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Shifting Sands: Science, Policy, and Politics Collide In the Nile Delta
April 26th, 2024
Courtesy of Harvard’s Salata Institute, a report on the Nile Delta: No one knows exactly how much the sea will rise in Egypt’s Nile Delta, but rise it will. Within a few decades the water will likely displace millions of people. Still, construction and urbanization continue, often with generous state funding. The Delta’s floodplains illustrate […]
Read more »Global Groundwater Withdrawals Expected To Peak In Key Basins Globally by 2050
April 26th, 2024
Via Phys.org, a look at a new study predicts that global groundwater withdrawals are expected to peak in about one-third of the world’s basins by 2050, potentially triggering significant trade and agriculture shifts: Experimental design showing combinatorial variations of 6 parameter categories used to design 900 GCAM scenarios. Credit: Nature Sustainability (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41893-024-01306-w Groundwater withdrawals are […]
Read more »Turkey’s President’s Erdogan in Rare Iraq Visit to Discuss Water, Oil, Security
April 25th, 2024
Via Energy Daily, a report on Turkey’s President’s Erdogan rare visit to Iraq to discuss water, oil, and security: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan arrived Monday in neighbouring Iraq for his first state visit there in years, with water, oil and regional security issues expected to top the agenda. Erdogan was greeted with a 21-gun salute […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: How India’s Water Pollution Triggers Migration Waves
April 24th, 2024
Via Fair Planet, a look at how India’s water pollution triggers migration waves: In 2024, pollutants contaminating groundwater affected over two million people in India. What drives this trend and what can be done to reverse it? Farmers and experts offer their insights. Sunil Kumar, 45, a former resident of Bindhroli – a village in […]
Read more »The Sinking Arizona Town Where Water and Politics Collide
April 23rd, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on how Democrats see an opening to win back rural Trump voters in Arizona fed up with their groundwater being pumped by huge farms: In Arizona’s deeply conservative La Paz County, the most urgent issue facing many voters is not inflation or illegal immigration. It is the […]
Read more »Amid Water Crisis, Mexico City’s Metro System Is Sinking Unevenly
April 23rd, 2024
Via Undark, an article on Mexico City where – propelled by the draining of local aquifers – the city’s land is sinking. New research surveys the impact on the subways. WITH ITS EXPANSE of buildings and concrete, Mexico City may not look squishy — but it is. Ever since the Spanish conquistadors drained Lake Texcoco to […]
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