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A Balkan Dam Boom Imperils Europe’s Wildest Rivers
May 8th, 2018
Via Yale’s e360, a look at how residents and conservationists are fighting back against a wave of thousands of hydroelectric projects that would block pristine, free-flowing rivers in the Balkan Peninsula, one of Europe’s most undeveloped regions: Day and night, visitors to the mountain village of Kruš?ica in central Bosnia and Herzegovina — a speck […]
Read more »Mozambique’s Water Crisis
April 12th, 2018
Via Future Directions International, a report on Mozambique’s water crisis: South-western Mozambique is on the brink of a water crisis. Due to the El Niño phenomenon, Mozambique has recently experienced higher than average temperatures and decreased levels of rainfall. The possibility of a water crisis, as already seen in parts of South Africa, could put […]
Read more »Dry Spells Fuel Water Worries In Tokyo
April 5th, 2018
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a look at Tokyo’s water worries: Although Tokyo generally enjoys plentiful rainfall, the Japanese megacity could soon face water shortages. Tokyo’s rains are concentrated in two months of monsoon and two of typhoon. If rainfall is below-average during one of these periods, then the city faces the beginnings of drought. […]
Read more »Avocado Town Becomes Symbol Of Chile’s Water War
April 5th, 2018
Via Terra Daily, a report on water tensions in Chile: Karina Torres has spent more than seven years without running water in her home in central Chile. Yet, across the road, water flows in abundance to irrigate thousands of hectares of avocados. It’s one of the paradoxes of this South American country’s push for progress. […]
Read more »Asia’s Looming Water Crisis
April 2nd, 2018
Via LinkedIn, a sobering brief on Asia’s water insecurity: Water shortages are set to grow ever more severe in Asia and could prove overwhelming for water-intense operations in the region. The UN reports that by 2050 at least 4.6 billion people globally could live in areas regularly suffering water-scarcity; and up to 96% of those […]
Read more »Water Shortages Could Affect 5 Billion People By 2050
March 21st, 2018
Via The Guardian, an article on a new UN reoprt looking at the impact of water scarcity on the global population: More than 5 billion people could suffer water shortages by 2050 due to climate change, increased demand and polluted supplies, according to a UN report on the state of the world’s water. The comprehensive […]
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