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YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Water scarcity leads to armed conflict between cattle ranchers and fisherman in Cameroon. After intense flooding in provinces along the Black Sea, the death toll in Turkey rises to more than 60. Tropical Storm Fred is set to make landfall in Florida. Haiti braces for Tropical Depression Grace in the wake of […]
The global climate crisis has devastating effects on indigenous communities. In St. Vincent, Borneo, and Alaska, decades of displacement, deforestation, and warming have defined a harrowing Anthropogenic Epoch.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Greenland has lost 100 billion tons of ice this year. Heavy rain inundates Omaha, Nebraska and surrounding areas. Michigan Gretchen Whitmer announces $2 million in federal funding for water infrastructure projects. Heavy rains flood hundreds of villages across the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Rivers in the country of Wales are being […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Detroit residents reject a proposal to implement income-based water rates. A water utility in the United Kingdom discharged wastewater into a protected river for more than three years. In an attempt to mitigate drought, Australia will build a massive desalination plant in Belmont, New South Wales. A new study highlights the importance […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Nigeria is facing a cholera outbreak in a region whose health systems are least equipped to handle it. Lagos, Nigeria, could be uninhabitable by the end of the century as flooding events worsen and sea levels continue to rise. British Columbia, Canada is forcing most groundwater users to apply for a license […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Thawing permafrost in Alaska could lead to a massive oil spill that would almost certainly affect the state’s groundwater supplies. In the American West, historic irrigation canals in New Mexico are running dry, while wildfires and drought are threatening traditional hunting and fishing practices among Native American communities in the Pacific Northwest. […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Water levels on Lake Ontario are nearing record lows. A new report from the UK Environment Agency finds the country’s water industry is failing to meet environmental pollution standards. Experts say military conflict can’t be ruled out as negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia Drought is […]
Listen to the July 12, 2021 episode of What’s Up With Water – The need-to-know news on the world’s water.
Fires, droughts, floods, power outages. The interval between disasters is shortening, or in some cases disappearing altogether.
In northern Minnesota, the new Line 3 corridor, proposed by the Canadian oil company Enbridge, cuts directly through wetlands and waterways that are already struggling in unusually dry conditions.
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A movement to build and maintain natural infrastructure in Peru is gaining ground. A judge in Louisiana blocks a Biden administration order that paused new oil and gas leases on federal lands and waters. Over 8,000 women and children have been displaced and lack clean water due to gang violence in Haiti. […]
