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Water Conflicts Loom in Central Asia
August 13th, 2023
Via Institute for War and Peace Reporting, a look at how an ambitious infrastructure project in Afghanistan risks exacerbating scarcities in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, as the Qosh Tepa irrigation canal will direct the water from the Amu Darya river to the country’s arid northern region reducing the supply for downstream Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan: An irrigation […]
Read more »Water Scarcity Threatening Global Agriculture Faster Than Expected
August 12th, 2023
Courtesy of The Guardian, a report that global heating is likely to impact the world food supply before 1.5C, according to a UN expert: The world is likely to face major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5C target, the president of the UN’s desertification conference has warned, as the impacts […]
Read more »Is Agriculture Sucking New Mexico Dry?
August 12th, 2023
Via Food & Water Watch, a report on New Mexico’s agriculture-driven water challenges: New Mexico’s present state and future water projections are harrowing. A 2018 report found that all planning regions in New Mexico will have less than 75 percent of the necessary supply to meet 2060 water demands.10 Crop production has already fallen because […]
Read more »Growing Water Scarcity in Utah
August 12th, 2023
Via Food & Water Watch, a look at Utah’s water scarcity challenge: Utah faces serious threats from climate change, with the Great Salt Lake especially at risk. As climate change intensifies and the state’s population skyrockets, the lake has already shrunk by two-thirds since the late 1980s and is expected to shrink even more. This […]
Read more »Water Conservation at Forefront of Nevada’s Economic Future
August 12th, 2023
Courtesy of the Las Vegas Review Journal, an article on how Nevada is attempting to serve as an example to the Western US by putting water conservation at forefront of the state’s economic future: The driest state in the nation is putting water consumption and conservation at the forefront of its economic development plans. The […]
Read more »Visualizing the Global Population by Water Security Levels
August 11th, 2023
Courtesy of the Visual Capitalist, an insightful graphical visualization of the global population by water security levels: Visualizing the Global Population by Water Security Levels Most of the world’s population today lives in countries facing critical water security issues. Dealing with issues such as declining freshwater availability, demand from growing populations, insufficient infrastructure, or flawed water […]
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