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The Great Adaptation: Why Climate Security Is Redefining Global Power
November 21st, 2025
Via Illuminem, commentary on the Great Adaptation – why climate security is redefining global power: We are living through a quiet revolution, one not marked by battles or borders, but by resilience. The world is entering an age where power is measured not by dominance or wealth, but by endurance. The ability of a nation to absorb […]
Read more »Study: Something’s Gotta Give on the Rio Grande
November 21st, 2025
Via The Land Desk, a look at how climate change and overconsumption are drying up the Southwest’s “other” big river: The Colorado River and its woes tend to get all of the attention, but the Southwest’s “other” big river, the Rio Grande, is in even worse shape thanks to a combination of warming temperatures, drought, […]
Read more »Putin’s Pipe Dream: Russian Scientists Discuss Project to “Redirect” Siberian Rivers
November 21st, 2025
Russian scientists have reportedly asked the Kremlin to fund a feasibility study on diverting water from Russia’s Ob River down to Central Asia. The $100B plan would see a massive plastic pipeline carry up to 22 cubic km (5.3 cubic miles) ofw ater through Kazakhstan into Uzbekistan annually. This idea builds upon a similar Soviet-era […]
Read more »New Iraqi Leadership Confronts Water Shortage and Economic Strain
November 20th, 2025
Via OilPrice.com, a report on Iraq’s urgent water crisis: Iraq’s latest election saw a surprisingly high turnout (56%) and a fragmented outcome. The new government faces urgent challenges: a severe water crisis due to drought and upstream dams, weak public finances tied to oil dependence, and delicate relations with both the U.S. and Iran. Balancing […]
Read more »Kabul Braces For A Waterless Future
November 20th, 2025
Via The Week, a report on how a confluence of manmade and environmental factors makes the Afghan city the first modern capital to risk running out of groundwater: For the past half-century, the city of Kabul has endured more than its fair share of hardship and tragedy. As Afghanistan’s capital works to move past its […]
Read more »In Drought-Stricken Iran, Nature Is Doing What Sanctions And Airstrikes Could Not
November 17th, 2025
Via Forbes, commentary on Iran’s drought: “May God protect this country from the enemy, from drought, from lies.” The ancient prayer of the Persian King Darius the Great, carved into stone more than two thousand years ago, captures three existential threats that have forever concerned Iranians: foreign aggression, water scarcity, and the erosion of truth. […]
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