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The Colorado River Is Going Dry…To Feed Cows
April 19th, 2023
Via Vox, a look at the real cause the Colorado River is drying up: Last May, 30 miles east of the Las Vegas Strip, a barrel containing a dead body washed up on the shores of Lake Mead, the country’s largest water reservoir. In the following months, more human remains surfaced, along with a World […]
Read more »In Grim Drought, Tunisians Ration Water In State-Ordered Ban
April 19th, 2023
Via The Frontier Post, an article on Tunisia’s punishing drought: It’s a feeble drip, drip, drip from the taps every night in Tunisia for six months. Spigots are cut off for seven hours from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. in a state-ordered water rationing in most regions across the country, including Tunis, the capital city. […]
Read more »Thirsty Dragon: NW China On Water Alert As Yellow River Runs Low
April 19th, 2023
Via the South China Morning Post, a report on new water alerts in northwest China: Water management authorities in northwestern China have warned of shortages in the Yellow River this year that could worsen in the years to come, posing a risk to agriculture in Ningxia and Inner Mongolia. The two autonomous regions cover the […]
Read more »Colorado River: Most Endangered U.S. Waterway
April 18th, 2023
Via The Guardian, an article on a new American Rivers reports that designates the Colorado River the most endangered U.S. waterway: A 277-mile stretch of the Colorado River that snakes through the iconic Grand Canyon is America’s most endangered waterway, a new report has found. The unique ecosystem and cultural heritage of the Grand Canyon is […]
Read more »California’s Double Whammy: Drought and Floods
April 18th, 2023
Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, an editorial on the challenges faced by a society experiencing drought and floods at the same time, the Golden State’s reality for the near future: Just as federal officials were laying out alternative scenarios last week for steep water supply cuts from the Colorado River due to the drying […]
Read more »French Villages Run Dry As Water Warnings Rise
April 18th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on France’s growing drought: Another four French villages lost their fresh water supply on Friday, local authorities told AFP, as a winter drought causes disruption and serious concerns about shortages this summer.Around 3,000 people are affected in the villages of Bouleternere, Corbere, Corbere-les-Cabanes and Saint-Michel-de-Llotes in the foothills of the […]
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