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Barren Fields and Empty Stomachs: Afghanistan’s Long, Punishing Drought
March 21st, 2024
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on the tragic humanitarian impact of Afghanistan’s long, punishing drought: In a country especially vulnerable to climate change, a drought has displaced entire villages and left millions of children malnourished. They awake in the mornings to find another family has left. Half of one village, the entirety […]
Read more »Vietnam Farmers Struggle for Fresh Water as Drought Brings Salination
March 21st, 2024
Via Terra Daily, a report on the impact of drought in Vietnam: Every day, farmer Nguyen Hoai Thuong prays in vain for rain to fall on the cracked dry earth of her garden in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta — the country’s “rice bowl” agricultural heartland. A blazing month-long heatwave has brought drought, parching the land in […]
Read more »Taps Run Dry in Africa’s Richest City
March 20th, 2024
Via VoA News, a look at South Africa’s water crisis: Residents of Africa’s richest city, Johannesburg, are experiencing a severe water shortage in the middle of a summer heat wave. The shortages, which have lasted nearly two weeks, have affected some 50% of Johannesburg Water’s supply area, officials said. The South African city has a […]
Read more »Can U.S and Mexico Secure Water Supplies in Shrinking Rio Grande?
March 20th, 2024
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at the need to change the 80-year-old water treaty between the U.S. and Mexico to accommodate the drying climate: Reservoirs sink to record lows. Farmers lament shortage of water for irrigation. Senior officials, buffeted by partisan disruption, haggle over the terms of new management plans. These scenes define […]
Read more »The Parched Tiger: India Stares at Summer Water Crisis As Reservoir Levels Slide
March 20th, 2024
Via Reuters, an article on India’s water crisis: India’s main reservoirs have hit their lowest March levels in five years, government data showed, indicating a possible squeeze on drinking water and power availability this summer. In major centres such as India’s ‘Silicon Valley’ Bengaluru, home to firms like Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab, water supply […]
Read more »Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan Agree to Install Transboundary Water Meters
March 20th, 2024
Via The Diplomat, a look at how water – while most often characterized as a potential spark for conflict in Central Asia – is, at the same time, an opportunity for cooperation: Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan have agreed to install meters in each other’s territory to monitor water consumption and share data online with each other. […]
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