by faster | Jun 15, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Eurasia Review DATE: June 15, 2019 SNIP: Many of the world’s most iconic river systems – the Mekong, Indus, Yangtze – are fed by glaciers that both supply and modulate their water flow. Now these glaciers are melting due to climate change, threatening...
by faster | Jun 11, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Bloomberg DATE: June 11, 2019 SNIP: The oases that once interrupted the dusty slopes of the Atacama desert in northern Chile allowed humans and animals to survive for thousands of years in the world’s driest climate. That was before the mining started. Sara...
by faster | Jun 5, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Weather Channel DATE: June 5, 2019 SNIP: In India, “Day Zero” has already arrived for over 100 million people, thanks to excessive groundwater pumping, an inefficient and wasteful water supply system and years of deficient rains. “Day...
by faster | Mar 25, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: March 25, 2019 SNIP: Four hours east of Los Angeles, in a drought-stricken area of a drought-afflicted state, is a small town called Blythe where alfalfa is king. More than half of the town’s 94,000 acres are bushy blue-green fields growing...
by faster | Mar 4, 2019 | Blog
SOURCE: Fortune DATE: March 4, 2019 SNIP: Government-backed research on watersheds in the U.S. provide a dire outlook for the future: population growth and climate change are likely to cause “serious water shortages” within the next 55 years, says the study. As both...