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Global Water Gaps Under Future Warming Levels
February 25th, 2025
Via Nature Communications, a new article examining global water gaps under future warming levels Abstract Understanding the impacts of climate change on water resources is crucial for developing effective adaptation strategies. We quantify “water gaps”, or unsustainable water use – the shortfall where water demand exceeds supply, resulting in scarcity. We quantify baseline and future […]
Read more »Betting The Farm While Irrigation Supplies Dwindle
February 18th, 2025
Via Springer, a new article on the impact that shortfalls in water supply are having – and will continue to have – on global crop production: Abstract Irrigation supports nearly 40% of global agricultural production but shortfalls in water supplies have been intensifying and expanding worldwide, threatening crop production and supply chains as well as […]
Read more »The Threat of Sea Level Rise To Groundwater
January 22nd, 2025
Via Western Water Notes, a report on a new study looking at the impacts of sea level rise on coastal groundwater aquifers: Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech If you read this newsletter regularly, you know my interest in groundwater stems, in part, from the fact that groundwater is invisible to us much of the time. Over the past […]
Read more »Climate Crisis ‘Wreaking Havoc’ On Earth’s Water Cycle
January 8th, 2025
Via The Guardian, a look at how global heating is supercharging storms, floods and droughts, affecting entire ecosystems and billions of people: The climate crisis is “wreaking havoc” on the planet’s water cycle, with ferocious floods and crippling droughts affecting billions of people, a report has found. Water is people’s most vital natural resource but […]
Read more »UN Warns Global Drought Costs $300B Annually
December 6th, 2024
Via Terra Daily, a report on a recent UN warning that the global drought carries a $300 bn annual cost: Drought costs the world more than $300 billion each year, the United Nations warned Tuesday in a report published on the second day of international talks on desertification in Saudi Arabia.Fuelled by “human destruction of […]
Read more »Agriculture’s Water Consumption Rises to Nearly 7 Trillion Cubic Meters Globally
November 11th, 2024
Via Smart Water Magazine, a report on water consumption of crops which has risen to nearly 7 trillion cubic meters of water worldwide: A new study by researchers at the UT sheds light on historical changes in the amount of water humanity consumes to grow the world’s main crops. The analysis demonstrates that despite increasing […]
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