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When Rome’s Foundations Run Dry
November 19th, 2024
Via the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, an article on how climate change, waste, and inaction are putting Italy’s capital at risk: In antiquity, Rome was known as Regina Aquarum, the “queen of the waters.” With its thousands of fountains, from the ever-flowing drinking taps referred to as “nasoni” to the hundreds of gushing marble statues, […]
Read more »Three International Water Conflicts to Watch
November 15th, 2024
Via Geopolitical Monitor, a report on three international water conflicts that bear watching: International water conflicts are a prisoner’s dilemma fundamentally rooted in geopolitics. Neither up nor downriver states can live without it, and water is the lifeblood of development and economic growth. Yet one (upriver) state has a fundamental advantage over the other (downriver) state. […]
Read more »Why Future Droughts Will Not Be About Rain
November 11th, 2024
Via The Washington Post, an article on new research shows how evaporation plays an increasingly important role in droughts in the West as temperatures rise: Dry wells. Dwindling reservoirs. Parched ground. Forest fires. The American West has gotten awfully familiar with drought in the 21st century. And it wouldn’t be the same without the heat. This summer, like […]
Read more »Mexico Offering Water To South Texas. But With A Catch
November 11th, 2024
Via Grist, a look at Mexico’s offer of water to South Texas, but there’s a catch farmers aren’t happy about: Rio Grande Valley farmers who have seen their industry devastated by insufficient rain and depleting water reserves have been offered up a modest but helpful amount of water for their dried-up land. The farmers are […]
Read more »Agriculture’s Water Consumption Rises to Nearly 7 Trillion Cubic Meters Globally
November 11th, 2024
Via Smart Water Magazine, a report on water consumption of crops which has risen to nearly 7 trillion cubic meters of water worldwide: A new study by researchers at the UT sheds light on historical changes in the amount of water humanity consumes to grow the world’s main crops. The analysis demonstrates that despite increasing […]
Read more »What Causes Water Conflict?
November 8th, 2024
Via the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a look at what causes water conflict: Mexican farmers set fire to government buildings, ambushed soldiers, took politicians hostage, and seized control of La Boquilla dam to prevent water from being diverted from their drought-parched fields and funneled away to the United States. “This is a war to […]
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