Droughts Drain ‘Venice of the East’
The tourism industry of one of India’s most popular destinations is drying up, as the city of Udaipur runs out of water.
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Rains Bring Mumbai Long-awaited Reprieve from Drought
Mumbai’s weather goes from one extreme to another, as heavy monsoon rains follow a prolonged dry spell in western India.
Peter Gleick: Truth Drought, California’s Real Shortfall
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar came to California on Sunday to hear firsthand about California’s drought.
White House Report: US to Face Floods, Droughts and Competition for Water
The White House issued last Tuesday an assessment of how global warming will unfold across the United States in the next century.
Fire Hot, Sky Blue, Australia’s Dire Drought Tests Journalists
A Struggle to Tell a Story Everyone Seems to Know
Drought and Pollution Torment Turkey’s Lakes
Amid a two-year-long drought, water bodies in western Turkey are also suffering from severe pollution
Drought Strikes ‘Garden Of Eden’ Marshes In Iraq
Once described as the place of earthly paradise and source of life, the “Garden of Eden” marshes in southern Iraq threaten to become a cracked relic of a dying nature. Stricken with a severe drought in Iraq and neighboring countries, the region — the suspected site of the biblical Garden of Eden — is drying […]
Climate Chaos Reveals Pattern: Africa’s Sahel Region Faces Recurrent Megadroughts
When in 1968 Garrett Hardin published in the Science journal his “Tragedy of the Commons” – the dilemma in which individuals self-interestedly exploit and destroy shared resources – Africa’s Sahel region had already endured a major heat stroke in the drought of 1914. Starting in 1968, the Sahel Belt broiled in a decades-long drought that […]
Drought Boils Bitter Cup of Tea for India
Significantly reduced tea production in comparison with the first three months of 2008.
Australia Summit: Droughts and a Verbal Heat Wave
As droughts are hot on Australia’s heels, Maude Barlow – the United Nations senior advisor on water issues – heated up the pressure on the country’s government on Tuesday at the 5th Annual Australian Water Summit. She criticized the Australian cabinet for its management of the deepening water crisis, saying that ordinary Australians and farmers […]
Digital Drought: Australia’s Future on Fire in Acclaimed Media Project
Australia’s drought remains severe, but the award-winning interactive drama project, Scorched, offers a searing reality check for Australians nationwide. The year is 2012 and Sydney, facing raging bushfires, is finally out of water. As politicians, journalists, and ordinary citizens race to save their country, the project urges real Australians to join the not-so-fantastical fiction. Using […]
Worldwide Drought May Soon Knock on Britain’s Door
Facing severe water shortages, England now offers its citizens less water than Egypt and might one day grow as thirsty as Australia. A new report by the Environment Agency, a public body for protecting the environment in England and Wales, calls for strict water use controls in Britain. Climate change threatens to dry up much […]
