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The Land Subsidence Crisis in Tehran: A Looming Environmental and Infrastructure Catastrophe
December 2nd, 2024
Via Iran News Update, a report on Tehran’s land subsidence crisis caused by excessive groundwater pumping: Tehran, Iran’s bustling capital with a population of nearly 9.8 million, is grappling with a silent yet devastating crisis: land subsidence. This phenomenon, largely driven by mismanagement of water resources and excessive extraction of groundwater, is causing widespread damage […]
Read more »Texas’ Economic Dependence On Water Could Lead To Financial Plummet
December 1st, 2024
Via MySanAntonio, an article on a new report assessing how Texas’s economic dependence on water could lead to a financial plummet: A recent report found that Texas’ long-lasting drought impacts could lead to a long-term water supply deficit that would directly impact the state’s economy. Without investment, researchers say the Lone Star State could soon lose […]
Read more »Texas Water Rights Clash With Mexico
November 28th, 2024
Via The Pinnacle Gazette, a report on growing water tension between Texas and Mexico, with Governor Abbott pushing for compliance of treaty obligations amid worsening drought conditions: Texas officials are raising alarms about water rights issues with Mexico, following recent agreements intended to manage the distribution of water to the Rio Grande Valley. Governor Greg Abbott […]
Read more »Arizona To Prosecute Saudi Company Over Water Use
November 28th, 2024
Via Arabian Gulf Business Insight, a report that Arizona is going to prosecute a Saudi company over water use: Lawsuit to halt pumping Food security issues Farms grow alfalfa The attorney general of the US state of Arizona is set to launch legal proceeding in the next two weeks against the Saudi dairy company Almarai […]
Read more »Can Climate Break the Ice for India and Pakistan?
November 27th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at how climate and water issues could bring a change in bilateral relations between India and Pakistan: Indian External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s visit to Islamabad for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit last month was the most high profile Indian diplomatic engagement in Pakistan since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise pit-stop in […]
Read more »Water Woes: The Caspian Sea Is Shrinking Rapidly
November 27th, 2024
Via The Economist, a look at the implications of the Caspian Sea’s decline for Russia: FOR MANY living on Kazakhstan’s coast, it was obvious long ago. The Caspian Sea is drying up. The world’s largest inland body of water has dropped by two metres since the mid-1990s, shrinking by 15,000 square km, an area bigger than […]
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