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The Global Rundown A global panel of scientists will contribute to a new report analyzing the effects of a 1.5-degree-Celsius increase in temperatures. A new online tools shows how sea level rise will affect Australia. More than 1,000 farmers in India’s drought-hit Marathwada region committed suicide last year. A majority of California residents still view […]
The Global Rundown More than three-quarters of China’s underground water is too contaminated for human consumption, according to government statistics. India’s monsoon rainfall is expected to be above average this year. Unpredictable rainfall is contributing to food insecurity in Cameroon. The number of deaths attributed to a Legionnaires’ outbreak in Flint, Michigan rose to 12. […]
The Rundown The U.S. government testifies about domestic water access while a Senate committee held a hearing on water affordability. Klamath River dam removal is back on the table, with two new agreements. The White House warns about the health risks of climate change. The U.S. Geological Survey has funding available for a national groundwater […]
Renewable energy flourishes while South Africa leadership pursues risky, costly conventional fuels path.
The Global Rundown Approximately 20 million people still drink water contaminated with high levels of arsenic in Bangladesh. Hundreds of residents in Flint, Michigan filed a racketeering lawsuit against the state’s governor over lead-contaminated water. Nearly half of World Heritage sites are threatened by industrial activities, a report found. A new NASA experiment will determine […]
The Global Rundown A pair of studies released Monday sounded dire warnings about the effects of climate change on global financial assets and public health. The Pacific island of Palau could completely run out of water by the end of the month, while a drought in Tasmania may necessitate electricity rationing. Floods and landslides in […]
Climate change is here, but will we fight over it?
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. […]
Subsidence strikes the foundations of an Asian megacity. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue Jakarta — home to more than 10 million people and the capital of Indonesia, the largest economy in Southeast Asia — is sinking at an increasing rate. The head of Jakarta’s environment agency told Tempo, a news site, that the city’s […]
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. […]
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 […]
Cost of water and sewer services is rising out of reach for hundreds of thousands of Americans. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue The cost of drinking water and sewer services in the United States, rising on average at twice the rate of inflation, is giving birth to a new civil rights movement, one based […]
