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The Global Rundown A new investment deal between China and Pakistan will direct billions of dollars to hydropower projects in the Indus River Basin. Turkey began moving a 500-year-old tomb away from the Tigris River in an effort to make way for the Ilisu dam. Yemen declared a state of emergency in response to a […]
The Global Rundown Glaciers in the contiguous United States may be gone by mid-century, according to scientists. Somalia needs an additional $900 million in aid to address food and water shortages caused by drought. A cholera outbreak in Yemen, spread through contaminated water, has now killed more than 50 people. Not enough money is set […]
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 Building a border wall in the floodplain of the Rio Grande could snarl a water treaty between the U.S. and Mexico. Fighting in Mosul, Iraq continues to pressure drinking water supplies. A dam project in Kenya will provide more water to urban areas, but may harm forests that supply water downstream. A […]
PFASs — used in clothing, carpets, cookware, and more — contaminate wells across the United States.
The Global Rundown A mayor in Brazil is refusing to grant water permits to the Samarco iron mine until it funds water quality safeguards. The number of people infected by a cholera outbreak in Somalia could double by summer. This water year is officially the wettest on record in California’s northern Sierra Nevada. A cultural […]
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 El Salvador’s legislature voted to implement a nationwide ban on mining for gold and other metals, citing concerns about water supplies and the environment. Water scarcity due to droughts and damaged infrastructure are putting children in Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen at greater risk of malnutrition, according to the United Nations. […]
