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When It Comes to Water Scarcity, Population Growth Tops Climate Change
August 1st, 2016
Via the Wilson Center’s New Security Beat, an interesting article on population growth’s impact on water scarcity: One of the findings of the Worldwatch Institute’s Family Planning and Environmental Sustainability Assessment (FPESA) suggests it’s not accurate to claim that climate change is at the root of growing water scarcity around the world. Based on the best recent […]
Read more »The World’s Most Water-Stressed Cities
July 30th, 2016
Courtesy of The Guardian, a look at the world’s most water stressed cities: where more than 2.5 billion people don’t have access to basic levels of fresh water for at least one month each year – a situation growing ever more critical as urban populations expand rapidly: In the southern reaches of Egypt, the city […]
Read more »Water Insecurity In The Arab World
July 19th, 2016
Via Project Syndicate, commentary on water stress in the Middle East: Nowhere is freshwater scarcer than in the Arab world. The region is home to most of the world’s poorest states or territories in terms of water resources, including Bahrain, Djibouti, Gaza, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. This shortage – exacerbated […]
Read more »ISciences Worldwide Water Watchlist
July 18th, 2016
Via iSciences, an updated map of regions likely to encounter significant water anomalies during the one year period beginning in April 2016 and running through March 2017 using 3 months of observed temperature and precipitation data and 9 months of forecast data: United States and Canada: The outlook for the United States indicates widespread exceptional water deficits throughout the Northeast from […]
Read more »Beijing Is Sinking: Global Impact Of Groundwater Pumping
July 15th, 2016
Courtesy of National Geographic, a report on how underground water is being pumped so aggressively around the globe that land is sinking, civil wars are being waged, and agriculture is being transformed: Beijing is sinking. In some neighborhoods, the ground is giving way at a rate of four inches a year as water in the […]
Read more »Water: Building Bridges Rather Than Divides In Asia
July 11th, 2016
Via China Daily, commentary on the potential of water to serve as a bridge rather than divide in Asia: Asian nations are showing increasing willingness to share their water for a better future. As challenges in the region’s water supply grow, a coordinated response is being initiated by countries to work together to secure this […]
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