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Iran: Water Shortages Could Displace 50 Million People
Via the Financial Tribune, an alarming report on the severity of Iran’s water challenges: Severity of the water shortage in [...]
The Thirsty Dragon: Three Gorges…Disgorged
Via The Economist, a look at China’s Three Gorges dam: OUTSIDE China, the monster Three Gorges dam across the Yangzi [...]
Iraq: The Land Between Two Threatened Rivers
Via Future Directions International, a look at Iraq’s water crisis: Key Points Iraq depends on surface water from the Tigris-Euphrates [...]
Iran’s Water Crisis
Courtesy of the Tehran Times, an article on Iran’s water crisis: Drying lakes and rivers, declining groundwater resources, land subsidence, [...]
Water in the West Bank: Palestinians Go Thirsty
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at how Palestinians are going thirsty, despite sitting on an underground ocean: IYAD QASSEM [...]
The Thirsty Dragon: China an Russia’s Competing Interests on the Mighty Amur River
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting look at the Amur River, a shared resource between China and Russia: Forecast [...]

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