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One of the Planet’s Biggest Cities is Sinking so Rapidly it’s Visible from Space
May 6th, 2026
Via CNN, a look at how Mexico City’s metropolis of nearly 22 million people is sinking at an alarming rate due to over-extraction of the aquifer which lies beneath it: Mexico City is sinking at such an alarming rate that it’s visible from the space. Imagery from a powerful NASA radar system is revealing subsidence […]
Read more »Will Chinese Megaprojects Solve Northern Peru’s Water Crisis?
April 30th, 2026
Via Dialogue.Earth, a look at China’s recent win of an international tender to execute the Poechos and Alto Piura megaprojects, both key to the Piura region’s future water security: The sun beats down on Cieneguillo, a valley famed for its lemon and mango plantations near Peru’s northern coast. Farmer Yhon Silupú Córdova – thin, slow-moving […]
Read more »Why Trump Wants To Spend $1B on Great Salt Lake
April 27th, 2026
Via NPR, a report on why Trump wants to spend $1 billion on Great Salt Lake: At its peak, Great Salt Lake, located right outside the state’s capital of Salt Lake City, was bigger than the state of Delaware, covering roughly 2,300 square miles, with a thriving ecosystem and the main reason Utah claimed to […]
Read more »Indus Waters Treaty at Crossroads: Pakistan’s Legal Response and India’s Position
April 20th, 2026
Via Modern Dipomacy, a look at how – one year after tensions escalated over the Indus Waters Treaty – the evolving dynamic between Pakistan and India presents a significant case study in the interaction between law, diplomacy, and regional stability: One year after tensions escalated over the Indus Waters Treaty, the evolving dynamic between Pakistan […]
Read more »How the UAE and Its Gulf Neighbors Can Help Keep a Thirsty World Hydrated
April 19th, 2026
Via the UAE’s National News, commentary on how the UAE and its Gulf neighbours can help keep a thirsty world hydrated: The next global race is not for AI or energy, it is for water; and the UAE should lead it. For decades, water has been the quiet crisis, always present, rarely urgent enough to […]
Read more »Arizona’s Growth Machine Keeps Churning Even as Existing Communities Dry Up
April 17th, 2026
Via Land Desk, a look at the dire situation for water in Arizona: Rendering of the Halo Vista development and TSMC’s campus. Source: discoverhalovista.com Sometimes it feels like there are two parallel Southwestern United States out there. One is naturally arid, is getting hotter and hotter by the year and is gripped by the most […]
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