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Drought Threatens Panama Canal Shipping Traffic
April 27th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, a report on the impact of drought on the Panama Canal: Drought has forced Panama’s authorities to reduce shipping traffic in the canal that links the Atlantic and Pacific as a water supply crisis threatens the future of this crucial waterway. Two artificial lakes that feed the canal in the province of […]
Read more »How Bottled Water Masks The Global Water Crisis
April 9th, 2023
Via The Conversation, commentary on the global bottled water industry: Bottled water is one of the world’s most popular beverages, and its industry is making the most of it. Since the millennium, the world has advanced significantly towards the goal of safe water for all. In 2020, 74 per cent of humanity had access to safe water. This […]
Read more »‘Vampiric’ Water Use Leading To ‘Imminent’ Global Crisis, UN Warns
April 7th, 2023
Via Terra Daily, an article on the risk of ‘vampiric’ water use leading to ‘imminent’ global crisis: Humanity’s “lifeblood” — water — is increasingly at risk around the world due to “vampiric overconsumption and overdevelopment,” the UN warned in a report, published hours ahead of a major summit on the issue was set to begin […]
Read more »Rivers Are Drying Up. Economies Aren’t Ready.
April 7th, 2023
Via Heat Map, a look at how global trade is unprepared for the world’s waterways running dry: Here’s an image that feels too heavy-handed to be true, like a film student’s blundering attempt at metaphor. In the height of last summer, Europe shimmering under 104 degree heat, a coal barge carried fuel down the arid […]
Read more »Water: Long Used As A Tactical Weapon In War, But The World Now Has A Chance To End This
April 7th, 2023
Courtesy of The Conversation, commentary on use of water as a weapon: Experts and leaders will soon come together in their thousands at the first UN conference dedicated to water in nearly half a century. At the conference, which begins on March 22 in New York, delegates will no doubt stress that “water is life”. And it’s […]
Read more »The “Invisible” Water Crisis: Groundwater Sustainability in Asia and the Pacific
April 7th, 2023
Via Asia Pathways, a look at the groundwater crisis: Demand for groundwater has increased steadily in Asia and the Pacific in recent decades, driven by rapid socioeconomic development and population growth (Borodina and Yerkinbayeva 2017). Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Iran, Pakistan, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and Türkiye today account for more than 60% of […]
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