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The Thirsty Dragon: Science Shows Chinese Dams Are Devastating the Mekong
April 22nd, 2020
Via Foreign Policy, a report on new data demonstrating a devastating effect on downstream Mekong water supplies that feed millions of people: Eleven massive dams straddle the mighty Mekong River before it leaves China and flows into Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and on into Vietnam. Yet I have long been skeptical that China could use […]
Read more »Water Cut To Millions in Libya’s Tripoli
April 22nd, 2020
Via Terra Daily, a report on recent water cuts in Tripoli: Water has been cut off to millions of Libyans living in and around the capital Tripoli, the UN humanitarian coordinator for the country said, condemning its use as a “weapon of war”. “More than two million people, including 600,000 children, who live in Tripoli […]
Read more »American West May Be Entering Worst ‘Megadrought’ In History
April 18th, 2020
Via Smithsonian Magazine, a very sobering article on the perilous water future facing the American West: Drought has scorched western North America for the better part of two decades, withering crops, draining rivers and fueling fires. Scientists now warn that this trend could be just the beginning of an extended megadrought that ranks among the […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: China Limited the Mekong’s Flow – Other Countries Suffered a Drought
April 13th, 2020
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on new research showing that Beijing’s engineers appear to have directly caused the record low levels of water in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam: A narrow section of water flowed through the dried-out riverbed of the Mekong near Sangkhom, Thailand, in January. As China was stricken by […]
Read more »Egypt To Build Dams In South Sudan, Uganda
April 11th, 2020
Via the Middle East Monitor, an article on Egypt’s plans to build dams in South Sudan and Uganda: Egypt will begin construction of a number of water projects in South Sudan and Uganda, the Egyptian Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation Mohamed Abdel-Ati announced yesterday. “Egypt has started the construction of six underground drinking water stations in […]
Read more »Water Scarcity In Pakistan – A Bigger Threat Than Terrorism
April 8th, 2020
Via Deutsche Welle, an article on a UNDP report says that Pakistani authorities are negligent about an impending water crisis that is posing a serious threat to the country’s stability: The major threat that Pakistan faces today is not Islamist terrorism but water scarcity. While the former makes headlines all over the world, the latter is […]
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