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Has Lake Michigan become unfishable? The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that the lake is now “a liquid desert” as overfishing and the invasive quagga mussels have decimated its fish population. High global food prices and price volatility have compounded the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Food […]
The deltas of the the Mekong, Irrawaddy, Niger, Nile, Mississippi, Ganges-Brahmaputra and the Yangtze rivers contain some of the largest, most vulnerable populations to climate change. Lester Brown explores how raging storms and rising seas will create climate refugees around the globe. Agriculture vs. Industry Is genetically modified corn for ethanol production in the United […]
There are only 25 glaciers in the Glacier National Park now, compared to 150 in the 19th century, Grist reported. By 2020, even these will be gone, according to the park’s coordinator of climate change and glacial geology. The Financial Times verdict on Kenya’s drought: the country has failed to manage its food crisis, which […]
A new National Resources Defense Council report concludes that no region or city in the United States is immune to the water-related effects of climate change, such as sea level rise, increased rain, flooding, drought and drinking water impacts, The Huffington Post reported. Residue from a manganese plant in China has flooded a river in […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said it found piles of oil-soaked debris along the Yellowstone River as floodwater levels recede in Montana, UPI reported. Australian farming could increase output 70 percent by 2050 by using new technologies, but it faces growing competition for land from the mining sector, Reuters reported, citing Australian officials. Djibouti appealed […]
The United Nations has declared famine in two regions of southern Somalia amid a relentless drought that has gripped east Africa, the Guardian reported. Here’s an interactive map of the drought in the region. This Foreign Affairs article argues that the world does not necessarily face a food price volatility problem. It faces a high […]
With just a few weeks until the details of a draft plan for the Murray-Darling River Basin are revealed, a new report says that big water cuts could finish small country towns and communities in Australia’s food bowl, ABC News reported. A bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives could restrict the U.S. Environmental […]
TransCanada Corp, the company that hopes to build the Keystone XL pipeline to take crude oil from Canada’s tar sands to Texas, has underestimated the number and volume of spills that could occur on the line, according to an independent analysis by a water resources engineer at the University of Nebraska, Reuters reported. The company […]
The Australian water industry, valued at up to $27 billion, is booming, according to CNBC. But can water trading lead to water grabs? Fourteen city councils are up in arms over London’s plan to build a “super sewer” to collect the millions of tons of raw sewage that overflows into the Thames River after heavy […]
An inadequate water supply system has left Congo’s capital Kinshasa with fierce water shortages despite its proximity to the Congo River, IPS News reported. Cleanup began Monday in Gatineau, Quebec, for hundreds of people forced to evacuate after heavy rains flooded the area, UPI reported, citing Canadian weather experts. Water projects are slipping down the […]
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On-the-Ground Team Circle of Blue J. Carl Ganter Managing Director / Photographer J. Carl is an award-winning photojournalist, writer and broadcast reporter. His reporting has appeared in most major magazines, newspapers and major television and radio networks. He has presented at the World Economic Forum, Aspen Ideas Festival and Clinton Global Initiative, and is a […]
