by faster | Jul 19, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: New York Times DATE: July 19, 2018 SNIP: Aquifers are unimaginably complex and incredibly fragile; once tapped, they can take more than 6,000 years to replenish. Among the most vulnerable aquifers are those underlying the desert basins of the American...
by faster | Mar 13, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Grist DATE: March 13, 2018 SNIP: The lack of snow across the West this winter points to a parched summer ahead. In California, Colorado, and across the Southwest, the snowfall has ranked among the lowest on record. The last four months have also been among the...
by faster | Jan 18, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: New York Times and LA Times DATE: January 18, 2018 SNIP: Nigeria. Syria. Somalia. And now Iran. In each country, in different ways, a water crisis has triggered some combination of civil unrest, mass migration, insurgency or even full-scale war. In the era of...
by faster | Dec 5, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: Los Angeles Times DATE: December 5, 2017 SNIP: California could be hit with significantly more dangerous and more frequent droughts in the near future as changes in weather patterns triggered by global warming block rainfall from reaching the state, according...
by faster | Nov 7, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: Al Jazeera DATE: November 7, 2017 SNIP: Water shortages in Jordan are likely to get far worse over the coming years, according to a recent study by Stanford University. The researchers said that, in the absence of international climate policy action, the...
