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Water and Climate Hazards Again Top World Economic Forum Risks Report
January 17th, 2019
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report on water scarcity’s position in a recent World Economic Forum list of global risks: Global risks are intensifying but the collective will to tackle them appears to be lacking Drought, water scarcity, climate change, extreme weather are among the biggest risks to society and industry Water crises were a top-five […]
Read more »Water Crises Named the Biggest Business Risk in Egypt, Iran, Namibia, and Pakistan
December 7th, 2018
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at a recent World Economic Forum survey that looked at water scarcity risks worldwide: Not a rapid growth in energy prices. Not unemployment. Not rising public debt. Business leaders in some of the world’s most water-stressed countries say that water availability and pollution are the biggest risks to their operations. […]
Read more »Scientists Reveal Substantial Water Loss In Global Landlocked Regions
December 3rd, 2018
Via Phys.org, details of a recent report showing recent water storage in global landlocked basins has undergone a widespread decline: This illustration shows terrestrial water storage changes in global endorheic basins from GRACE satellite observations, April 2002 to March 2016. In the top image, terrestrial water storage trends — in millimeters of equivalent water …more Along […]
Read more »Climate Shocks and Humanitarian Crises: Which Countries Are Most At Risk?
December 2nd, 2018
Courtesy of Foreign Affairs, a look at which countries are most at risk from climate shocks: Wildfires in the western United States and hurricanes on the East Coast captured media attention this summer and fall. But throughout 2018, weather events also had devastating humanitarian consequences in developing countries, from immense floods in the Indian state […]
Read more »Competition For Shrinking Groundwater
November 28th, 2018
Via Terra Daily, an article on the growing scarcity of groundwater: Groundwater, which has been used to irrigate crops, satiate livestock and quench thirst in general for thousands of years, continues to be a vital resource around the world. But according to research by Scott Jasechko and Debra Perrone, assistant professors at UC Santa Barbara, […]
Read more »Where Will The ‘Water Wars’ Of The Future Be Fought?
November 4th, 2018
Via the World Economic Forum, an article on where the ‘water wars’ of the future may be fought? A new paper paints a disturbing picture of a nearby future where people are fighting over access to water. These post-apocalyptic-sounding “water wars” could rise as a result of climate change and population growth and could become […]
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