Climate change is here, but will we fight over it?
A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
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The Global Rundown The ongoing conflict in Yemen has put millions of children at risk and is pushing the country’s water and other basic infrastructure to the brink of collapse. Millions of U.S. residents could experience earthquakes in the next year, many of which may be linked to wastewater disposal from oil and gas wells. […]
A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek
The Global Rundown The amount of sea ice in the Arctic has reached the lowest winter levels recorded since measurements began nearly four decades ago. A growing percentage of meteorologists now believe climate change is manmade. Drought-hit farmers in India are struggling as the government enforces bans on the sale of cattle for slaughter. Delhi […]
A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek
The Global Rundown Aging water pipelines made of asbestos cement will need to be repaired and replaced across Australia, costing billions of dollars. Bolivia warned that it will take Chile to international court over disputed water use along the Silala River. Low water levels in the Ganges River forced a power plant in India to […]
A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek
The Global Rundown A drought in Thailand has depleted water levels in the country’s major dams and could reduce economic growth this year. Meanwhile, rain is expected to arrive in drought-hit South Africa in April, too late for this season’s corn crops. Water from Mexico’s Laguna Salada may be used to save California’s Salton Sea. […]
A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek
The Global Rundown An independent state task force placed primary blame for the Flint water crisis on Michigan’s Department of Environmental Quality. Experts said water released by China to downstream countries on the Mekong River will do little to relieve drought conditions, while California released water from some of its largest reservoirs to prevent floods […]
A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek
The Global Rundown A new study by one of the world’s preeminent climate scientists predicts that global sea levels could rise much more rapidly than previously thought. New reports also outline worsening water shortages in China due to coal-fired power production, and the failure of some small water systems in the United States to fix […]
A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek
The Global Rundown Adequate supplies of clean water are critical for three quarters of all jobs globally, the United Nations has said. The U.N. is focusing on the connection between water and the economy as it celebrates World Water Day. A new study ranks countries based on their level of access to clean water, with […]
A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek
The Global Rundown Blooms of toxic algae are spreading for hundreds of kilometers along Australia’s Murray River amid abnormally high temperatures. Hundreds of communities in Thailand face water shortages due to drought, while Gaza contends with declining and polluted groundwater. Environmental regulators in China are investigating extremely low fines levied against polluting companies, and regulators […]
A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek
The Global Rundown There may not be enough water in the future to meet global demands for energy production, according to a report from the World Energy Council. Nearly 50 million people in Africa could face hunger if immediate action is not taken to respond to droughts across the continent. A Native American community in […]
A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek
The Global Rundown Two international financial institutions withdrew their support of Honduras’ Agua Zarca dam after two activists who had opposed the dam were murdered. Droughts and record high temperatures have placed 36 million people in Africa at risk of hunger. Venezuela plans to extend the Easter holiday to reduce electricity demand amid drought-linked shortages. […]
A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek
The Global Rundown Environmental factors, including water and air pollution, cause nearly one quarter of all deaths globally, according to the World Health Organization. Uneven access to essential water and sanitation services in Brazil mean poorer communities are at greater risk of contracting the Zika virus. India pledged billions of dollars in its new budget […]
A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek
