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The Longest Drought
March 15th, 2022
Via the Eurasia Review, a report that found that many regions of the world will enter permanent dry or wet conditions in the coming decades, under modern definitions: Maps of the American West have featured ever darker shades of red over the past two decades. The colors illustrate the unprecedented drought blighting the region. In some […]
Read more »Lake Powell Is In Big Trouble
March 9th, 2022
Via Gizmodo, an article on how Lake Powell, a crucial reservoir is set to hit a worrisome new low this month, after an exceptionally dry winter: One of the U.S. West’s most important water reservoirs is about to hit a new low. Lake Powell, on the border of Utah and Arizona, is a crucial reservoir along the Colorado […]
Read more »US Southwest’s Drought Worst In 12 Centuries
February 15th, 2022
Courtesy of The New York Times, a report on the megadrought affecting the US southwest: The megadrought in the American Southwest has become so severe that it’s now the driest two decades in the region in at least 1,200 years, scientists said Monday, and climate change is largely responsible. The drought, which began in 2000 […]
Read more »Nevada, Utah Set To Battle Over The West’s most Precious Resource
February 7th, 2022
Via the Las Vegas Review Journal, an article on a battle over water between Utah and Nevada that is threatening to boil over: A battle is brewing on the border of the nation’s two driest states over the West’s most precious resource. Utah water officials have long eyed pumping groundwater into the burgeoning community of […]
Read more »Wells Run Dry For Thousands of Arizona Families
February 6th, 2022
Via Modeshift, an article on Arizona’s freshwater crisis: Three weeks into a trip to Arizona to report on the state’s magnifying water-scarce condition I’m becoming more expert in a contemporary American story that pits a state’s unyielding capitalist model of growth against Mother Earth’s power to change the rules of the game. In its basic […]
Read more »US Facing Dire Water Scarcity On Biggest Freshwater Reserves, Says New Study
February 2nd, 2022
Via Nature World News, an article on a new study examining US water scarcity: Water scarcity is occurring in some of the US’ biggest freshwater reserves, as per a new study. Not only the crisis is evident in the US but also to other parts of the world. Amid a growing human population, US and […]
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