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Many U.S. West Farmers Ready To Sell Groundwater Rights As Aquifers Shrink
September 5th, 2024
Via KUNR, a report that many U.S. Mountain West farmers are ready to sell groundwater rights as aquifers shrink: Decades of drought and overpumping are draining groundwater tables across the West. Now, some states are buying farmers’ water rights to free up supplies – and plenty of farmers are ready to sell. In Nevada’s Walker […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Record Rainfall Spoils Crops in China, Rattling Its Leaders
September 4th, 2024
Via the New York Times, an article on how record rainfall has impacted food production in China and emphasized the nation’s water crises (some areas have too much, and others too little): After weeks of drought, farmers in the typically arid agricultural belt in northern China were ill prepared for the torrential rain that inundated […]
Read more »Water and Climate: Inseparable
September 2nd, 2024
Via The Economist, a reminder of why water and climate are inseparable: Rising temperatures do more than make the world hotter. Widespread weather impacts are one of the reasons why scientists prefer the term “climate change” to “global warming”. But it can be hard to grasp just how connected the climate and the water cycle […]
Read more »India-Bangladesh Water Dispute: Why A New Approach Is Necessary
September 1st, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the recent floods in Bangladesh, some of which may have been caused by the release of water from a dam in India: Bangladesh, a country that struggles with nature’s forces frequently, recently dealt with one of the worst flood catastrophes in decades. Notably, there is growing evidence that the neighbouring […]
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