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The Taliban Are Digging An Enormous Canal
April 7th, 2023
Via The Economist, a report on a mega-project in northern Afghanistan that risks raising regional tensions: Taliban officials have started talking up a new canal under construction in the arid north of Afghanistan. A video recently posted on YouTube shows shiny diggers roaring over sand dunes and workers from different ethnic groups toiling together. The Islamist […]
Read more »Fasting Growing US City Looks To Shrinking Reservoir For Water
April 7th, 2023
Via CNN, an article on how he fastest growing metro in the US is looking to a shrinking reservoir to keep the boom going: In a bright-red county in a state allergic to regulations, there is a ban on growing grass outside new businesses. Only 8% of a home’s landscaping can have a grass lawn […]
Read more »Climate Change Threatens Asia’s Water Tower
April 7th, 2023
Via Eurasia News, an article on how climate change is threatening Asia’s water tower: Tibet is known as the “Water Tower of Asia,” providing water to about 2 billion people and supporting critical ecosystems in High Mountain Asia and the Tibetan Plateau, where many of the largest Asian river systems originate. This region is also […]
Read more »Argentina’s Farmers Can’t Afford a Drought
April 7th, 2023
Via Geopolitical Futures, an article on Argentina’s drought-driven challenges: Argentina is infamous for its economic malaise, but once a year, from March through May, it gets a reprieve. This is when agricultural exports bring in foreign exchange that Buenos Aires badly needs to carry the economy through the rest of the year. In 2023, however, […]
Read more »Europe Faces Growing Water Crisis As Winter Drought Worsens
April 7th, 2023
Via The Guardian, a report on how multiple European governments are warning of critical water shortages as heatwaves and lack of rain leave river systems depleted: The scenes are rare enough in mid-summer; in early March, they are unprecedented. Lac de Montbel in south-west France is more than 80% empty, the boats of the local sailing club […]
Read more »Disquiet Over India’s Dam Across the Dibang
April 7th, 2023
Via The Diplomat, a report on India’s Dibang Multipurpose project: On February 28, the Indian government approved the construction of a hydropower project across the River Dibang in the Northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. The $3.9 billion project is India’s largest-ever hydropower project and at a height of 278 meters, the dam will be […]
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