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Via Gizmodo, a report on new research that suggests climate change could leave 74% of the world’s drought-prone regions at high risk of severe and prolonged droughts by the end of the century: Earth’s climate and its water are inextricably linked—one cannot exist without the other. As the climate undergoes unprecedented, human-driven change, the global […]
Read more »Courtesy of the Los Angeles Times, a look at how much of the world is getting drier: New research based on 22 years of satellite data shows vast areas of the world are losing fresh water and getting drier. These regions include much of the American West, Mexico, Central America and the Middle East. The […]
Read more »Via Illuminem, a look at the road to World War III – how climate change fuels global conflict: The road to World War III may not begin with missiles or ideology. It may begin with water shortages, bread riots, and mass displacement. What if climate change is not just an environmental emergency, but the primary […]
Read more »Via Grist, a look at a recent report indicating that overuse of groundwater has created zones of “mega-drying” around the world — and caused more sea level rise than Greenland’s ice sheet: The Verde River is one of the last free-flowing rivers in Arizona, winding through what’s known as the Verde Valley before feeding into […]
Read more »Via Western Water Notes, an interview on global groundwater loss and the alarming drying of Earth’s land surface: The trend plays out in arid regions across the globe. It goes like this. Rivers dry up and water supplies become more variable. Faced with scarce surface water supplies, cities, farms, and companies look to groundwater to […]
Read more »Via Foreign Policy, a look at how international institutions need to start treating water as a national security flashpoint: Water has long been a tool of warfare, but in recent years, the world has entered a dark new era of hydroterrorism. Around the globe, from Yemen to Ukraine, this critical resource is increasingly being used as a tool […]
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