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Water War Amid Brazil Drought Leads to Fight Over Puddles – Bloomberg
Water War Amid Brazil Drought Leads to Fight Over Puddles – Bloomberg. Brazil’s Jaguari reservoir has fallen to its lowest level ever, laying bare measurement posts that jut from exposed earth like a line of dominoes. The nation’s two biggest cities are fighting for what little water is left. Sao Paulo state leaders want to […]
Radical experiment in land regeneration at Western Australia’s Wooleen Station proves successful – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Radical experiment in land regeneration at Western Australia’s Wooleen Station proves successful – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). As drought tightens its grip on Western Australia, one young couple’s radical experiment in land regeneration has survived years of next to no rain. David Pollock and Frances Jones manage Wooleen Station, a half-million acre property in […]
China’s Parched Plains Ending Run of Record Corn Harvests – Bloomberg
China’s Parched Plains Ending Run of Record Corn Harvests – Bloomberg. The record surge in Chinese corn output is over, and Dong Yushan doesn’t have to look much farther than his dusty fields in Henan province to see why. A lack of rain from May to August turned into the worst drought the 67-year-old farmer ever saw. […]
California – A Food Powerhouse in Peril | Erico Matias Tavares | LinkedIn
California – A Food Powerhouse in Peril | Erico Matias Tavares | LinkedIn. Now in its third year, the drought in California has forced local farmers to switch their water use from rivers and reservoirs, which are at historic low levels, to underground sources. This has mitigated substantial production losses, but given that underground reservoirs […]
“It’s Very Extreme” – Drought & Drug Cartels Drain California’s Aquifers At Record Rate | Zero Hedge
“It’s Very Extreme” – Drought & Drug Cartels Drain California’s Aquifers At Record Rate | Zero Hedge. “If there’s no water for people to live, and you don’t have the basic necessities of life, your population is going to leave,” warns the emergency services manager of one California town, warning that as the drought continues (and […]
California on the Brink: 14 Rural Communities Are Now Facing Water Depletion | The Daily Sheeple
California on the Brink: 14 Rural Communities Are Now Facing Water Depletion | The Daily Sheeple. Nestled in the mountains of California, is the infamous tourist destination of Bodie. Once a thriving gold mining town, it is now an empty shell of its former self. As soon as the gold depleted in the early 20th […]
Water crisis squeezes Sao Paulo state – Americas – Al Jazeera English
Water crisis squeezes Sao Paulo state – Americas – Al Jazeera English. Itu, Brazil – The state of Sao Paulo is on the cusp of an unprecedented water crisis stemming in part from one of the worst droughts in decades, leaving millions scrambling to find clean water sources. On Friday, the city of Sao Paulo recorded […]
Video of the Day – Stunning Scenes from California’s Central Valley Drought | Liberty Blitzkrieg
Video of the Day – Stunning Scenes from California’s Central Valley Drought | Liberty Blitzkrieg. Michael Krieger | Posted Friday Oct 17, 2014 at 11:26 am No matter what you have read or seen so far on California’s historic Central Valley drought, you probably haven’t been touched by it as much as you will be by the following video from […]
