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The Parched Tiger: Groundwater Depletion Rates In India Could Triple In Coming Decades
September 7th, 2023
Via University of Michigan, a study on groundwater depletion in India: A new University of Michigan-led study finds that farmers in India have adapted to warming temperatures by intensifying the withdrawal of groundwater used for irrigation. If the trend continues, the rate of groundwater loss could triple by 2080, further threatening India’s food and […]
Read more »Climate Change: Driving More Farmers To Consider Irrigation
September 5th, 2023
Via AP News, a report on how climate change is forc=ing more farmers and ranchers to consider irrigation — at a steep cost: The Texas ranch where Gilda Jackson trains and sells horses has been plagued by grasshoppers this year, a problem that only gets worse when the hatch quickens in times of heat and […]
Read more »Saudi Arabia Establishes Global Water Organization
September 5th, 2023
Via Gulf Business, news of Saudi Arabia’s establishment of a new global organisation focused on water conservation: Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman announced the establishment of the Global Water Organisation on Monday, as per the Saudi Press Agency (SPA). The newly created Global Water Organisation, headquartered in Riyadh, will aim to play a pivotal […]
Read more »A Colorado City Has Been Battling for Decades to Use Its Own Water
September 5th, 2023
Courtesy of the New York Times, a look at how lawsuits, protests and fierce disputes over who controls water in the parched American West have held up a crucial pipeline: Jack Ethredge could see the future. It was 1985, and Mr. Ethredge, then the city manager of Thornton, Colo., understood that sooner or later, the […]
Read more »World’s Highest Navigable Lake Is Drying Out
September 4th, 2023
Via CNN, a report on Lake Titicaca, parts of which have dried out due to falling water levels: Water levels at Lake Titicaca – the highest navigable lake in the world and South America’s largest – are dropping precipitously after an unprecedented winter heat wave. The shocking decline is affecting tourism, fishing and agriculture, which locals rely […]
Read more »Chilean Town Withers in Free Market for Water
September 3rd, 2023
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on how water in Chile was redirected in order to maximize its highest economic use, to the detriment of local communities: During the past four decades here in Quillagua, a town in the record books as the driest place on earth, residents have sometimes seen glimpses of […]
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