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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 […]
Read more »Dancing With Water: What Can The World Learn From Japan’s Profoundly Wet History?
August 31st, 2024
Via Aeon, an interesting look at what – as storms, droughts and floods become more intense – the world can learn from Japan’s profoundly wet history? In early June 2018, I landed at Kansai airport in Japan, with a full day of travel ahead. A few hours later, I was sitting on a Shinkansen – […]
Read more »4,000 Years of Conflict Over Water
August 29th, 2024
Via the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, a timeline of 4,000 years of conflict over water: On June 6, 2023, bombs hit and destroyed the Kakhovka Dam in southern Ukraine and eliminated its hydropower generation, draining the massive reservoir behind the dam and flooding four cities and several dozen villages downstream (Gleick et al. 2023). The […]
Read more »We Bought Time To Fix The Colorado River. What Happens When The Money Runs Out?
August 29th, 2024
Via AZ Central, commentary on the Colorado River – which is in better shape now than it has been in years, thanks to extra water in Lake Mead and federal government funding – but the question is how to keep it there after 2026? We have a good story to tell about the Colorado River […]
Read more »From Chad To California – Water Crises Cause Dry Wells And Conflicts
August 28th, 2024
Via Forbes, an article on global water crises: Benjamin Franklin once remarked, “When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.” Franklin’s quote serves as a sobering reminder of the importance of water, especially as the world faces an unprecedented crisis of scarcity. Water is essential for life, yet millions around the globe […]
Read more »With Dams Removed, Salmon Will Have the Run of a Western River
August 27th, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on the U.S.’s largest dam removal project which is nearly complete after a lengthy campaign by Native tribes to restore the river at the California-Oregon border: The Klamath River was once so flush with fish that local tribes ate salmon at every meal: flame-roasted filets on redwood […]
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