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River Ethics and Management
June 25th, 2024
Via China Daily, commentary on river ethics and management: The world faces a grave water crisis, both in magnitude and extent. Though there are many reasons behind this sad situation, three stand out. First, the global population has continued to increase, along with commercial and industrial activities. Water is essential for the survival of humans […]
Read more »‘Water Grabs’ Pose Big Threat to Farmers Amid Water Crises In South America
June 25th, 2024
Via Mongabay, a report on ‘water grabs’ posing a big threat to farmers amid water crises in South America: A new report by shows how investors and agribusiness are taking control of water in Latin America by purchasing rights to land or water to secure access and grow water-intensive crops, such as avocados. The researchers […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Central China Farmers Face Crop Failures In ‘Withering’ Drought
June 24th, 2024
Via Terra Daily, a report on central China’s drought: Farmer Bao Mingchen gestured to a dry pipe where water typically irrigates a patch of crops, the soil now cracked under a drought hitting China’s vast agricultural hinterland. “Everything is dry,” he said as he strode along the perimeter of a rice paddy near his home […]
Read more »Water Crisis Batters War-Torn Sudan As Temperatures Soar
June 18th, 2024
Via Phys.org, a report on Sudan’s tragic water crisis: War, climate change and man-made shortages have brought Sudan—a nation already facing a litany of horrors—to the shores of a water crisis. “Since the war began, two of my children have walked 14 kilometers (nine miles) every day to get water for the family,” Issa, a […]
Read more »A Water War Looms Between Mexico and the U.S. Neither Side Will Win.
June 17th, 2024
Via CNN, a look at the looming water war between Mexico and the U.S.: Tensions are rising in a border dispute between the United States and Mexico. But this conflict is not about migration; it’s about water. Under an 80-year-old treaty, the United States and Mexico share waters from the Colorado River and the Rio […]
Read more »Low Snow On Himalaya Threatens Water Security
June 17th, 2024
Via Terra Daily, a report on Himalayan water insecurity: Millions of people dependent on Himalayan snowmelt for water face a “very serious” risk of shortages this year after one of the lowest rates of snowfall, scientists warned Monday. Snowmelt is the source of about a quarter of the total water flow of 12 major river […]
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