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Glen Canyon Dam: Facing Dead Pool
October 2nd, 2024
Via The Land Desk, a look at the crisis facing Glen Canyon Dam: In 1998, when I was in fourth grade, I joined a class field trip to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. But when we got to Cortez, the road was barricaded. Hours earlier, three men had stolen a water-tanker truck and killed […]
Read more »The Panama Canal Needs More Water. The Solution Could Displace Thousands.
October 2nd, 2024
Via Grist, a report on how a proposed dam and reservoir along the Rio Indio would bring much-needed water to the Panama Canal, but at a steep cost: Thousand-foot-long ships chug through the Panama Canal’s waters each day, over the submerged stumps of a forgotten forest and by the banks of a new one, its […]
Read more »Stark Before-and-After Photos Reveal Dramatic Shrinking of Major Amazon Rivers
September 30th, 2024
Via CNN, stark before-and-after pictures reveal dramatic shrinking of major Amazon rivers Huge tributaries that feed the mighty Amazon River — the largest on the planet — have plunged to record-low levels, upending lives, stranding boats, and threatening endangered dolphins as drought grips Brazil. The country is currently enduring its worst drought since records began in 1950, […]
Read more »Joliet, Illinois, Plans to Source Its Future Drinking Water From Lake Michigan. Will Other Cities Follow?
September 30th, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, a report that – as aquifers dry up – some Midwest communities are looking to the region’s greatest natural resources for a solution. A 2008 law governs access to it—with an exemption for Illinois. The aquifer from which Joliet, Illinois, sources its drinking water is likely going to run too dry […]
Read more »Tuvalu’s Water Woes
September 29th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a report on Tuvalu’s water needs: In the heart of the Pacific Ocean, Tuvalu faces a growing crisis: the scarcity of fresh water. This small island nation, already grappling with the devastating effects of climate change, now contends with a dwindling supply of potable water that endangers public health, food security, and […]
Read more »The Storm Chasers Trying To Save The World From Drought
September 28th, 2024
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at – while everyone agrees the planet needs more water – cloud-seeding remains controversial: Bill Kornell has spent most of his half-century-long career flying into bad weather. A former bull-riding champion, the sinewy 80-year-old has been a pilot since the 1960s, when he realised that travelling to far-flung rodeo towns […]
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