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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 […]
Read more »Number of People Suffering Extreme Droughts To Double By Late 21st Century
July 6th, 2021
Via The National Science Foundation, a report that – by the late 21st century – the number of people suffering extreme droughts will double: Researchers at Michigan State University are leading a global effort to offer the first worldwide view of how climate change could affect water availability and drought severity in the decades to […]
Read more »UN: Drought Is ‘The Next Pandemic’
June 17th, 2021
Via The Guardian, a report that the UN has declared drought as the next global crisis: Drought is a hidden global crisis that risks becoming “the next pandemic” if countries do not take urgent action on water and land management and tackling the climate emergency, the UN has said. At least 1.5 billion people have been directly […]
Read more »Drought is Leading to Instability and Water Weaponization in the Middle East and North Africa
June 2nd, 2021
Via the Center for Climate and Security, commentary on how drought is leading to instability and water weaponization in MENA region: Water stress is a growing problem worldwide. Overuse, population growth, and climate change are contributing to desperate conditions and violent extremist organizations (VEOs) are turning scarce water into a weapon. Nowhere is this trend more […]
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