Water and drought news
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2026
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‘The danger and value of water are in my blood’: how rain fences are making Dutch homes more climate resilient, theguardian.com (Apr 09, 2026) - Water conservation works, but climate change is outpacing it: Phoenix, Denver and Las Vegas offer a glimpse of the future, theconversation.com (Apr 08, 2026)
- A water solution for drought‑prone South Africa: we designed systems to replenish aquifers simply and cheaply in five towns, theconversation.com (Mar 19, 2026)
- About 6.5 million people in Somalia face acute hunger due to drought, government and UN say, reuters.com (Feb 24, 2026)
- Local Barley Becomes Local Booze at a Wisconsin Distillery Prioritizing Ag Sustainability, insideclimatenews.org (Feb 09, 2026)
- Half the world’s 100 largest cities are in high water stress areas, analysis finds, theguardian.com (Jan 22, 2026) — Beijing, New York, Los Angeles, Rio de Janeiro and Delhi among those facing extreme stress, while London, Bangkok and Jakarta classed as being highly stressed
- World Enters “Era of Global Water Bankruptcy” UN Scientists Formally Define New Post-Crisis Reality for Billions, unu.edu (Jan 20, 2026)
2025
[edit | edit source]- Returning the Water, grassecon.substack.com (Dec 23, 2025) — How communities are restoring groundwater, compounding ecosystems, and building investable water futures, Grassroots Economics, Will Ruddick, Aude Peronne, and Ali Bin Shahid
- Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown, theguardian.com (Nov 29, 2025) — Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
- The surprisingly divisive world of California wildlife policy, latimes.com (Nov 06, 2025)
- Freshwater is disappearing from the Earth at alarming rates: Study, thehill.com (Jul 28, 2025)
- A map, a myth and a pre-Incan lagoon: the man who brought water back to a drought-ridden town, theguardian.com (Jun 13, 2025)
- Women Plumbers in Jordan Are Breaking Taboos, reasonstobecheerful.world (Apr 28, 2025)
- Co-ops and resistance in Rojava, thenews.coop (Apr 26, 2025)
- Kathmandu, Nepal's liquid landscape: Hiti Pranali water heritage, globalvoices.org (Apr 13, 2025)
- How an Ancient Yemeni Tradition Is Reviving Bee Populations, reasonstobecheerful.world (Apr 07, 2025)
- All the birds returned’: How a Chinese project led the way in water and soil conservation, theguardian.com (Mar 14, 2025)
- As the Colorado River Shrinks, Southern California Is Embracing Water Recycling, reasonstobecheerful.world (Mar 14, 2025)
- ‘Global weirding’: climate whiplash hitting world’s biggest cities, study reveals, theguardian.com (Mar 12, 2025)
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2024
[edit | edit source]- Natural forest regeneration reverses drought and helps rebuild communities in Ethiopia, theenergymix.com (Nov 27, 2024)
- Forest and water source restoration in Cameroon offering sustainable solutions, news.mongabay.com (Sep 16, 2024)
- I saw first-hand just how much fracking destroys the earth, Rebecca Solnit, theguardian.com (Jun 30, 2024)
- International development can tackle the climate and migration crises together, theconversation.com (May 21, 2024)
- It takes a village: the Indian farmers who built a wall against drought, theguardian.com (Mar 29, 2024)
- The best solutions to make life possible in the Caatinga semiarid region are those born from popular wisdom. “Those that sprout like a seed you put in the ground.” Tião Alves, news.mongabay.com (Mar 25, 2024)
- Dwindling water sources straining water supply in parts of Bengaluru, india.mongabay.com (Mar 14, 2024)
- We need to talk about water – and the fact that the world is running out of it, George Monbiot, theguardian.com (Mar 04, 2024)
- What will Spain look like when it runs out of water? Barcelona is giving us a glimpse, María Ramírez, theguardian.com (Feb 15, 2024)
- Environmentalists See Nevada Supreme Court Ruling Bringing State’s Water Management ‘Into the 21st Century’, insideclimatenews.org (Jan 31, 2024)
- Low-carbon milk to AI irrigation: tech startups powering Latin America’s green revolution, theguardian.com (Jan 30, 2024)
- Groundwater Levels Around the World Are Dropping Quickly, Often at Accelerating Rates, insideclimatenews.org (Jan 24, 2024)
2023
[edit | edit source]- Bringing soil back to life in semiarid Spain, news.mongabay.com (Oct 17, 2023) — Local farmers in Southeastern Spain countering desertification with regenerative agriculture
- ‘Dead storage’ and ‘imminent risk to supplies’: documents reveal how England’s water companies struggled in last summer’s heatwaves, unearthed.greenpeace.org (Aug 23, 2023) — Internal briefings expose Environment Agency concerns that reservoir levels could drop so low the water would be untreatable and that companies might break the law
- Dry Springs in Central Texas Warn of Water Shortage Ahead, insideclimatenews.org (Aug 15, 2023)
- In times of scarcity, California’s best new source of water? Reuse., andthewest.stanford.edu (Feb 08, 2023)
2021-2022
[edit | edit source]- First solar canal project is a win for water, energy, air and climate in California, The Conversation (Dec 22, 2022)
- Italy has declared a state of emergency in five northern regions surrounding the Po River amid the worst drought in 70 years, BBC News (Jul 05, 2022)
- Groundwater: depleting reserves must be protected around the world, The Conversation (Mar 21, 2022)
- Scientists sound the alarm over drought in East Africa: what must happen next, The Conversation (Oct 04, 2021)
2016
[edit | edit source]- It takes a lot of water to feed us, but recycled water could help, theconversation.com (Mar 02, 2016)
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