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Amazon Drought Cuts River Traffic, Leaves Communities Without Water
October 5th, 2023
Via Mongabay, a report on Brazil’s Amazon drought: Falling water levels in the rivers and lakes of the Brazilian Amazon are restricting the flow of ships and boats, the main form of transport in the region and the only means of access to health and education facilities for many communities. This year’s drought is exacerbated […]
Read more »Reevaluating The Forgotten River Civilizations of Central Asia
October 5th, 2023
Via PNAS, an interesting paper examining the Aral Sea basin in Central Asia in which its major rivers, the Amu Darya and Syr Darya, were the center of advanced river civilizations, and a principal hub of the Silk Roads over a period of more than 2,000 y. The region’s decline has been traditionally attributed to […]
Read more »San Diego Gears Up to Deal Water Across the West
October 3rd, 2023
Via the Voice of San Diego, a look at the fact that it has been twenty years since San Diego bought Colorado River water from its farming neighbors, and it now seeks to attract investors in its other water assets: This October marks 20 years since San Diego cut a famous deal that protected it […]
Read more »Thousands of California Wells At Risk of Drying Up Despite Landmark Water Law
October 2nd, 2023
Via Phys.org, a report on how – even though California enacted sweeping legislation nearly a decade ago to curb excessive agricultural pumping of groundwater – new research predicts that thousands of drinking water wells could run dry in the Central Valley by the time the law’s restrictions take full effect in 2040; Even though California […]
Read more »Jordan Plans Multi-Billion Dollar Aqaba to Amman Desalination Project Amid Water Crisis
September 29th, 2023
Via The National News, an article on Jordan’s plans to build a multi-billion dollar Aqaba to Amman desalination project amid its water crisis: Along a long and dusty motorway, connecting Jordan‘s capital Amman with the south of the country, is a pipeline that provides much needed water to hundreds of thousands of people. The controversial $1.1 billion […]
Read more »The U.S. Needs Minerals for Green Tech: Will Western Mines have Enough Water?
September 29th, 2023
Via NPR’s OPB, a look at whether the U.S. has enough water for planned green tech mineral mines in the West: On a 107 degree morning in the mountains east of Phoenix, a miner in a hard hat plunges down the nearly 7,000-foot shaft of what may soon be the biggest underground copper mine in […]
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