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YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Thousands are evacuated from the Chinese province of Sichuan due to flooding. Heavy rains flood villages in north Bihar, India, cutting them off from metropolitan cities and aid. First Nations groups in Australia plead the federal government to distribute $40 million promised to them in 2018 for to buy water. Applications open […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Intensively managed dams and canals in California are weakening streamside trees’ ability to adapt to a changing climate. Saudi Arabia supports Egypt and Sudan amid negotiations over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. A federal appeals court refuses to intervene in the Flint drinking water crisis case after groups accused the presiding judge […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Tropical Storm Elsa tears through parts of the Caribbean, including Cuba. A cold front is moving over parts of Australia after a weekend of heavy rain. A company cancels its plans to build an oil pipeline through parts of Tennessee and Mississippi, directly over a major aquifer. Heavy rains pummel parts of […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Farmers in the U.S. Midwest aren’t planting crops to mitigate fertilizer runoff, despite federal funding for the plants known as “cover crops.” In U.S. drought news, San Diego officials declare the city “drought proof;” President Joe Biden holds a meeting with governors to discuss wildfire risk; and reports of water misuse in […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN The global consumer staples sector could face massive losses if water scarcity continues to increase. Flooding in Germany on Monday causes dozens of road accidents and hundreds of rescue calls. The Australian EPA grants three coal mines permission to release wastewater into a nearby river to mitigate flooding. Sudan rejects Ethiopia’s proposal […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN Experts have advised politicians in Northern Ireland to export more than a third of animal waste amid water and soil quality concerns. The body of an Indigenous land and water activist was found in Mexico almost a month after he disappeared. Some well water customers in Jackson, Mississippi, are still under a […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN More dams are not the answer to water woes in Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin, one expert warns. Right-wing militia supporters in Oregon threaten to open the headgates of a canal in Klamath Falls to restore the flow of water for irrigators. New technology that monitors sewer systems could change stormwater infrastructure management in […]
Christian Thorsberg, Circle of Blue The Himalayan foothills of West Bengal are home to some of the world’s most precious and resilient wildlife. Rare birds take sanctuary in the forests lining this eastern Indian state, a birdwatcher’s paradise; Bengal tigers and Indian gaur roam free, few in number yet breathtaking in real form; and an […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A new study found oxygen levels in global lakes are declining, threatening the environment and drinking water supplies. Transportation of goods on Brazil’s Tiete-Parana waterway will be harmed by prolonged drought. A mining group in Chile will pay over $93 million in reparations for environmental violations on the Punta Negra salt flat. […]
YOUR GLOBAL RUNDOWN A new study finds that, contrary to current assumptions, dams globally produce more carbon than they store. Attacks from Israeli forces on the Gaza Strip are threatening drinking water supplies and destroying sewage infrastructure. New Hampshire will hold public meetings to discuss water supplies contaminated with PFAS chemicals from a plastics plant. […]
