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Not Just In Ukraine: How Armies Turn Water Into A Weapon Of War
June 9th, 2023
Via 19FortyFive, a look at how the breach of the Kakhovka dam in Ukraine is hardly the first time that water has been used as a weapon of war. Earlier this week a breach in the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant unleashed the Dnipro River, flooding a vast expanse of the Ukrainian countryside. Russia and Ukraine have blamed one […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Across Asia, China Has ‘Most to Lose’ If Rivers Run Dry
June 4th, 2023
Via EcoBusiness, a look at how – across Asia – China has the ‘most to lose’ if mother rivers run dry and don’t recover from climate change: Late last year, when two months of scorching heatwaves and a drought pushed China’s electricity grid to the brink and caused severe power shortages in multiple provinces, it […]
Read more »Arizona’s Water Troubles Show How Climate Change Is Reshaping The West
June 4th, 2023
Courtesy The Washington Post, a look at how Arizona’s water troubles show how climate change is reshaping the West: Jay Famiglietti moved to Arizona this year after a career using satellites to study how the worst drought in a millennium was sapping groundwater beneath the American West. He has documented that the decline of groundwater […]
Read more »Iraq’s Next Crisis: Climate and Water
June 4th, 2023
Via the New European, an article on Iraq, a country running out of water where a polluted Tigris makes things even worse: To visit Kurdistan in springtime is to suckle one’s soul and senses with wildflowers and fresh fruit. The land is alive with flowers: the yellow of wild mustard, the pink of bindweed, the […]
Read more »Iran Holds Productive Talks With IEA Over Water Rights
June 3rd, 2023
Via The Frontier Post, a report on efforts to cool recent water tensions between Afghanistan and Iran: Iran’s foreign minister has said that Tehran had “good negotiations” with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan over the issue of water rights. “We have the water rights issue on the agenda, and the [Iranian] president has assigned Hassan […]
Read more »Water Politics In The Himalaya
June 3rd, 2023
Via Earth.org, a look at water politics in the Himalaya: Rivers are a source of life and a crucial resource for both India and Pakistan. The two countries share six rivers, including the Indus River. While the 1960 Indus Water Treaty has been the foundation of water-sharing between the two nations, it has not prevented […]
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