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Panama Canal Expansion Will Have Big Effect on Energy, Water, and Grain in U.S. and China
February 16th, 2015
Via Circle of Blue, an interesting look at the impact that the expanded Panama Canal will have upon global water, energy, and food resources: It was an elaborate, even theatrical display of national pride and elite engineering. On January 19, Panama’s four-quarter, red and blue starred flag gleamed in bright morning sunlight as a 2,300 […]
Read more »The Geopolitics Of Water Scarcity
February 8th, 2015
Courtesy of STRATFOR (subscription required), an interesting introduction to the geopolitics of water scarcity: David Judson: Hello, I’m David Judson, Editor-in-Chief of Stratfor. Joining me today is Rebecca Keller, our science analyst. Appropriately enough, she’ll be joining me, she is joining me through the miracles of modern science, Skype. But anyhow, today’s topic is a broad one: the geopolitics of […]
Read more »IPCC Head: World Has Not Woken Up to Water Crisis Caused By Climate Change
February 4th, 2015
Via AllAfrica, recent commentary by IPCC Chair Rajendra Pachaur: Water scarcity could lead to conflict between communities and nations as the world is still not fully aware of the water crisis many countries face as a result of climate change, the head of the U.N. panel of climate scientists warned on Tuesday. The latest report […]
Read more »World Economic Forum Ranks Water Crises as Top Global Risk
January 15th, 2015
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report on a recent WEF ranking of water as the top global risk: Though much of India is water-rich, the country hasn’t invested nearly enough in public water supply, transport, or treatment. Millions of India’s urban residents, including this man in New Delhi, draw their water from hand pumps […]
Read more »The Age Of Hydro-Diplomacy
January 14th, 2015
Via Nature.com, commentary on the potential for shared management of water as a means to achieve regional cooperation and conflict prevention: The world is experiencing a surge of water-related crises. The eastern basin of the Aral Sea dried up completely in August, for the first time in 600 years. California has experienced an unprecedented three-year […]
Read more »Threat To World’s Water Security Greater Than Thought
December 2nd, 2014
Via The Financial Times, a new report on the global water crisis: Crucial supplies of water in China, the US, India and other major economies are dwindling so fast that the threat to the world’s water security is far worse than is commonly understood, a prominent hydrologist has warned. The groundwater stored below the earth’s […]
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