Water Scarcity Impacting 40% Of The World’s Population
May 17th, 2022
Via UBS, an investment brief on water scarcity: More than 98% of the Southwest is in drought this week, according to the monitor, which noted that reservoir storage levels were below-normal in all Western states except for Washington. In California, which is entirely in drought conditions, two of the state’s largest reservoirs — Shasta Lake […]
Read more »World’s Top Five Risks Are All Water Related
May 16th, 2022
Via SIWI, a report noting that the world’s top five risks are all water-related: Every year, the World Economic Forum asks some 1,000 decision-makers from the public sector, business, academia and civil society across the globe to assess the risks facing the world over the decade to come. This year’s Global Risks Report, the 15th, stands […]
Read more »More Than 75% of the World Could Face Drought by 2050, UN Warns
May 12th, 2022
Via EcoWatch, an article on a very sobering UN report about global water scarcity: The climate crisis is making droughts more frequent and longer-lasting, a new UN report has announced. The report, Drought in Numbers, 2022, was released Wednesday in honor of Drought Day at the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)’s 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) taking place […]
Read more »Water Scarcity Predicted To Worsen In >80% of Croplands Globally This Century
May 6th, 2022
Via Seed Daily, an article on how water scarcity is predicted to worsen in more than 80% of croplands globally this century: Agricultural water scarcity is expected to increase in more than 80% of the world’s croplands by 2050, according to a new study in the AGU journal Earth’s Future. The new study examines current […]
Read more »Water Crisis is the ‘Great Global Challenge’
May 3rd, 2022
Via Newsweek, an article on the global water crisis from one NGO’s perspective: Matt Damon gets how off-putting it is when privileged celebrities attach their names to a cause they don’t really care about. He appreciates how it “trigger(s) your gag reflex” when you hear about “the celebrity (who) goes to Africa and resolves to […]
Read more »Desalination Quenching California’s Thirst: Pipe Dream?
April 5th, 2022
Via The Economist, an article on how much desalination can help California diversify its water supply as the West dries up: Carlsbad State Beach is a Southern California idyll. Palm trees adorn the cliffs above the sand, and surfers paddle out for the waves. From the beach it is impossible to tell that a huge desalination […]
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