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Groundwater Levels Around the World Are Dropping Quickly, Often at Accelerating Rates
January 28th, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, highlights of a starting report showing rapid declines in groundwater are most common in aquifers under croplands in drier regions, including California: Groundwater supplies are dwindling in aquifers around the world, a groundbreaking new study found, with the rates of decline accelerating over the past four decades in nearly a third […]
Read more »Texas Is Already Running Out of Water
January 28th, 2024
Courtesy of Inside Climate News, a report on Texas, where parts of the state are starting the year with low water reserves and with a scorching summer predicted, key areas may be pushed to the brink: Two consecutive summers of brutal heat and drought have left some parts of Texas with notably low water supplies going into 2024. […]
Read more »‘Hot Droughts’: Becoming More Common In Arid U.S. West
January 28th, 2024
Via NPR, an article on a new study confirming that ‘hot droughts’ are becoming more common in the arid U.S. west: Take a period of limited rainfall. Add heat. And you have what scientists call a ‘hot drought’ – dry conditions made more intense by the evaporative power of hotter temperatures. A new study, published […]
Read more »Iran and Afghanistan Water Wars: Feud over the Helmand River Has No End In Sight.
January 26th, 2024
Via the Atlantic Council, a look at the feud between Iran and Afghanistan over the Helmand River: Water disputes between Iran and Afghanistan date back to as early as the 1870s. However, with the Taliban back in power in Kabul since 2021, the Helmand River has become an increasing topic of contention between the neighboring […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon and Parched Tiger: Satellite Images Show China’s Dam Threatening Neighbors’ Fresh Water Supply
January 26th, 2024
Via Newsweek, a report that a new Chinese dam may impact India’s and Nepal’s water supplies: China appears to have completed the construction of a new dam in the country’s southwestern border regions, a project that could have far-reaching strategic implications for its southern neighbors India and Nepal, according to new satellite imagery. Mapcha Tsangpo […]
Read more »Billions of People Reply On Rapidly Declining Groundwater
January 26th, 2024
Via CNN, an article on a recent study showing that billions of people rely on a valuable underground resource that’s rapidly declining in certain areas: Many parts of the world are experiencing a rapid depletion in the subterranean reserves of water that billions of people rely on for drinking, irrigation and other uses, according to new research […]
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