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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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Study: Finds Runoff Boost From Forest Thinning – Fewer Trees, More Water
This article discusses a study that has shown how deforestation is causing water problems. The study has produced solid estimates of the hydrologic benefits of forest restoration work. Scientist Roger Bales explains how this could create a new method to finance controlled burns and selective logging.
A team of scientists from the […]
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U.S. top court rejects Constitution Pipeline over New York permit
This article discusses a recent Supreme Court ruling stopping the Constitution Pipeline from being built because NY wouldn’t issue a water permit.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt another setback to a proposed natural gas pipeline running from Pennsylvania to New York, rejecting Constitution Pipeline Co’s bid to challenge […]
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The military paid for a study on sea level rise. The results were scary.
This article discusses a new study, commissioned by the US military.
More than a thousand low-lying tropical islands risk becoming “uninhabitable” by the middle of the century — or possibly sooner — because of rising sea levels, upending the populations of some island nations and endangering key U.S. military assets, according to
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