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World Economic Forum Ranks Water Crises as Top Global Risk
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Water rises on the world agenda.
Map: Sao Paulo Water Supply Systems
Drought has placed Sao Paulo's Cantareira water supply system…
Infographic: World Food Supplies Concentrated in Brazil, China, Europe, India, and United States
The amount of food in storage around the world is on the rise, but stocks are still historically low.
World Food Supplies Recover From Drought and Reach 15-Year High
Water scarcity and extreme weather are two reasons that food prices will stay high, however.
Infographic: Sao Paulo Drought Lowers Reservoirs to Critical Water Levels
The Cantareira reservoir water system that supplies half of Sao Paulo’s 20 million residents is now only 10 percent full after more than year of record-setting drought.
Infographic: Brazil’s Water Resources Far Away From Major Cities
Sao Paulo, the largest city in Brazil and the ninth largest in…
Sao Paulo’s Water Waiting Game Avoided Rationing But Produced Huge Risk of Severe Shortage
Desire to protect the poor left Brazil’s driest city few options…
Sao Paulo Faces Severe Water Shortage
New conditions of supply and demand in the world’s ninth-largest city.
Report: 25% of World’s Agriculture Growing in Regions of High Water Stress
A new study from the World Resources Institute shows the connection between crops and water scarcity.
Report: Fewer Trees in the Amazon, Less Hydropower from Dams
The study runs counter to conventional wisdom about deforestation’s effects on the water cycle.
The Stream, April 3: Deadly Floods in Buenos Aires
South America
Nearly 400 millimeters (16 inches) of rain pummeled…
The Stream, March 29: Drought Continues in Northeast Brazil
While Brazil’s major crop growing areas are producing a record…