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Global demands for freshwater have nearly doubled since World War II, the Christian Science Monitor reports. China, India, and other parts of Asia, are experiencing unprecedented growth, limited by the availability of fresh, potable, water. Throughout Europe, Mediterranean port cities, like Barcelona and Cyprus, plan to ship in water from their neighbors. Global water needs […]
Christian Science Monitor “China’s water plans are a major problem for the Dalai Lama’s government in exile,” says a report released this month by Circle of Blue, a branch of the Pacific Institute, a nonpartisan think tank. Himalayan water is particularly sensitive because it supplies the rivers that bring water to more than half a […]
CHENGDU, China – In the wake of the 8.0 magnitude quake that hit China last week, 21 new lakes have formed in Sichuan provence where landslides blocked rivers. According to state media, the lakes don’t pose an immediate threat to the communities downstream. Plans are being made in the event that evacuations are necessary and […]
Over at Circle of Blue WaterNews, we’re reporting today on another ingredient to consider in the context of the China-Tibet conflict. Keith Schneider and C.T. Pope write that the Tibetan Plateau’s vast reserves of glacial freshwater, which supply Asia’s most populous regions, are both at risk and are emerging as an issue in the increasingly tense political and cultural strife between China and Tibet.
Dr. Geoffrey D. Dabelko is director of the Environmental Change and Security Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. Dabelko discusses water, peacemaking and challenges in China and the Tibetan Plateau. Hear the interview here. This is a rush transcript with excerpts provided for convenience; verbatim accuracy is not guaranteed. […]
On the Tibetan Plateau, where a whim of nature created the highest points on Earth, many of the world’s major rivers are born. Each day their flows bring life to more than a billion people downstream in Asia, the planet’s most populous region. As we watch the headlines in an age of shifting water supplies, […]
Nations make tradeoffs to feed ever-increasing energy needs By C.T. Pope Circle of Blue With fuel prices still on the rise, President Bush held a press conference on Tuesday to call for an increase in U.S. biofuel production in order to mitigate the country’s dependence on foreign oil. “[T]he high price of gasoline is going […]
BEIJING – A drought in China’s northeast Liaoning Province has left nearly 700,000 people without drinking water. Rainfall in the first three months of 2008 tumbled to one-fifth levels last year. The area is a top grain producer, and maize and rice farming is due to begin next week, but from January to the end […]
BEIJING – A drought in China’s northeast Liaoning Province has left nearly 700,000 people without drinking water. Rainfall in the first three months of 2008 tumbled to one-fifth levels last year. The area is a top grain producer, and maize and rice farming is due to begin next week, but from January to the end […]
Water shortages are on the rise, from Mexico to the Andes, northern China to southern India, and Spain to Pakistan. Drought, soaring populations and population densities, changing diets, and increasing living standards are all factors. Is this an issue that technology can fix? Judging by investors’ responses, technology can at least mitigate the problem. Read […]
Water shortages are on the rise, from Mexico to the Andes, northern China to southern India, and Spain to Pakistan. Drought, soaring populations and population densities, changing diets, and increasing living standards are all factors. Is this an issue that technology can fix? Judging by investors’ responses, technology can at least mitigate the problem. Read […]
SHANGHAI/HONG KONG — More than half of the water in China, the world’s fourth-largest economy, is unfit to drink. Last year, around 48 million people living there lacked sufficient drinking water. Read More here. Source : Reuters
