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The Coming Mega Drought?
December 22nd, 2011
Courtesy of Scientific American, a provocative article on the uncomfortable similarities between the southwestern U.S. and Australia before its nine-year dry spell. As the article notes: DRYING OUT IN THE U.S.: The falling water level of Lake Mead near Las Vegas has left behind a white ring of mineral deposits Image: Christopher J. Morris/Redux Pictures […]
Read more »Researchers Study Effect Of Shrinking Himalayan Glaciers On Asia’s Water Supply
December 18th, 2011
Via The Denver Post, a report on a some new research examining the effect of shrinking Himalayan glaciers on Asia’s water supply: The U.S. government is deploying Colorado scientists to lead a $5.4 million effort to gauge the impact of shrinking Himalayan glaciers on water supplies across Asia. The question: Are rivers that sustain more […]
Read more »California: A Run on the Water Bank?
December 14th, 2011
Via California Lawyer, an interesting article on one determined investigator’s efforts to pursues a Los Angeles billionaire for allegedly seizing control of the state’s water supply. As the report notes: Illustration by Jake Flaherty Who is Adam Keats, and why is he so focused on Los Angeles billionaire Stewart Resnick? Attorneys representing Resnick’s vast agricultural […]
Read more »Kashmir’s Abandoned Glaciers
December 14th, 2011
Via ChinaDialogue, a report on the impact that a recent decision to shelve a project that monitored melting Himalayan ice will have upon our ability to understand changes in Asia’s water sources. As the article notes: Funding cuts have brought a halt to one of the few on-the-ground projects monitoring receding ice in the western […]
Read more »Water: Strategic Foresight And A Warning Issue For National Security
December 8th, 2011
Via The Water Chronicles, a report on the water as a strategic warning issue for national security: The emergence of a global water crisis seems to be a fact that is reaffirmed across media almost everyday. The National Geographic, for example, has a whole section devoted to the water crisis or more precisely freshwater crisis, […]
Read more »The Age of Thirst In The American West
December 6th, 2011
Via Grist, an interesting summary of a recent book looking at the issue of water shortages in the southwestern U.S. As the article notes: Consider it a taste of the future: the fire, smoke, drought, dust, and heat that have made life unpleasant, if not dangerous, from Louisiana to Los Angeles. New records tell the […]
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