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Mexico City Is Just The Beginning: 11 Other Cities at Risk of Running Out Of Water
June 7th, 2024
Via Business Insider, a list of 11 other cities at risk of running out of water: Mexico City is on the brink of a water catastrophe. Experts predict that the city of 8.8 million people could run out of drinking water this month. But Mexico City is not the first city with a water crisis […]
Read more »The Thirsty Dragon: Tallest Waterfall In China Is Fed By Pipes
June 5th, 2024
Via The Washington Post, a report on Yuntai Falls – considered China’s “tallest uninterrupted waterfall” – which, officials admitted, has its water is sourced from a pipe network during the drier months: Shrouded in mist and towering nearly twice as high as the Washington Monument, local officials describe Yuntai Falls as China’s “tallest uninterrupted waterfall” […]
Read more »Why the Warming Himalaya Are A Water Crisis for Half of Asia
June 2nd, 2024
Via Spotify, an interesting podcast on As the planet warms, with north India’s plains sweltering under an unprecedented heat wave, Himalayan glaciers are melting faster than ever before. On current trends, glaciers in just the Eastern Himalayas, which include Nepal and Bhutan, will lose up to 75 per cent of their ice in the near […]
Read more »Mexico / USA: The Other Border Dispute Is Over an 80-Year-Old Water Treaty
June 1st, 2024
Via Inside Climate News, an article on how, with another hot summer looming, Mexico is behind on its water deliveries to the United States, leading to water cutbacks in South Texas: Maria-Elena Giner faced a room full of farmers, irrigation managers and residents in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas on April 2. The local […]
Read more »India and Pakistan Can Future-Proof Their Threatened Rivers
May 29th, 2024
Via OneWater, a look at how India and Pakistan can future-proof their threatened rivers: > India has signalled its intention to re-negotiate the Indus Water Treaty > Climate change has profoundly impacted the rivers governed by the Treaty > To future-proof their rivers, leaders in India and Pakistan will need to shape a different approach […]
Read more »Why Tajikistan’s Water Matters
May 26th, 2024
Via The Geopolitics, a look at why Tajikistan’s water matters: Tajikistan is a very rich country in terms of water and hydropower potential. Its water, which is the Central Asian nation’s most widespread natural resource, seems to have become Dushanbe’s priority for socioeconomic development. In Tajikistan, a mountainous landlocked country of around 10 million people, […]
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