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International Court Backs Pakistan’s Position on Indus Waters Treaty
May 20th, 2026
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on latest developments around the Indus Waters Treaty where India continues to reject arbitration, leaving New Delhi-Islamabad ties frozen: An international court has upheld Pakistan’s plea against India’s pondage at two hydroelectric projects in the New Delhi-administered Kashmir region, reinforcing Islamabad’s position on the Indus Waters Treaty, a water-sharing agreement […]
Read more »As the West Dries Out, a New Generation of Dams Rise
May 16th, 2026
Via Bloomberg, a look at how the cities of Colorado’s Front Range are counting on new dams to support their booming population in a deepening megadrought: The Chimney Hollow Dam looks ancient in its simplicity, like a Neolithic mound. The largest dam built in the US in a quarter century, it is not a monumental […]
Read more »On Euphrates, Global Warming Beginning To Mirror Bible’s ‘End of World’ Scenario
May 16th, 2026
Via The Cool Down, a look at the dire condition of the Euphrates River: The Euphrates River, a waterway closely tied to both early civilizations and biblical history, is shrinking rapidly as rising global temperatures, prolonged drought, and heavy water use increasingly strain freshwater supplies in the Middle East. That has renewed interest in a […]
Read more »Why the Colorado River is Once Again Facing a Water Crisis
May 10th, 2026
Via Washington Post, a report on a stopgap proposal from Arizona, California and Nevada which is unlikely to break the stalemate in negotiations over the future of the river: The situation on the Colorado River has rarely been more dire than in this moment. The snowpacks that feed the river are the smallest on record. […]
Read more »Corpus Christi’s Drought Emergency: “There Is No Manual”
May 8th, 2026
Via Invisible Waters, a look at Corpus Christi’s drought crisis: “We have no precedent to follow. There’s no manual, there’s no video,” Corpus Christi City Manager Peter Zanoni told the City Council…” October 8, 2021 – October 11, 2025 (NASA Earth Observatory) Over the past few weeks, I’ve been watching the news out of Corpus […]
Read more »One of the Planet’s Biggest Cities is Sinking so Rapidly it’s Visible from Space
May 6th, 2026
Via CNN, a look at how Mexico City’s metropolis of nearly 22 million people is sinking at an alarming rate due to over-extraction of the aquifer which lies beneath it: Mexico City is sinking at such an alarming rate that it’s visible from the space. Imagery from a powerful NASA radar system is revealing subsidence […]
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