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Water Challenges – Made Worse by Rising Temperatures – Threaten World’s Crops
October 24th, 2024
Via Grist, commentary on how water challenges – made worse by rising temperatures – are threatening the world’s crops: A new report finds that one-quarter of the world’s crops are grown in places facing high levels of water stress, water unreliability, or both. The analysis comes from the research nonprofit World Resources Institute, or WRI, and highlights […]
Read more »Global Water Crisis Leaves Half Of World Food Production At Risk In Next 25 Years
October 16th, 2024
Via The Guardian, an article on a new study that says urgent action needed to conserve resources and save ecosystems that supply fresh water: More than half the world’s food production will be at risk of failure within the next 25 years as a rapidly accelerating water crisis grips the planet, unless urgent action is […]
Read more »Europe’s Water Security Under Threat
October 16th, 2024
Via Seed Daily, a report on Europe’s water security: Pollution, habitat degradation, climate change and over-use of freshwater resources are putting a strain on Europe, with only a third of its surface water in good health, the European Environment Agency warned on Tuesday.“The health of Europe’s waters is not good. Our waters face an unprecedented […]
Read more »World’s River Dry Up At Fastest Rate For 30 years
October 11th, 2024
Via The Guardian, an article in which World Meteorological Organization says water is ‘canary in the coalmine of climate change’ and calls for urgent action: Rivers dried up at the highest rate in three decades in 2023, putting global water supply at risk, data has shown. Over the past five years, there have been lower-than-average […]
Read more »State of Global Water Resources 2023
October 7th, 2024
Truly alarming report from the World Meteorological Organization on global water resources & increasing water stress. 2023 was the driest year for rivers in 33 years. It also saw the greatest glacier melt in 50 years. Along with its authoritative statistics, the report gets a lot right, including this spot on quote by the WMO secretary […]
Read more »Arizona Tribes’ Long Fight for Share of Colorado River Water Nears Resolution in Congress
October 3rd, 2024
Via Prescott News, an article on the Arizona tribes’ long fight for share of Colorado River water: Seven states that rely on the Colorado River each got a cut of its water under a deal struck over a century ago – a deal that excluded the Hopi, the Navajo and other tribal nations. After years […]
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