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Protests Over Water Shortages Shut Longest South African Highway
September 27th, 2022
Via Bloomberg, a report of water related protests in South Africa: Part of South Africa’s longest highway, which runs from Cape Town to Zimbabwe, was shut on Monday by protesters who were demonstrating over water shortages. The N1 highway was closed at Ventersburg, a town that’s about 240 kilometers (149 miles) south of Johannesburg, the […]
Read more »Future of Europe – and World – Is In Drought
September 27th, 2022
Via the New European, commentary on an Europe in which rivers and reservoirs are shrinking, and the land is parched: The ghost-grey hull of a second world war shipwreck that resurfaced from Italy’s shrinking River Po this summer was less a relic of a forgotten past and more a reminder of a grim future facing […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China’s Biggest Lake Declares Drought ‘Red Alert’
September 27th, 2022
Via Reuters, an article on how China’s biggest lake has declared ‘red alert’ as the nation’s long drought lingers: The central Chinese province of Jiangxi has declared a water supply “red alert” for the first time after the Poyang freshwater lake, the country’s biggest, dwindled to a record low, the Jiangxi government said on Friday. The […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Extreme Summer Affecting China’s Water, Food, and Energy Security
September 26th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, a report on how climate shocks are impacting China’s energy, water, and food security ambitions, as well as, new resistance towards the western route of the south-north water transfer: This summer has been China’s driest and hottest since consistent records began being kept in 1961. The severe heatwave resulted in and continues to exacerbate […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: Should India And Bangladesh Find An Alternative To Teesta Water Sharing Deal?
September 23rd, 2022
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on water tensions between India and Bangladesh: The recent visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to India once again highlighted the continuous deepening of bilateral relations. In the last one decade or so both countries have not only been able to solve a number of long-pending disputes but also made […]
Read more »California: Thirsty Almonds Cause Wells Of The People That Harvest Them To Run Dry
September 22nd, 2022
Via Forbes, a report on how broiling heat in the middle of the worst drought in 1,200 years has strained California’s underground water supply, pitting the Central Valley’s $20 billion agriculture industry against many of its own workers: Nature has a way of telling people when their wells are running dry. In California’s Central Valley, […]
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