WaterCrisis

Contaminated Drinking Water in Moldova, An environmental disaster in Moldova has Russia’s fingerprints all over it The Ukraine war on our doorstep is a consta

Contaminated Drinking Water in Moldova

An environmental disaster in Moldova has Russia’s fingerprints all over it. The Ukraine war on our doorstep is a constant threat. Contaminated drinking water is a dangerous new twist. Russia’s war has...
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Milei Axing Argentina’s Water Protection, Argentina just ripped up its pioneering glacier law What does this mean for millions of people’s drinking wate

Milei Axing Argentina’s Water Protection

Argentina just ripped up its pioneering glacier law. What does this mean for millions of people’s drinking water? Javier Milei’s reforms to the law will open up high-altitude areas to mining and ris...
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US: Climate Change & Drinking Water, How climate change is impacting drinking water in the US Turning on the tap for a glass of water or to wash produce ma

US: Climate Change & Drinking Water

How climate change is impacting drinking water in the US. Turning on the tap for a glass of water or to wash produce may become significantly less predictable because of climate change. According to a...
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Victims, Perpetrators and Processes, The Age of Water Bankruptcy – Victims Perpetrators and Processes The world will begin to feel the consequences of “livi

Victims, Perpetrators and Processes

The Age of Water Bankruptcy – Victims, Perpetrators and Processes. The world will begin to feel the consequences of “living beyond its hydrological means”, as rivers fail to meet the sea, and the lake...
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The Taps Run Dry in Balochistan, Overpopulation and dropping water table increase water stress and food insecurity across the Pakistani province Every morning i

The Taps Run Dry in Balochistan

Overpopulation and dropping water table increase water stress and food insecurity across the Pakistani province. Every morning in Quetta, before the sun clears the jagged peaks of the Sulaiman Mountai...
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Water Could Reshape Immigration, How Addressing Water Challenges Could Reshape Immigration As climate change accelerates water scarcity fuels unrest reshapes ru

Water Could Reshape Immigration

How Addressing Water Challenges Could Reshape Immigration. As climate change accelerates, water scarcity fuels unrest, reshapes rural economies, and pushes people to migrate. When Americans think abo...
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South Africa’s Water Disaster, South Africa’s richest province heading for disaster Residents of South Africa’s richest province are facing a worsenin

South Africa’s Water Disaster

South Africa’s richest province heading for disaster. Residents of South Africa’s richest province are facing a worsening water crisis, as a combination of ageing infrastructure, mismanagement and hig...
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Water Bankruptcy: The Formal Definition, “Water crisis” has become the default label for almost any episode of water stress from short-lived droughts to dec

Water Bankruptcy: The Formal Definition

“Water crisis” has become the default label for almost any episode of water stress, from short-lived droughts to decades-long overuse of rivers and aquifers. Yet in many regions of the world, water pr...
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Parintins, Amazonas state, Brazil. September 2023. Boats stand at the edge of a river whose water level has dropped due to drought. The world’s largest rainforest area is suffering from the worst drought in over a century. Credit: Aguilar Abecassis/dpa/Alamy Live News

Brazil’s Growing Water Crisis

Brazil’s forests do more than store carbon, they regulate the water systems that sustain rivers, agriculture and cities across South America. As deforestation and degradation accelerates, scientists w...
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