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Four West African Countries Pledge Cooperation On Giant Aquifer
October 1st, 2021
Via Terra Daily, an article on four West African countries making a pledge on giant shared aquifer: Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mauritania and Senegal on Wednesday pledged to exploit their joint water resources sustainably. Ministers in charge of water, meeting in Geneva, made the vow over the Senegal-Mauritanian Aquifer Basin (SMAB), a vast groundwater resource on which […]
Read more »Climate Change’s Threat To Africa’s Water Supplies
October 1st, 2021
Via AllAfrica, an article on the impact of climate change on Africa’s water supplies: Following challenges in access to water supply, WaterAid Nigeria, Tuesday, raised alarm over threat posed by dreaded climate change to water supplies in Africa. This was made known by WaterAid in a statement, where it announced Africa Climate Week, to be […]
Read more »Droughts Push More People to Migrate Than Floods
August 28th, 2021
Via Circle of Blue, an article about a recent World Bank report that people are five times as likely to move following drought conditions as they are after floods or periods of excess water: After a year of extreme weather, people in the drylands of northern California and the hurricane-drenched bayous of southern Louisiana are […]
Read more »Drought Rules Spark Accusations Of Racism In California Outpost
August 21st, 2021
Via The Guardian, an article on how California’s drought rules are sparking accusations of racism in California: “I love the smell of diesel power in the afternoon. It smells like victory.” The line, a play on the quote from the Vietnam war movie Apocalypse Now, is the first uttered in a July video by Doug […]
Read more »America’s Water Crisis: Young Farmers Lose hope As Drought Closes In
August 7th, 2021
Via The Guardian, a look at how – as irrigated crops compete with fish for scarce water- farmers in the U.S. West’s Klamath Basin lament they may be the last generation to work the land: They are land rich and resource poor. Most have hundreds of acres of fertile soil, some thousands, but little money […]
Read more »Drought-Stricken Southern Angola Battles Food, Water Shortages
August 1st, 2021
Via Africa News, a report on southern Angola’s drought crisis: Huila Province, Southern Angola. Months of no rain have sucked life out of the vast region and brought communities to near starvation. People have to trek several kilometers to find water or fruits, for which they have to compete with wildlife. Angola’s government recently started […]
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