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The Thirsty Dragon: China Is Choking Off Asia’s Most Important River
Via Foreign Policy, a report on the impact that upstream dams are having on the Mekong Basin: It’s a March [...]
Lake Powell’s Plummeting Water Levels
Via CNN, an article on Lake Powell’s plummeting water levels: Kenneth Runnels doesn’t see himself as a “victim” of the [...]
How Navajo Are Turning On Taps – Even In Remote, Dry Areas
Via Christian Science Monitor, a report on how Navajo are turning on taps – even in remote, dry areas: Ida [...]
Desalination Quenching California’s Thirst: Pipe Dream?
Via The Economist, an article on how much desalination can help California diversify its water supply as the West dries up: [...]
California Drought May Be Worse Than Currently Believed
Courtesy of The New York Times, commentary on US west’s drought: Outside my lab near Donner Pass in the Sierra [...]
The Volga: A River No Longer Runs Through It
Via MIT’s Technology Review, an article on how too many dams have made Russia’s most important river dysfunctional: You can [...]

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