for 3 Billion” Scientists Say
November 1st, 2021
Courtesy of The Financial Times, a look at recent climate change projections which estimate that each degree of warming above present levels corresponds to roughly 1bn people falling outside of ‘climate niche’: Up to 3bn out of the projected world population of about 9bn could be exposed to temperatures on a par with the hottest […]
Read more »Kazakhstan Ratifies Protocol on Caspian Sea
November 1st, 2021
Via The Frontier Post, an article on the Caspian Sea: The President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev, signed a law on the ratification of the protocol on the protection of the Caspian from pollution from land sources and as a result of activities carried out on land to the Framework Convention for the Protection of the […]
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