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The Agony of Mexico’s Last Glaciers
May 25th, 2021
Via Emerging World and El Pais, commentary on plight of Mexico’s remaining glaciers: “Only five glaciers remain in the country, spread over two mountains: Iztaccíhuatl and Pico de Orizaba. In total they occupy less than a square kilometer of ice. Experts say that in 2050 there will be none left. Global warming is to blame for […]
Read more »Can Egypt Avoid Being Harmed By Second Filling of Nile Dam?
May 25th, 2021
Via Al Monitor, a report on how Egypt’s foreign minister says Cairo can compensate for the second filling of Ethiopia’s controversial dam on the Blue Nile as a result of the projects the Egyptian government is implementing to confront water scarcity: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry recently spoke about the government’s ability to overcome the second filling of the Grand […]
Read more »Amid American West Megadrought, Montana’s Reservoirs Are Running Dry
May 24th, 2021
Via Circle of Blue, an article on the impact of drought in Montana: An extreme megadrought is sweeping across the American West, a consequence of climate change that is threatening urban water allotment, indigenous water security, and ecosystem balance. The pain is now being felt in Montana, where officials worry that a historically dry spring will shrink […]
Read more »Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan: Solving Water Puzzle Key to Preventing Fresh Fighting
May 24th, 2021
Via EurasiaNet, a report on Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan’s water tensions: Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan may be inching closer than ever to hashing out a border delimitation deal that will end decades of territorial ambiguity. Less talk has been devoted, however, to the mechanisms for sharing and managing precious water resources. Until that happens, deadly conflict like […]
Read more »Hoover Dam Made Life in the West Possible. Or So We Thought.
May 19th, 2021
Courtesy of The New York Times, an OpEd on water scarcity in the U.S. west: Few things force you to confront hubris and genius at the same time as much as the magnificent harness on the Colorado River that created the largest reservoir in the United States. To build Hoover Dam in the 1930s, an army of […]
Read more »Turkmenistan: Pump Up The Water
May 19th, 2021
Via Eurasianet, an article on water in Turkmenistan: To judge by the number of needless fountains Turkmenistan has built over the years, one would be hard-pressed to realize that water comes at a premium in this desert nation. So it looked uncharacteristically pragmatic of President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov this week when he devoted so much attention […]
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