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A Water Strategy for the Parched West
Via The Conversation, a report on the idea of having cities pay farmers to install more efficient irrigation systems as [...]
Is Eastern Africa’s Drought The Worst in Recent History? Are Worse Yet To Come?
Via The Conversation, an article on the drought in eastern Africa: Large areas of Ethiopia, Somalia and Kenya are currently [...]
Mismanagement of Water Resources: Root of Pakistan’s Drought
Via The Third Pole, commentary on Pakistan’s water scarcity crisis: More than 80% of the population in Pakistan faces ‘severe water scarcity’. [...]
The Vanishing Rio Grande
Via Yale e360, a report on the Rio Grande, which has long been impacted by withdrawals for agriculture and other [...]
As Colorado River Crisis Grows, An Urgent Call For Western states To ‘Act Now’
Via the Los Angeles Times, an article on how – as the water crisis worsens on the Colorado River – an [...]
Droughts and Societal Change: Impact of Drought On Emergence of Islam In Late Antique Arabia
Via the Daily Mail, an article on a new report published by Science that examines the impact that extreme drought [...]

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