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Sinking Joshimath May Submerge India’s Hydropower Ambitions in the Himalayas
January 27th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a report on how large-scale land subsidence in one of India’s pilgrimage town has prompted widespread resistance to the construction of dams: Rapid land subsidence causing buildings to crack has left several thousand residents of Joshimath in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand deeply worried. Some residents have fledfor safety, and some have staged demonstrations. […]
Read more »Afghanistan’s Kamal Khan Dam and the Helmand River Treaty
January 27th, 2023
Via The Diplomat a look at the controversy over Afghanistan’s Kamal Khan Dam despite the fact that the Helmand River Treaty nor customary international law denies Afghanistan the right to construct dams over the Helmand River: The opening of the Kamal Khan Dam in March 2021 reignited an old dispute between Iran and Afghanistan over the allocation […]
Read more »As the Colorado River Shrinks, Washington Prepares to Spread the Pain
January 27th, 2023
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on how the seven states that rely on the Colorado River for water are not expected to reach a deal on cuts, thus making it likely that the Biden administration will have to impose reductions: The seven states that rely on water from the shrinking Colorado River are […]
Read more »The Colorado River – Overused and Shrinking – A Crisis Transforming U.S. Southwest
January 27th, 2023
Via the Los Angeles Times, a report on how the Colorado River’s overuse is a crisis transforming the Southwest: The Colorado River begins as melting snow, trickling from forested peaks and coursing in streams that gather in the meadows and valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Like arteries, its major tributaries take shape across Colorado, Wyoming, […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: How A Delhi District Stopped The Ground From Sinking
January 26th, 2023
Via the BBC, a report on how India is tackling subsidence caused by excessive groundwater extraction: India’s Himalayan town of Joshimath has been in the news for sinking slowly into ground because of uncontrolled construction and indiscriminate extraction of groundwater. Experts fear several cities in the country could meet the same fate. However, a neighbourhood […]
Read more »Satellite Data Shows Sustained Severe Drought In Europe
January 26th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on new satellite data that shows sustained severe drought in Europe: Europe has been experiencing a severe drought for years. Across the continent, groundwater levels have been consistently low since 2018, even if extreme weather events with flooding temporarily give a different picture. The beginning of this tense situation is […]
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