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Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico to Face Unchanged Colorado River Water Cuts Amid Persistent Drought
August 22nd, 2024
Via Hoodline, an article on how three (3) southwestern states face unchanged Colorado River reductions amid persistent drought: As the Western states grapple with the reality of a thirstier future, federal officials are holding the line on water cuts to Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico from the Colorado River for another year. ABC15 reports that these reductions […]
Read more »Caspian Sea: At Risk of Desertification
August 21st, 2024
Via Central Asian Bureau for Analytical Reporting, a report on the Caspian Sea: In November-December 2023, Beda organized the research group ?????? / SUSPENDED MATTER focused on exploring the environmental policies of the Soviet Union and their long-term consequences in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the South Caucasus. One notable outcome of the group’s work […]
Read more »Aquifers Along the Border
August 21st, 2024
Via Texas Water Resources Institute, a look at groundwater aquifers shared between the U.S. and Mexico: When it comes to shared surface water, the United States and Mexico are lawfully obligated to abide by binational treaties and the International Boundary and Water Commission (IBWC). But what about governance of the groundwater that both countries have access to, […]
Read more »Climate Change Is Making the Middle East Uninhabitable
August 20th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, a report on the impact of climate change in the Middle East: Over the last 10 months, the world’s attention has been focused on Israel and the Gaza Strip. The war that began on Oct. 7, 2023, with Hamas’s attack on Israel has been cataclysmic. But the conflict has overshadowed another crisis […]
Read more »U.S. Tech Groups’ Water Consumption Soars In ‘Data Centre Alley’
August 18th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on how water usage has increased by almost two-thirds since 2019 in the world’s largest concentration of computing infrastructure: Water consumption by dozens of facilities in Virginia’s “data centre alley” has jumped by almost two-thirds since 2019, as environmental campaigners warn that demand for computing infrastructure is set […]
Read more »Colorado River Delta Showing Signs of Life After U.S.-Mexico Deal To Restore Water
August 16th, 2024
Via Science, a report on how a water sharing agreement with the United States has aided restoration of Mexico’s Colorado River delta: A decade-old effort to restore the once parched Colorado River delta in northwestern Mexico appears to be succeeding. Since the United States and Mexico agreed to restore some water to the delta in […]
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