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Water Wars In The United States?
March 3rd, 2013
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, Peter Gleick’s commentary on the possibility of water wars in the United States: OK, put away your guns. We’re not talking shooting wars, at least not yet, at least not in the U.S. We’re talking politicians shooting off their mouths, political wars, and court battles. But water is serious business. […]
Read more »Coming Water Wars (2)?
February 25th, 2013
Via Credit Writedown, commentary on the possibility of water wars in the years ahead: Water is not scarce. It is made up of the first and third most common elements in the universe, and the two readily react to form a highly stable compound that maintains its integrity even at temperature extremes. Hydrologist Dr. Vincent […]
Read more »Coming Water Wars?
February 25th, 2013
Via CNN’s Global Public Square, a look at the possibility of water wars: Imagine a large body of water – about the size of the Dead Sea – simply disappearing. It sounds like a science fiction movie. But it’s not. It’s happening in real life – and we’ve only just found out. A pioneering study […]
Read more »Will Water Shortages Unleash Instability In The Middle East?
February 22nd, 2013
Via The International, a report on water tensions in the Middle East: A NASA study, released last Friday, indicates that water shortages could affect millions in the Middle East. Images, captured by NASA’s twin Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites, reveal significant water loss, in a period of six years, in the Tigris and […]
Read more »FAO Infographic: Water Scarcity
February 19th, 2013
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Read more »Groundwater Pumping A Major Cause Of Declining Water Storage In The Middle East
February 17th, 2013
Courtesy of Circle of Blue, a report on how the Middle East is headed towards a water shortage crisis, as NASA satellites show that reserves the size of the Dead Sea have been depleted in just seven years, largely due to well-drilling: Variations in total water storage from normal in the Tigris and Euphrates river […]
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