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Do Nations Go To War Over Water?
From Nature, an interesting comment on whether or not nations go to war over water.  As the article notes, the [...]
Libya’s Great Man-Made River Project
Via Terra Daily, some additional information on Libya’s 33-billion-dollar Great Man-Made River scheme to extract water from deep beneath the [...]
Turkey, Syria, and Iraq: Great Anxiety Downstream
Via Energy Daily,  a detailed look at issues related to Turkey, Syria and Iraq’s mutual sharing of the Tigris and [...]
United Nations: Quest For Clean Water May Lead To War
Via The Detroit Free Press, an article discussing a recent United Nations report that suggests the growing shortage of clean [...]
The Thirsty Dragon: Hoping For The Best, Planning For The Thirst
Via Yale’s Environment 360, a report that China is planning to construct 59 reservoirs in the country’s far-western province of [...]
Lake Balkhash: A Future Aral Sea?
Via Registan, an interesting look at Lake Balkhash which – due to the international nature of the watershed, the development [...]

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