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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 […]
Read more »The Storm Chasers Trying To Save The World From Drought
September 28th, 2024
Courtesy of The Economist, a look at – while everyone agrees the planet needs more water – cloud-seeding remains controversial: Bill Kornell has spent most of his half-century-long career flying into bad weather. A former bull-riding champion, the sinewy 80-year-old has been a pilot since the 1960s, when he realised that travelling to far-flung rodeo towns […]
Read more »Visualizing the Global Population by Water Security Levels
September 23rd, 2024
Via Visual Capitalist, a report on global water scarcity: Most of the world’s population today lives in countries facing critical water security issues. Dealing with issues such as declining freshwater availability, demand from growing populations, insufficient infrastructure, or flawed water governance can impact how easily a country’s population can access water. A combination of multiple factors […]
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