Dams In The Amazon: The Rights And Wrongs Of Belo Monte
May 3rd, 2013
Courtesy of The Economist, an article on the return Brazil is getting for having spent $14 billion to make the world’s third-biggest hydroelectric project greener: THE biggest building site in Brazil is neither in the concrete jungle of São Paulo nor in beachside Rio de Janeiro, which is being revamped to host the 2016 Olympics. [...]
Read more »Why Is Brazil The New America? Water.
September 27th, 2012
Via The Christan Science Monitor, an interesting commentary on Brazil’s position as a water “superpower”: If you would like to get a firsthand peek at the bright future of Brazil, but you don’t have $7,500 for a business-class fare to Rio de Janeiro, you can learn almost as much, while having less fun, by making [...]
Read more »Dam Boon In The Amazon
July 1st, 2012
Via The New York Times, a look at the tension between water and energy as Brazil looks to tap the power of its rivers via dams: A confrontation between the insatiable appetite for energy and the enduring need for habitability is under way in Brazil as it moves aggressively to harness the power of its [...]
Read more »Groundwater, Geopolitics, and the Guaraní Aquifer
December 8th, 2009
Via Water Wired, a note that the current issue of Stygoscape focuses on the Guaraní aquifer – one of the largest reservoirs of groundwater in the world which is shared by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Current water storage is estimated to range between 37,000 to 55,000 km3 by various workers, a natural recharge of [...]
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