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Lake Tahoe is warming because of climate change
This article discusses how the pristine color of Lake Tahoe is being damaged by climate change.
Climate change is gradually warming Lake Tahoe, clouding its clarity and threatening its fabled “blueness,” scientists at UC Davis warned Thursday.
In its annual “State of the Lake” report, the university’s
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On the Yuba River, Climate Change Means It’s Time for a Dam Makeover
This article discusses the impact climate change is having on water reservoirs. Climate change brings new flood risks and new challenges for water storage managers. In California, one local water agency is taking on the big task of modifying its primary storage reservoir to be ready for these changes.
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As Industry Pushes Billion-Dollar Fracked Petrochemical Projects, State Regulators Struggle To Keep Up
This article discusses how the fossil fuel industry is investing in petrochemical plants.
Fueled by fracking in the region, petrochemical and plastics projects in the Ohio River Valley are attracting tens of billions of dollars in investment, but as plans for this build-out hit the drawing boards, signs already are emerging that […]
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The Midwest Is Getting Drenched, And It’s Causing Big Problems
This article discusses the impact of increasing amounts of rainfall in the Midwest – it’s not good.
Minnesota is getting wetter. Over the last 100 years, the state has seen more storms that produce heavy rainfall, and its strongest storms have grown more intense. One of the more dramatic changes […]
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Humans are causing massive changes in the location of water around the world, NASA says
This article discusses the impact that humans are having on the planet’s water resources.
A 14-year NASA mission has confirmed that a massive redistribution of freshwater is occurring across Earth, with middle-latitude belts drying and the tropics and higher latitudes gaining water supplies.
The results, which are probably a combination of […]
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Solar power could save water in thirsty Middle East, North Africa, analysis says
This article discusses the positive impact switching from fossil fuels to solar power generation can have on water supplies.
Thirsty Middle Eastern and North African countries could tap into their solar-energy potential to cope with fresh water scarcity, according to resource experts.
Water could be saved by switching to renewable solar […]
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Climate change is already making droughts worse
This article, by Dr Benjamin Cook, a climate scientist at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, discusses the impact that climate change is having on global water supplies. Few areas of the world are completely immune to droughts and […]
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Mapped: How global warming and land-use change threaten water security worldwide
This article discusses the impact climate change and land use is having on fresh water.
The world’s water supply has been severely altered by global warming and changes to land use – such as agriculture and damming – over the past 15 years, new satellite data shows.
The Nature study […]
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Study: Water shortages to be key environmental challenge of the century, Nasa warns
This article discusses the impact that climate change will have on fresh water. Freshwater supplies have already seriously declined in 19 global hotspots – from China to the Caspian Sea – due to overuse, groundbreaking study shows. There are a lot of good links in this article.
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As warming continues, ‘hot drought’ becomes the norm, not an exception
This article discusses the impact climate change is having on water resources.
The signs of rising temperatures are obvious across New Mexico right now, from the mountains to the river valleys, and from rangelands to suburban backyards.
“Climate change for the Southwest is all about water,” said Jonathan Overpeck, […]
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