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Climate Change May Fuel Terrorism Recruitment
April 26th, 2017
Via The Guardian, a report on how terrorist groups will exploit natural disasters and water and food shortages: Climate change will fuel acts of terrorism and strengthen recruiting efforts by terrorist groups such as Islamic State and Boko Haram, a report commissioned by the German foreign office has found. Terrorist groups will exploit the natural disasters and […]
Read more »Water Wars: A Historical Perspective
April 20th, 2017
Via Popular Science, a timeline of historical global water conflict: Whether we’re poisoning, drowning, or dehydrating our enemies into submission, we humans have long waged war over water. Standing Rock is just the latest. 595-685 B.C. — Amphicitionic League vs. Kirrans Pilgrims visiting the Oracle at Delphi had to pass Kirra, a coastal city where thieves […]
Read more »California’s Drought Is Over, but the Rest of the World’s Water Problems Are Just Beginning
April 8th, 2017
Via Mother Jones, a look at the world’s water crisis: After California’s wetter-than-normal winter—and the official end to its drought—you’re probably not thinking much about water scarcity and the food supply. But our food-and-water woes go well beyond the Sunshine State’s latest precipitation patterns, as this new Nature study from a global team of researchers—including two from the NASA Goddard Institute for […]
Read more »Climate Insecurity and the Changing Balance of Power
April 5th, 2017
Via Cipher Brief, interesting commentary on the connection between climate change, political instability, and the global balance of power: Since at least the 1979 Iranian revolution, intelligence and national security analysts have been working hard to identify the causal factors that lead to political instability. Working hard and yet struggling. Many factors, such as high […]
Read more »Where Will The Future’s Water Crises Hit Hardest?
March 27th, 2017
Via Popular Science, a look at the globe’s water worries: In some parts of the world, clean water flows straight from a tap. In others, people trek for miles to reach a potable source. How do we measure the availability of this essential resource? Compare the amount of water a region uses to the size of its water […]
Read more »Water And National Security
March 3rd, 2017
Via WRI, a look at how water is becoming an increasingly scarce resource and kindling for conflict in the climate change era: A drought-stricken pampa in Bolivia. Water can be both a cause and weapon of […]
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