Water Levels Rise In South As North Korea Opens Dam Floodgates Without Warning
August 9th, 2022
Via NK News, a report on rising water levels in South Korea as the North opens dam floodgates without warning: North Korea opened dam floodgates along the Imjin River near the inter-Korean border this week, according to Seoul’s unification ministry, raising the risk of further inundation in the South as monsoon rains lash the peninsula. […]
Read more »Dutch Declare Shortage In ‘Land of Water’
August 7th, 2022
Via Terra Daily, an article on The Netherlands’ water crisis: The Netherlands declared an official water shortage on Wednesday as the low-lying “land of water” was hit by Europe’s sweltering summer. The Dutch government said it was eyeing further measures to conserve water amid a drought, and authorities have already imposed limits on farming and […]
Read more »Demand For Water Top Threat To Food Security In The Future
July 20th, 2022
Via New Food Magazine, an article on how demand for water top threat to food security in the future: Increased demand for water will be the number one threat to food security in the next 20 years, followed closely by heat waves, droughts, income inequality and political instability, according to a new University of Colorado Boulder-led […]
Read more »Nearly Half of EU Territory ‘At Risk’ of Drought
July 20th, 2022
Via Terra Daily, a sobering report that nearly half of EU territory is ‘at risk’ of drought: Researchers at the European Commission warned on Monday that nearly half of the EU’s territory is currently at risk of drought, as southwest Europe wilted under a punishing heatwave. In a report for July, the European Commission’s Joint […]
Read more »Global Water Basins Under Threat
July 13th, 2022
Via Phys.org. a look at new research that shows the most-stressed regions in the world are becoming drier, leading to water governance, economic and social challenges: Global co-occurrence of freshwater stress and storage trends. a Freshwater stress, derived from freshwater withdrawal and streamflow datasets. b Freshwater storage trend per basin. c Combinations of freshwater stress and storage trend per basin, which […]
Read more »High and Dry: Climate Change, Water, and the Economy
July 4th, 2022
Via The World Bank, a new report that finds that water scarcity, exacerbated by climate change, could hinder economic growth, spur migration, and spark conflict. However, it also notes that most countries can neutralize the adverse impacts of water scarcity by taking action to allocate and use water resources more efficiently: Key Findings Water scarcity, exacerbated by climate […]
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