Cholera Returns to Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe and international organizations fear another cholera outbreak might spread in the African country after 12 new cases of the waterborne disease were registered in a rural district last week
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Portents of Precipitation: New Atlas Predicts the Rain
Researchers from the Australian National Universities (ANU) have created an unprecedented visual atlas of global rainfall projections over the next century.
Circle of Blue Producer Aaron Jaffe Screens Film at TC Film Festival
Traverse City, MI. Aug. 2009 — Circle of Blue field producer and reporter Aaron Jaffe’s short film, Trim, was screened at the Traverse City Film Festival in August. The event is one of the largest film festivals in the Midwest, and one of the most respected in the country. Jaffe is winner of the prestigious […]
California Report: In Dry Times, Deep Reservoir of Water Solutions
New report highlights possible solutions to state’s water shortages.
Aussie Town Bans Bottled Water
In the remote picturesque Southern Highlands of Australia, a small town leads by water example.
Peter Gleick: Wake Up, Here is What a Real Water Crisis Looks Like
California is in the midst of an ugly debate about water–uglier than normal–because of a confluence of events, including a “hydrologic” drought caused by nature
Drinking From The Sea
Pressed by growing urban populations, drier and warmer climates and the need to fortify supplies stretched by the increasing worldwide thirst, metropolitan and national governments on five continents are building record numbers of industrial plants to use a nearly alchemic technology to produce drinking water from the sea.
Infographic: Drinking from the Sea—Worldwide Desalination by the Numbers
Demand for desalination plants increases worldwide.
Peter Gleick: Is Some California Water Use Unconstitutional?
As of now, Sacramento has some new rules about water use.
Peter Gleick: Salt from Water: The Question of Energy
Following up on my last post, on the cost of desalination,
Peter Gell: Murray-Darling’s Wetlands
Professor Peter Gell discuses the future of the Murray-Darling Basin.
The Smoke of Change: Indigenous Colombians Pray for Water Conservation
More than 40 years ago, Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez founded in prose the fictional village of Macondo along the shores of a river of clear water on a bed of polished stones, white and big, like “prehistoric eggs.” The South American village flourishes until years of magical rain wash it away. Today, in Sumapaz […]
