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When It’s ‘Easier to Buy Coke Than Water’
July 31st, 2023
Via Northwestern Now, a report on a new tool for determining global water insecurity, which aims to show people can experience hardships even in water-rich areas: During a July gathering to advance the work of the Latin American and Caribbean Network for Water Insecurity Experiences, anthropologist Sera Young witnessed firsthand the human toll of the […]
Read more »Sub-Saharan Africa will Increasingly Become the Dominant Hotspot of Surface Water Pollution
July 26th, 2023
Scientists from Utrecht University have mapped worldwide surface water quality in 2100 under three different climate scenarios. The results, published in the journal Nature Water, show that nearly 5.5 billion people could be exposed to polluted water by the end of this century, with Sub-Saharan Africa especially exposed. The models also predicted that “in many wealthy countries, […]
Read more »Understanding the Global Supply of Water
July 23rd, 2023
Courtesy of the Visual Capitalist, an effective graphical look at the global supply of water: As the world’s population and its agricultural needs have grown, so too has the demand for water, putting the world’s supply of water under the microscope. A century ago, freshwater consumption was six times lower than in modern times. This […]
Read more »Water Risks Are Coming to Bite Investors
July 13th, 2023
Via The Washington Post, a report on water risks to business and investors: “If climate change is a shark, then water is its teeth.” That analogy, coined by climate expert James P. Bruce, is increasingly apt. Higher temperatures are straining H2O availability at the same time as demographics and economic growth increase its usage. By […]
Read more »The Waters Could Claim Nuclear Weapons
July 12th, 2023
Courtesy of Foreign Policy, a look at how climate change threatens to destabilize critical infrastructure and impact international security: On March 15, 2019, floodwaters breached the gates of Offutt Air Force Base. Two days later, one-third of the base was inundated—and at least $1 billion worth of damage done. Offutt is perhaps best known as […]
Read more »Making The Invisible Visible: Increasing The Visibility of Transboundary Groundwater
July 12th, 2023
Via PLOS, an academic article on transboundary groundwater: Released on World Water Day 2022, the 2022 United Nations World Water Development Report, Groundwater: Making the invisible visible [1], highlights the importance of groundwater in meeting water demands globally. Noted ominously in the report’s short summary is that “this natural resource is often poorly understood, and consequently undervalued, mismanaged and […]
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