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Have Deadly Monsoon Floods Replenished Groundwater to End Long Drought in Pakistan?
August 16th, 2022
Via South Asia Investor Review, an article examining the impact that recent monsoon floods may have upon Pakistan’s drought: Pakistan has seen unprecedented rains followed by massive floods in the current monsoon season. Hundreds of people have lost their lives and tens of thousands have been rendered homeless. After the unfolding of the tragedy, it’s […]
Read more »Tapped Out: Central Asia Might Completely Run Out of Freshwater by 2060
August 16th, 2022
Via Daily Beast, a report on the challenging water future facing Central Asia: The impact of climate change is typically about extremes—and, sometimes, conflicting ones. On the one hand, upticks in global temperatures are expected to melt more glaciers and ice shelves and lead to a dangerous rise in sea levels. On the other hand, we can […]
Read more »In America’s Fastest-Growing Metro, A Rising Fear Water Will Run Out
August 16th, 2022
Via the Washington Post, an article on St. George, Utah – America’s fastest-growing metro – where there is a rising fear that water will run out: A century after her grandfather arrived to eke a living out of the hot, red dirt here, Susan Savage still structures her life around the groundwater. Twice daily, she checks […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Why Monsoon Season Will Not Solve India’s Water Crisis
August 16th, 2022
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at why monsoon season will not solve India’s water crisis: After a scorching summer, most parts of India are enjoying a drenching from monsoons that arrived in late May. But the downpours will provide only limited relief. Several eastern and northern states had the driest July on record; the India Meteorological […]
Read more »Steep Water Cuts Coming For U.S. Southwest
August 16th, 2022
Via CNN, an article on the steep water cuts are coming for the Southwest as Colorado River shrinks and Lake Mead’s level plummets: An extraordinary drought in the West is drying up the Colorado River and draining the nation’s largest reservoirs — Lake Mead and Lake Powell. And amid the overuse of the river and the aridification of the region, the federal government […]
Read more »In Los Angeles, the Grass Isn’t Always Greener This Year
August 15th, 2022
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on how Southern California residents are beginning to accept that lush lawns are unsustainable when reservoirs and rivers run low in a drought era: Erin Brockovich made her name decades ago as an environmental activist who exposed corporate wrongdoing that polluted drinking water. So she felt a bit defensive when a television […]
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