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The Immediate Climate Threat Isn’t Rising Sea Levels, It’s Water Scarcity
Via The Atlantic, an interesting commentary on the water crisis facing the world: A girl looks up as she stands [...]
The Limited Promise of Kenya’s Aquifer Discoveries
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), analysis of  Kenya’s recent discovery of several new aquifers: The recent discovery of several new [...]
The Parched Tiger: Indus Waters Treaty – An Unjustified Resentment Or Time To Bridge A River Divide?
Two very interesting articles on the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty which – while not perfect – represents the best that [...]
The Thirsty Dragon: Mining In Tibet Threatens Asia’s Rivers
Via the Third Pole, a look at the impact of mining in Tibet: In his new book, Spoiling Tibet: China [...]
The Thirsty Dragon: All Dried Up
Via The Economist, an interesting article on how northern China is running out of water, but the government’s remedies may [...]
The Thirsty Dragon And Parched Tiger: India ‘Pressuring’ China On Brahmaputra
Via The Hindu, an interesting look at India / China water tensions: Li Zhifei, a scholar at the National Institute [...]

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