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Lake Powell’s Plummeting Water Levels
April 8th, 2022
Via CNN, an article on Lake Powell’s plummeting water levels: Kenneth Runnels doesn’t see himself as a “victim” of the drought. He says he’s an “adapter.” Runnels is the chief administrator of the Antelope Point Marina on Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir in the country and part of the Colorado River system, which provides water for more […]
Read more »How Navajo Are Turning On Taps – Even In Remote, Dry Areas
April 8th, 2022
Via Christian Science Monitor, a report on how Navajo are turning on taps – even in remote, dry areas: Ida Joe flinches a little as the tap sputters, then spurts water into the sink. Cautiously, tentatively, she pushes her hand under the faucet. She feels the water soak her skin and run through her fingers […]
Read more »California Drought May Be Worse Than Currently Believed
April 5th, 2022
Courtesy of The New York Times, commentary on US west’s drought: Outside my lab near Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada of California, new animal tracks are on the snow after a winter of hibernation, bird songs are lofting through the air, and the creek is flowing strongly with water from the melting snow. Spring […]
Read more »The Volga: A River No Longer Runs Through It
April 2nd, 2022
Via MIT’s Technology Review, an article on how too many dams have made Russia’s most important river dysfunctional: You can find Dubna, a small town three hours away from Moscow by train, both on a map and in the periodic table: dubnium, element number 105, was discovered at a research center there, and named after […]
Read more »Zimbabwe’s Drought-Induced Climate Migration: A Sign Of What’s To Come
April 2nd, 2022
Via MIT’s Technology Review, a look at Zimbabwe’s drought-induced climate migration, a precursor to climate change expected impact in forcing tens of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa to migrate by 2050: Julius Mutero has harvested virtually nothing in the past six years. For his entire adult life, he has farmed a three-hectare plot in […]
Read more »Senegal’s Water-Stressed Capital Faces Difficult Future
April 2nd, 2022
Via Terra Daily, an article on Dakar’s water stressed future: Many residents of the Senegalese metropolis Dakar get up in the middle of the night hoping to collect water from their taps, which mostly run dry. “We wake up at 4 or 5 am to get water, says Sidy Fall, 44, in his kitchen in […]
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