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Arizona’s Desert Civilization Confronts A Reckoning Over Water
March 16th, 2022
Via Circle of Blue, an article on how Arizona’s powerful will to grow is challenged by extreme heat, deep drought, and serious water-related stress: Tales of personal anguish are the typical start of serious articles about Arizona’s conspicuous confrontation with scarce water. The distraught Chino Valley homeowner buying water out of a truck because her well […]
Read more »Historic Drought Looms for 20M People In Horn of Africa
March 16th, 2022
Courtesy of National Geographic, an article on the historic drought impacting 20 million living in Horn of Africa: As many as 20 million people in four African countries are facing extreme hardship and food shortages as an exceptionally long and severe drought grips the eastern Horn of Africa. Three rainy seasons in a row have […]
Read more »As Drought Deepens, Californians Saving Less Water
March 16th, 2022
Via the Los Angeles Times, a report that – as drought deepens – Californians are saving less water: California will end winter in a perilous position as record-shattering drynessconverges with lagging water conservation efforts in nearly every part of the state, officials said Tuesday. After months of cutting back, new data from the State Water Resources […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: What Now For The Ganges Treaty?
March 15th, 2022
Via Third Pole, an interview on the Ganges Water Sharing Treaty, signed by India and Bangladesh in 1996, which is due to expire in 2026: The Ganges Water Sharing Treaty was signed by India and Bangladesh in 1996. The 30-year treaty was the culmination of decades of negotiation, and specifies the minimum level of water flow to […]
Read more »Size of US Drought Increased By Area of California In Past Month
March 15th, 2022
Via Kake, an article on how the size of drought in US increased by the area of California in the past month: The West is far from the only region experiencing remarkably dry weather so far this year. According to Thursday’s report from the US Drought Monitor, more than 61% of the contiguous US is in […]
Read more »The Longest Drought
March 15th, 2022
Via the Eurasia Review, a report that found that many regions of the world will enter permanent dry or wet conditions in the coming decades, under modern definitions: Maps of the American West have featured ever darker shades of red over the past two decades. The colors illustrate the unprecedented drought blighting the region. In some […]
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