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Millions At Risk Of Climate Displacement In Middle East
October 31st, 2022
Via Seed Daily, a report on how millions are at risk of climate displacement in Middle East: Little rainfall, aggressive heatwaves and worsening drought make the Middle East the most water-stressed region in the world, with climate change threatening to displace millions of people. Hussein Abu Saddam, head of the farmers’ syndicate in Egypt which […]
Read more »Tigris: Iraq’s Mighty River Drying Up
October 31st, 2022
Via Al Monitor, an article on the Tigris: It was the river that is said to have watered the biblical Garden of Eden and helped give birth to civilisation itself. But today the Tigris is dying. Human activity and climate change have choked its once mighty flow through Iraq, where — with its twin river […]
Read more »Amid Historic Drought, California Approves $140M Desalination Plant
October 28th, 2022
Via Reuters, a report on a new desalination plant which is part of California’s effort to battle drought: California regulators unanimously approved a $140 million desalination plant on Thursday, offering a guideline for how the state can convert ocean water into drinking water amid the worst drought in 1,200 years. Just five months ago, the […]
Read more »Tanzania Starts Rationing Water Due To Drought
October 28th, 2022
Via Terra Daily, a report that Tanzania has started rationing water due to drought: Tanzanian authorities on Thursday began rationing water in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam following a drought-induced drop in water levels from its main source, the Ruvu river. The 5.5 million inhabitants of the Indian Ocean city will go without piped water […]
Read more »Drought Strangling The Mighty Mississippi
October 27th, 2022
Via The Washington Post, a look at the drought strangling the mighty Mississippi: Sandra Nelson crouched at a spot of riverbed that would normally be deep underwater, gathering rocks and jars of soil as souvenirs. Nearby, a man with a metal detector roamed the barren ground for treasures at twilight. A father carried his daughter on […]
Read more »As Drought Drives Prices Higher, Millions Of Californians Struggle To Pay For Water
October 27th, 2022
Via the Los Angeles Times, an article on the impact that drought is having upon millions of Californians who struggle to pay for water: Several months ago, Rosario Rodriguez faced a financial dilemma that has become all too common for millions of drought-weary Californians — either pay the electric bill, which had skyrocketed to about […]
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