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Caspian Sea Level Fallen So Much that Russia and Kazakhstan To Dredge a Channel to Offshore Wells
July 27th, 2025
The water level of the Caspian Sea has fallen to its lowest level in recorded history, restricting the ability of ships to pass through former channels, especially in the sea’s northern portions. In response, Russia and Kazakhstan have announced plans to dredge a channel through increasingly shallow waters to allow their ships to pass. Russia’s […]
Read more »The ‘Water Mafia’ Is Real—and It’s Draining Iran Dry
July 27th, 2025
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, commentary on Iran’s water crisis: U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a rare and pointed critique of the Iranian regime’s environmental corruption during a speech in Saudi Arabia on May 13. It was rare not only because this issue is often ignored, but because Trump himself is hardly known as an environmental […]
Read more »China’s Gigantic Hydropower Dam in Tibet: Green Energy or the “Weaponization” Of Water?
July 26th, 2025
Via Modern Diplomacy, analysis of how the project expected to become the world’s largest dam—surpassing the Three Gorges Dam—carries implications far beyond energy generation: As the world grapples with the challenges of climate change and a global transition to clean energy, China is moving forward with a highly ambitious and controversial megaproject: the Medog Hydropower […]
Read more »Dry Taps, Empty Lakes, Shuttered Cities: A Water Crisis Batters Iran
July 26th, 2025
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on how – after a five-year drought and decades of mismanagement – Tehran is at risk of running out of water in several weeks: Some of Iran’s deepest reservoirs have shrunk to shallow ponds. Water pressure is so low in some cities that taps in apartment buildings […]
Read more »Heatwave Causes Water Shortages In Iran
July 24th, 2025
Via Al Jazeera, a report on Iran’s water crisis, where reservoirs of the dams supplying water to Tehran are currently at their lowest level in a century: Iranian authorities have urged people to limit water consumption as the country grapples with severe shortages during an ongoing heatwave. The national meteorological service said Iran is experiencing […]
Read more »The Mekong Dam Monitor Tracks a River Under Pressure
July 24th, 2025
Via New Security Beat, a report on how a new Mekong dam monitor can track a river under pressure: The Mekong River’s seasonal floods nurture the world’s most productive inland fishery and irrigate rice paddies that feed millions. Approximately 70 million people live in the lower Mekong Basin, and 75% of them depend on fishing and […]
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