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Its Promised Land Drying, Mormon Church Works To Save The Great Salt Lake
June 25th, 2023
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on how the Mormon Church is activating to save the Great Salt Lake: The valley here was shades of brown, its vast saline lake shimmering, when Brigham Young first surveyed the landscape in 1847 and recognized a place he had seen in a vision: a spot to make the […]
Read more »Uruguay: One City’s Desperate Quest To Avoid Running Dry
June 25th, 2023
Courtesy of CNN, an article on Uruguay’s drought which is so severe that one city has resorted to putting salt in tap water and drilling wells in parks: Uruguay, grappling with a multi-year drought and high temperatures, is running dry. The situation has become so bad that residents are being forced to drink salty tap water and […]
Read more »America’s Dry Heat
June 25th, 2023
Via Slate, a report on America’s water crisis which is seeing more communities losing their access to water at the worst possible moment: The heat waves wracking the country are bad enough on their own. But they’re colliding with another crisis: The water is running low. Throughout this month, persistent triple-digit temperatures have blanketed the […]
Read more »Asia Water, Energy Supplies At Risk As Climate Woes Mount
June 24th, 2023
Courtesy of Reuters, an article on Asia’s water and energy supply risk: Climate-related disruptions to the crucial Hindu Kush-Himalayan water system are posing risks to economic development and energy security in 16 Asian countries, and concerted action is needed to protect regional water flows, researchers said on Wednesday. The basins of the 10 major rivers […]
Read more »U.S. Southwest’s Great River Is Dying
June 24th, 2023
Via the World Wildlife Fund, a sobering look at America’s Rio Grande River: The iconic Rio Grande, or “Great River,” is at risk of losing its greatness. Water overuse and climate change have heavily depleted the once-mighty flow of the river, creating desperate conditions for the farming communities and natural ecosystems that depend on it. […]
Read more »Vietnam’s Drought Dries Up Income
June 20th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, an article on Vietnam’s drought: On the shores of a reservoir that feeds one of Vietnam’s biggest hydropower plants, Dang Thi Phuong points at the cracked ground where the fish that help her earn a living normally swim.After a series of heatwaves, including a record high in May, and an unprecedented drought, […]
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