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Water Scarcity in the Arab World
January 27th, 2023
Via Geopolitical Futures, a report on the Arab World’s water challenges: Many prosperous ancient civilizations in the Arab world had at least one thing in common: an abundance of water. Today, however, the Arab region in West Asia and North Africa could become the most water-scarce area in the world. Demand is rising, driven […]
Read more »As the Colorado River Shrinks, Washington Prepares to Spread the Pain
January 27th, 2023
Courtesy of the New York Times, an article on how the seven states that rely on the Colorado River for water are not expected to reach a deal on cuts, thus making it likely that the Biden administration will have to impose reductions: The seven states that rely on water from the shrinking Colorado River are […]
Read more »The Colorado River – Overused and Shrinking – A Crisis Transforming U.S. Southwest
January 27th, 2023
Via the Los Angeles Times, a report on how the Colorado River’s overuse is a crisis transforming the Southwest: The Colorado River begins as melting snow, trickling from forested peaks and coursing in streams that gather in the meadows and valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Like arteries, its major tributaries take shape across Colorado, Wyoming, […]
Read more »Import Water To New Mexico?
January 26th, 2023
Via the Albuquerque Journal, commentary on the many challenges to the idea of interbasin transfer in the United States: Two recent op-ed pieces have proposed that the solution to future water challenges involve interbasin transfer of water from the Mississippi River basin (Sunday Journal, Sept. 18, 2022) to New Mexico or, far more ambitiously, pump […]
Read more »Mississippi River: 24/7 Drought-Driven Dredging No Longer Needed
January 25th, 2023
Via Business Insider, an article on how the 24/7 dredging of the Mississippi River that has been ongoing since summer 2022 may finally be coming to an end: The US Army Corps of Engineers has been dredging the Mississippi River 24/7 since July. Drought along the Mississippi has dropped water levels to lows that haven’t been seen in […]
Read more »Water Wars: The Geopolitics of Resource Conflict in the Middle East
January 24th, 2023
Via Geopolitical Monitor, commentary on the geopolitics of water scarcity in the Middle East: Across the Euphrates lies one of the most precious commodities, not a dark viscous liquid that we formally refer to as Petroleum or a shimmering precious metal such as gold, but rather a translucent substance that is imperative to our lives, […]
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