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The Storm Chasers Trying To Save The World From Drought
September 28th, 2024
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at – while everyone agrees the planet needs more water – cloud-seeding remains controversial: Bill Kornell has spent most of his half-century-long career flying into bad weather. A former bull-riding champion, the sinewy 80-year-old has been a pilot since the 1960s, when he realised that travelling to far-flung rodeo towns […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia To Expand Its Cloud Seeding Program
September 27th, 2024
Via Semafor, a report on Saudi Arabia’s plans to expand its cloud seeding program: Saudi Arabia is readying an expansion of its cloud-seeding program, a controversial effort to boost rainfall over its parched territory, the country’s deputy environment minister said in an interview. Riyadh has assembled a team of domestic and international researchers and learned […]
Read more »Millions Depend On The Mississippi—But The Mighty River Is Running Dry
September 27th, 2024
Tons of grains and crops are shipped down the Mississippi River every year. This National Geographic article examines what will happen if increasingly persistent droughts shrink America’s longest river? About eighty miles south of St. Louis, Brian Ragsdale’s boat, the Dredge Potter, has been deployed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carve a […]
Read more »How Did An Argentinian Lake The Size of New York City Disappear?
September 26th, 2024
Via The Guardian, a sobering look at how drought and mismanagement have turned Lake Colhué Huapí into a virtual dustbowl. Now the race is on to save its sister lake from the same fate From the top of a hill, Yeni Szlapelis, 46, looks out over the arid plateaus of south-central Argentina at the sources of her […]
Read more »Disease and Malnutrition Stalk Water-Scarce Afghanistan
September 25th, 2024
Via Dialogue Earth, a look at how three years of drought, a pariah regime and the loss of skilled workers have crippled Afghanistan’s water infrastructure, increasing water prices and spreading disease Every evening, Abdullah Achakzai, director of the Environmental Volunteer Network (EVN), encounters the same grim reality as he returns home from work in Kabul. […]
Read more »How Cities Run Dry
September 24th, 2024
Via Yale Climate Connection, an article on how – with rivers, lakes, and reservoirs long strained by overuse now facing climate change – some cities are turning to water restrictions to get back on track: In April 2024, more than 9 million residents of Bogotá, Colombia’s capital city, were told to collect rainwater – if the city […]
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