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The World’s ‘Third Pole’ Will Lose One-Third of Ice by 2100
February 5th, 2019
Via Yale’s e360, summary of a sobering report on the Himalaya and Hindu Kush mountain ranges: Snow and ice in the Himalayas, near the China–India border. One-third of the ice in the Himalayas and Hindu Kush mountains will be lost due to rising temperatures by the end of the century, even if nations take aggressive […]
Read more »The Indus: A River Of Growing Disasters
February 5th, 2019
Via Third Pole.net, a look at a new report on the threats that glacier retreat will pose to the Indus basin, particularly vulnerable due to a combination of conflict and mismanaged development: Extent and impact of flood disasters in river basins originating in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region from 2010-14 The International Centre for Integrated Mountain […]
Read more »Drought and Over-pumping Causing Tehran To Sink
February 3rd, 2019
Via Green Prophet, a report on growing incidence of sinkholes in Tehran: Thanks to drought and over-pumping underground water reserves in the western region of Tehran, Iran’s capital city, fissures also known as sinkholes are opening up, causing Iran’s major city and capital city to sink. The sinkholes threaten people’s homes and the local infrastructure. […]
Read more »Water Resources in Pakistan: Scarce, Polluted and Poorly Governed
February 1st, 2019
Via Future Directions International, an article on Pakistan’s water challenges: Pakistan continues to experience acute water scarcity, largely driven by drought and intensive agriculture. Water is severely polluted by human, agricultural and industrial waste. There are few effective channels to mitigate the water crisis. Current laws do not reflect the poor state of Pakistani water […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Despite National Improvements, Water Quality Deteriorates in North-East China
January 30th, 2019
Via Future Directions International, a report on China’s other water related issue – pollution: Water pollution is a major environmental issue in China and is a leading cause of “mass incidents”, as public protests are called in China. In 2014, more than half of the water tested from 4,778 sources was unfit for human consumption. […]
Read more »On the Water-Starved Colorado River, Drought Is the New Normal
January 26th, 2019
Via Yale’s e360, an interesting article on the impact that a 19-year drought and climate change in the U.S. southwest is having upon making the region, water managers and users along the Colorado River: In the basement of the University of Arizona’s Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research, the fragrant smell of pine hangs in the air as […]
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