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The Global Rundown Electricity falters throughout Malawi as falling dam levels affect hydropower. High winds and a long dry spell spark another round of California wildfires. Marginal rainfall threatens Argentina’s late-season corn and soy crops. The northern Chinese province of Hebei prepares to launch an environmental tax plan, which includes water pollution fees. Three months […]
The Global Rundown A U.S. District Court Judge orders Dakota Access Pipeline operators to develop an oil spill response plan. Somalia’s semi-autonomous Puntland region declares a state of emergency due to severe drought. Three companies are sued over water contamination in west Michigan. Testing reveals heavy metals in Hong Kong household water. Researchers find a […]
The Global Rundown As the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit approaches, typhoon-hit Vietnam releases water from seven inundated reservoirs to avoid further flooding. Nicaragua joins the Paris climate agreement, but moves forward with an environmentally disruptive coast-to-coast canal plan. An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease kills two people and sickens several others at a large […]
Sandra Postel on her hopeful vision of water’s future.
The Global Rundown A report by 13 United States federal agencies concludes that 90 percent of global warming has been caused by humans. Government data reveals a sharp increase in the amount of seabed litter around the United Kingdom. Groundwater tests reveal high levels of nitrates, heavy metals, and other pollutants in the water catchment […]
The Global Rundown At least five are dead in Central Europe as storms bring high winds and flash floods. Historical data shows that global warming is shortening the length of winter in the United States by up to one month. A proposal to extend a marine protection area in Antarctica fails. U.S. President Donald Trump […]
Due to old age and battery failure, NASA terminates the GRACE satellite mission. By Brett Walton, Circle of Blue The unexpectedly long life of a pair of pioneering satellites that deepened scientific understanding of society’s influence on water and land is over. NASA and its project partners decided to end the GRACE satellite mission this […]
The Global Rundown Despite extensive measures to improve water security, prolonged drought threatens Israel’s water supply. Droughts wipes out enough crops to feed over 80 million people every day for a year, according to a World Bank report. Following months of flooding, six villages in Bihar, India, experiment with improved methods of flood insurance. Chinese […]
The Global Rundown A weak La Niña pattern is possible in the final quarter of 2017, which could bring an increase in droughts and floods. China is unlikely to meet its year-end air quality targets as pollution improvements stall. Excess sewer water overflows into the water near Niagara Falls for the second time in two […]
The Global Rundown Olympic organizers in Tokyo, Japan find high levels of bacteria at the proposed open-water swim venue. Four more ‘fatbergs’ are discovered in the sewers beneath London’s West End. Low monsoon rainfall threatens winter crops in regions throughout India. The Texas Water Development Board begins drafting the state’s first-ever flood plan in the […]
The Global Rundown An analysis of 1,800 riots in sub-Saharan Africa verifies the hypothesis that drought is linked to outbreaks of unrest. The total number of cholera cases in Yemen could reach 1 million by the end of the year, according to Red Cross projections. UN Agencies and a variety of global partners join together […]
The Global Rundown Global warming could produce millions of acres of new farmland in Canada as frigid land thaws. Drought conditions are expected to ease throughout Australia as a cold front brings rain. Hurricane Maria weakens a dam in Puerto Rico, prompting thousands of downstream communities to evacuate. Drought-stricken nations across the world are turning […]
