• An invisible water surcharge: Climate warming increases crop water demand in the San Joaquin Valley

    University of California researchers from the Secure Water Future project recently found that increases in crop water demand explain half of the cumulative deficits of the agricultural water balance since 1980, exacerbating water reliance on depleting groundwater supplies and fluctuating surface water imports.

  • Water Crisis Threatens World Peace

    PARIS (IANS) – The United Nations World Water Development Report 2024, published by UNESCO on behalf of UN-Water, highlights that tensions over water are exacerbating conflicts worldwide. To preserve peace, states must boost international cooperation and transboundary agreements, it noted. “As water stress increases, so […]

  • How Hearst's 'Weather Wonks' invisibilize climate crisis

    Hearst Newspapers’ ‘science-informed’ weather reporting initiative promised to help keep readers safe, but the ‘Texas Weather Wonks’ have entirely ignored the primary driver of recent extreme heat — human fossil-fueled industry.

  • Financial crisis at UK's biggest water supplier worsens

    Debt-plagued Thames Water revealed Thursday that it failed to raise a major cash injection from shareholders, blaming industry regulations that made its rescue plan "uninvestable". Britain's biggest water supplier said in a statement that £500 million ($630-million) of new equity will "not be provided by Thames Water's shareholders" this month.

  • How Bengaluru’s water crisis is rooted in the neglect of its lakes

    For years, lakes helped give the city steady water supply. But lopsided growth pushed out traditional users and left lakes shrunken and polluted.

  • UN warns against thirsty tech to solve water crisis

    The world needs to better manage its freshwater resources but thirsty new technologies touted as solutions could lead to serious problems if left unchecked, a UN report warned Friday.Roughly half of the planet's population is facing grave water shortages, with climate change-linked droughts affecting more than 1.4 billion people between 2002 and 2021, the report for the UN cultural agency UNESCO said.As of 2022, more than 2 billion people were without access to safely managed drinking water,...

  • Major Corporations Are Making the World Water Crisis Worse: Oxfam

    "When big corporations pollute or consume huge amounts of water, communities pay the price in empty wells, more costly water bills, and contaminated and undrinkable water sources," one advocate said.

  • West Africa heatwave was supercharged by climate crisis, study finds

    High temperatures in February affected millions of people and put further pressure on chocolate pricesA searing heatwave that struck west Africa in February was made 4C hotter and 10 times more likely by human-caused global heating, a study has found.The heat affected millions of people but the number of early deaths or cases of illness are unknown, due to a lack of reporting. Continue reading

  • The Guardian asks people to share how the 'climate crisis' has impacted their relationships

    The Guardian is inviting people to detail how the "climate crisis" has impacted their relationships."As the climate crisis increases the frequency and severity of extreme weather events like floods, heatwaves and storms in Europe, it is also having an emotional impact on people," the outlet claimed. "We would like to hear how climate change has affected your relationships – with romantic partners, family or friends.""Perhaps the stress of fleeing extreme weather events like wildfires or floods...

  • Scientists divided over whether record heat is acceleration of climate crisis

    Some believe global anomalies are in line with predictions but others are more concerned by speed of changeRecord temperatures in 2024 on land and at sea have prompted scientists to question whether these anomalies are in line with predicted global heating patterns or if they represent a concerning acceleration of climate breakdown.Heat above the oceans remains persistently, freakishly high, despite a weakening of El Niño, which has been one of the major drivers of record global temperatures...

  • Thames Water crisis – what next: More sewage, higher bills and possible collapse

    Thames Water is in yet another crisis after shareholders denied it vital cash. The outcome? More sewage in Britain's rivers.

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    South Texas lawmaker asks governor declare emergency due to ‘water crisis’

    A South Texas lawmaker on Wednesday asked Gov. Greg Abbott to declare an emergency due to what he calls a water “crisis” on the border in the Rio Grande Valley.