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Pollution Risks Worsening Global Water Scarcity
February 8th, 2024
Via Terra Daily, a report on the risk that pollution poses to global water scarcity: Water scarcity could affect three billion more people than previously expected by mid-century, with increased pollution rendering river sources “unsafe” for humans and wildlife, researchers warned Tuesday. The UN’s climate science panel has said that around half the world’s population […]
Read more »Can Water Help Quench the Flames of Hostility? How Shared Waters Can Promote Dialogue During Conflict
February 5th, 2024
Via Johns Hopkins, a new journal article examining how shared waters can promote dialogue during conflict: Abstract: Grounded in the water diplomacy and environmental peacebuilding literatures, our article poses the question: Are there settings of existing or potential international conflict where shared water resources may induce dialogue, regardless of whether there is a relationship between […]
Read more »Texas Is Already Running Out of Water
January 28th, 2024
Courtesy of Inside Climate News, a report on Texas, where parts of the state are starting the year with low water reserves and with a scorching summer predicted, key areas may be pushed to the brink: Two consecutive summers of brutal heat and drought have left some parts of Texas with notably low water supplies going into 2024. […]
Read more »Africa’s Life-Sustaining Water Towers Have Been Overlooked For Too Long
January 24th, 2024
Via African Arguments, a look at how international researchers’ focus on ice to define natural water towers has left Africa’s critical systems off the map, and with little protection: Africa is a water stressed continent. It is home to 1.4 billion people – 18% of the world’s population – yet has only 9% of global […]
Read more »Water Is the New Oil in the Gulf
January 19th, 2024
Courtesy of Time Magazine, commentary on water scarcity in the Gulf region: In the arid desert landscapes of the Gulf, where oil has long been the region’s economic bedrock, a new narrative is unfolding—one where water’s increasing recognition as a critical and finite resource demands a reckoning. Under the most extreme climate scenario, temperatures in […]
Read more »Drought Touches a Quarter of Humanity, U.N. Says, Disrupting Lives Globally
January 17th, 2024
Courtesy of the New York Times, a report on the global drought crisis which – worsened partly by climate change – has been accompanied by soaring food prices and could have consequences for hunger, elections and migration worldwide: Pandemic. War. Now drought. Olive groves have shriveled in Tunisia. The Brazilian Amazon faces its driest season […]
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