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Tourism: Sucking Utah Dry?
September 11th, 2022
Via The Guardian, a report on how booming tourism expansion in Utah is squeezing the region’s dwindling water supply: It was a typically hot summer day in Utah’s Zion national park, where early-afternoon heat hovered near 100F, even in the shadows of the red peaks soaring overhead. But the extreme conditions did little to dissuade […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Renews Yellow Alert For Drought
September 11th, 2022
Via CGTN, a report on China’s renewal of its yellow alert for drought: China’s national observatory on Saturday renewed a yellow alert for drought, as a lack of rainfall has persisted in multiple regions. Moderate to severe droughts hit parts of Jiangsu, Anhui, Hubei, Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guizhou, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan and Tibet on Saturday, […]
Read more »Middle East Warming Up 2X As Fast As Rest Of World
September 9th, 2022
Courtesy of The Washington Post, an article on how the Middle East is warming up twice as fast as the rest of the world: Temperatures in the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean are rising almost twice as fast as the rest of the world, according to a new study, with far-reaching consequences for the health and […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Drought Causes Yangtze To Shrink
September 9th, 2022
Via Terra Daily, an article on the drought’s impact upon China’s Yangtze River: A record-breaking drought has caused parts of the Yangtze River to dry up – affecting hydropower, shipping routes, limiting drinking water supplies and even revealing previously submerged Buddhist statues. The Yangtze is China’s most important river, providing water to more than 400 […]
Read more »Lake Urmia Risks Fully Drying Up
September 9th, 2022
Via Terra Daily, a report on the growing risk to Iran’s Lake Urmia: Iran’s Lake Urmia will dry out completely if rescue efforts are not prioritised over the needs of farmers in the drought gripping the region, an environment official said Tuesday. The warning comes just four years after a Japanese government-funded programme had raised […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: How China Is Responding to Its Water Woes
September 9th, 2022
Via The Diplomat, an article on how the scorching heatwave in southwest China in August laid bare the country’s many interrelated water security challenges: This has been China’s driest and hottest summer since it began keeping records in 1961. The severe heatwave was brought on by a greater-than-usual Western Pacific subtropical high, further compounded by […]
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