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‘The Water War’: How Drought Threatens Survival of Sicily’s Towns
December 13th, 2024
Via The Guardian, a report on Sicily where – amidst the Italian island’s worst drought, towns such as Troina are fighting for survival as supplies run dry and tensions rise: An ancient Sicilian proverb goes like this: “When water to two fountains flows, one will stay dry – that’s how it goes.” The residents of […]
Read more »When Rome’s Foundations Run Dry
November 19th, 2024
Via the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, an article on how climate change, waste, and inaction are putting Italy’s capital at risk: In antiquity, Rome was known as Regina Aquarum, the “queen of the waters.” With its thousands of fountains, from the ever-flowing drinking taps referred to as “nasoni” to the hundreds of gushing marble statues, […]
Read more »Sicily’s Drought Dries Up Summer Tourism
July 10th, 2024
Via Fortune a report on Sicily’s summer drought which is so acute this year that it’s drying up lakes and forcing cities to turn away tourists because they don’t have enough water: The Italian island of Sicily might have abundant history, but the same can’t be said about its water supply. Located on Sicily’s southwest […]
Read more »Record Drought Hits the Mediterranean Region
March 5th, 2024
Via Smart Water Magazine, an article on the record drought hitting the Mediterranean region: Severe and prolonged drought events have affected Europe for more than two years and northern Africa for six years, causing water shortages and hampering vegetation growth. The Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) published its report Drought in the Mediterranean – January 2024 on the […]
Read more »Extreme Drought in Northern Italy Mirrors Climate in Ethiopia
November 15th, 2023
Via The Guardian, a look at new research that shows global heating creating a ‘whiplash effect’ of erratic extremes – often in poorest countries: Extreme drought in northern Italy has doubled over the past two decades, creating a climate that increasingly mirrors that of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa, research shows. Analysis of satellite imagery and […]
Read more »Italy’s Parched Po Valley: The Vanishing Breadbasket
June 27th, 2023
Courtesy of The Dial, an article on Italy’s Po Valley, which is rapidly drying up and threatening the nation’s traditional breadbasket: In 2022, a number of sunken curiosities began to emerge from the Po River, which runs from the French-Italian Alps and carves eastward across northern Italy, through Turin, just south of Milan and Bergamo, […]
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