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Will The U.S. Run Out of Water?
August 3rd, 2023
Via LiveScience, commentary on U.S. water security : Within the next 50 years, many of the freshwater basins in the United States could struggle to meet the population’s water demands. Climate change is causing severe droughts and greater aridity — extreme dryness that can affect humans and the natural systems they depend on, especially in western states. Greater aridity […]
Read more »Five Steps Needed To Fix the Murray-Darling Basin Plan
August 3rd, 2023
Via Phys.org, a look at the Murray-Darling Basin plan: The Murray Darling Basin Plan is an historic deal between state and federal governments to save Australia’s most important river system. The A$13 billion plan, inked over a decade ago, was supposed to rein in the water extracted by farmers and communities, and make sure the […]
Read more »Water Scarcity: A Global Economic Threat With China and India Most At Risk
August 3rd, 2023
Via CNBC, a look at water as a global economic threat: Researchers say that large Asian economies like India and China will be the most affected from water shortages. Agriculture, manufacturing, and the transition toward renewable energy will likely be the sectors most affected by water shortages. Water scarcity must not be viewed as a […]
Read more »Who Will Solve The Water Conflict Between Iran And Afghanistan?
August 2nd, 2023
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on the Iran / Afghanistan water conflict: In late May, shots were exchanged by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and the Taliban near a border post in Iran’s Southwest Nimroz province. Each side blamed the other for starting the gunfight that killed two Iranians and an Afghan. The situation was de-escalated, but it […]
Read more »What Would A Nile Deal Mean For Other Nile River States?
August 2nd, 2023
Via The Conversation, commentary on the what a potential Nile River deal would mean for other Nile River states: Egypt and Ethiopia have waged a diplomatic war of words over Ethiopia’s massive new dam – the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam – on the Blue Nile, which started filling up in July 2020. The political row […]
Read more »The Water Wars Coming to Central Asia
July 31st, 2023
Via Foreign Policy, a report on rising water tensions in Central Asia where the situation has been bad for decades, but the Taliban threaten to make them worse: In Turkmenistan, household faucets are running dry and locusts are devouring crops. In Kazakhstan, a state of emergency has been declared as the Caspian Sea shrinks to […]
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