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The Global Rundown Floods in Kenya have killed thousands of cattle, harming herders who also lost livestock to the country’s severe drought. Officials in Indonesia say efforts to restore water to peatlands will dampen the smoke pollution caused by annual forest fires this year. Even small increases in global sea levels could have significant effects […]
The Global Rundown Cape Town, South Africa may limit the amount of water residents receive in response to a drought that federal officials say has “overwhelmed” the country. Parts of New Delhi experienced cuts in water service this week due to a shortage officials have blamed on Haryana. Water has become a prominent issue in […]
The Global Rundown More than 7 million people are now facing food insecurity due to a deep drought in Ethiopia. An attack on a major oil pipeline in Colombia contaminated a water source for thousands of people. If global sea levels rise at an “extreme” rate that is unlikely, but possible, they could displace millions […]
The Global Rundown Potential military interventions against the al-Shabaab group in Somalia would be detrimental to drought and famine relief efforts, according to a United Nations representative. India plans to build more artificial glaciers to make up for the loss of ice in the Himalayas. Scientists surveying Antarctica found much more meltwater than they previously […]
The Global Rundown Because of declining groundwater levels, no new wells for six months in India’s tech hub of Hyderabad, say state authorities. Concerned about water shortages, South Africa’s electric power utility will install a small groundwater desalination plant at a nuclear power station near Cape Town while city officials consider their own desalination facility […]
World’s third-largest coal user joins China and U.S. in shift from black fuel.
The Global Rundown Officials declared California’s severe drought at an end last week, more than five years after it began. Damage from extensive flooding in Peru is expected to cost billions of dollars to repair. The Great Barrier Reef has suffered two consecutive years of mass coral bleaching, a problem exacerbated by poor water quality. […]
Conflict and drought have left 27 million people in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen without safe drinking water.
World’s largest refugee camp illustrates human costs of water-scarce era. By Kayla Cragg, Circle of Blue The desert of thorns and rocks northwest of Nairobi, Kenya is so unforgiving that it takes all day and a good bit of the night to reach the Dadaab refugee camp about 300 miles away near the border with […]
The Global Rundown Funding shortfalls threaten to curtail humanitarian food and water deliveries in Ethiopia, putting millions of people at risk. Drought is also a driving factor behind violent ranch invasions in Kenya, according to government officials. A government report on Australia’s environment finds that water quality has improved in the Murray-Darling River Basin, but […]
The Global Rundown Drought and failed rains have pushed food prices to record levels across East Africa. Residents returned to their homes downstream of California’s damaged Oroville Dam after an evacuated order was lifted Tuesday. Sea ice in Antarctica reached its lowest extent on record. Aid agencies warned of a health and sanitation crisis in […]
