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Six U.S. States Facing The Most Serious Groundwater Crises
January 30th, 2024
Via The Hill, a report on the 6 states facing the most serious groundwater crises: A heating planet and expanding commercial agriculture are putting increasing pressure on America’s vital aquifers — underground reservoirs that supply water to an estimated 145 million Americans, as well as supporting much of the nation’s food supply. New research published […]
Read more »Agriculture Built These U.S. High Plains Towns, But Now It Might Run Them Dry
January 30th, 2024
Via Stateline, an article on efforts by rural midwestern towns to keep their sole water source – the Ogalla Aquifer – intact: Brownie Wilson pulls off a remote dirt road right through a steep ditch and onto a farmer’s field. He hops out of his white Silverado pickup, mud covering nearly all of it except […]
Read more »Groundwater Levels Around the World Are Dropping Quickly, Often at Accelerating Rates
January 28th, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, highlights of a starting report showing rapid declines in groundwater are most common in aquifers under croplands in drier regions, including California: Groundwater supplies are dwindling in aquifers around the world, a groundbreaking new study found, with the rates of decline accelerating over the past four decades in nearly a third […]
Read more »Texas Is Already Running Out of Water
January 28th, 2024
Courtesy of Inside Climate News, a report on Texas, where parts of the state are starting the year with low water reserves and with a scorching summer predicted, key areas may be pushed to the brink: Two consecutive summers of brutal heat and drought have left some parts of Texas with notably low water supplies going into 2024. […]
Read more »‘Hot Droughts’: Becoming More Common In Arid U.S. West
January 28th, 2024
Via NPR, an article on a new study confirming that ‘hot droughts’ are becoming more common in the arid U.S. west: Take a period of limited rainfall. Add heat. And you have what scientists call a ‘hot drought’ – dry conditions made more intense by the evaporative power of hotter temperatures. A new study, published […]
Read more »Iran and Afghanistan Water Wars: Feud over the Helmand River Has No End In Sight.
January 26th, 2024
Via the Atlantic Council, a look at the feud between Iran and Afghanistan over the Helmand River: Water disputes between Iran and Afghanistan date back to as early as the 1870s. However, with the Taliban back in power in Kabul since 2021, the Helmand River has become an increasing topic of contention between the neighboring […]
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