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Thanks in large part to the Green Revolution that catalyzed grain production in the mid-1960s, India ended the perennial fear of famine. But achieving food abundance has overwhelmed India’s mammoth and unwieldy bureaucracy, drained its freshwater reserves, and strained the energy sector and electrical grid.
Extreme Weather Eastern Germany is bracing for high water as the floods that have plagued Austria, Bavaria and the Czech Republic move east, Bloomberg Businessweek reported. The floods have set records in some towns, and prompted governments in both Germany and the Czech Republic to declare a state of emergency. Water Contamination After a summer […]
Dwindling water supplies, low grain supplies, high prices for bread, meat, milk are outcomes of one of the worst droughts in the American history.
The Apalachicola Bay is a budding ecological crisis, with a crashing oyster population after decades of reduced river-supply flows. Overharvesting and drought, The New York Times reported, are the two primary contributors, and despite restoration efforts, there is not enough fresh water for the oysters to rebound. Read Circle of Blue’s story about the region’s […]
Except for energy, virtually every other feature of Qatar’s national existence comes from someplace else.
Earlier this year, China announced plans to build a series of dams on the Nu River, a Unesco World Heritage site. The dams, The New York Times reported, will force tens of thousands of relocations, could potentially trigger earthquakes, and destroy endangered-fish spawning grounds. Improving Water Management Countries around the world, from Australia to South […]
Transpiration from plants dominates the terrestrial water cycle. Photo © Z. Lapointe University of New Mexico doctoral student Scott Jasechko collects a water sample from the Santa Fe River near La Bajada, New Mexico. Evaporation from rivers and lakes contributes relatively little to atmospheric water vapor when compared with transpiration from plants, according to Jasechko’s […]
An arresting array of architecture alongside a sea burdened by rising concern about how development affects ecological and economic security.
Circle of Blue intern Jinah Park summarizes the first three weeks of spring at the Traverse City office.
Looming storms are keeping communities along the Great Lakes on their toes. Even a small increase in rain will cause alarm to communities whom have been watching the rivers licking at uncomfortably high levels. Last week’s sudden downpours have caused 114 barges to break loose south of St. Louis and are blamed for at least […]
Circle of Blue’s senior editor Keith Schneider spent Earth Day on the East Coast, reflecting on the celebration’s past accomplishments and future goals.
