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Worst Drought in Capetown in 112 Years – Part of the Cycle
Worst Drought in Capetown in 112 Years – Part of the Cycle QUESTION: Marty, Any thoughts/comments regarding the impending water shortage in Capetown? As a person who has much historical knowledge, are you aware of a major city such as Capetown ever running out of water? Or is this truly a historical first? Love your blog […]
Who will drink the last glass of water in Cape Town?
Who will drink the last glass of water in Cape Town? Because Cape Town sits between picturesque beaches and mountains, it is a favored travel destination. And, its weather during the summer is described as “almost too perfect.” That’s in part because it rains very little in the summer in this second most populous city […]
Preparing for Floods, Droughts and Water Shortages by Working with, Rather than Against, Nature
Preparing for Floods, Droughts and Water Shortages by Working with, Rather than Against, Nature An almond farm in California’s Central Valley is flooded in the wintertime to replenish groundwater supplies while scientists study the effects on soils, tree health, and water quality. Photo by Joe Proudman/UC Davis [This piece is an excerpt from the first […]
Droughts, floods from weird jet stream linked to Arctic heat
Droughts, floods from weird jet stream linked to Arctic heat Something strange is going on, with more incidences of unprecedented heat waves, droughts and flooding happening in recent years, and based on the latest research, it’s looking more and more like climate change is to blame. The Arctic is warming faster than anywhere else on […]
Water Wars Coming To California? Is The Drought Really Over?
Water Wars Coming To California? Is The Drought Really Over? Authored by Capt. William E. Simpson II – USMM Ret., In California, the poor growth and development policies that have resulted from a lack of vision have led-to and are continuing to lead Californians down a path of unsustainable growth and a widening gap between the […]
Considering the Coming Megadrought in the American Southwest
Considering the Coming Megadrought in the American Southwest Drought status in the U.S. as of 2015. Note the color-coded legend in the lower-right portion of the graphic (source; click to enlarge) I’ve written in the past about two of the most climate-vulnerable regions of the U.S., Florida and the American Southwest. (A third region, the […]
As Drought Grips South Africa, A Conflict Over Water and Coal
As Drought Grips South Africa, A Conflict Over Water and Coal Facing one of the worst droughts in memory, South Africa’s leaders have doubled down on their support of the water-intensive coal industry. But clean energy advocates say the smartest move would be to back the country’s burgeoning wind and solar power sectors. Until a ferocious […]
More revelations on Venezuela’s “drought” and the Guri Dam
More revelations on Venezuela’s “drought” and the Guri Dam Just when I thought my recent post on the Venezuela drought was dead and buried a comment appeared. It was posted by Miguel Octavio, a physicist by training who lives in Miami but who visits Venezuela frequently, and it linked to a follow-up post on Miguel’s blog that contained a […]
Drought, El Niño, Blackouts and Venezuela
Drought, El Niño, Blackouts and Venezuela It’s fashionable these days to blame everything that goes wrong with anything on human interference with the climate, and we had yet another example last week when President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela fingered drought, El Niño and global warming as the reasons Venezuela’s lights keep going out. In this […]
If the world’s soils keep drying out that’s bad news for microbes (and people)
If the world’s soils keep drying out that’s bad news for microbes (and people) The world’s driest areas are tipped to get even drier, with potentially worrying implications for soil productivity. Author provided Deep beneath our feet, out of sight and out of mind, millions of tiny communities of microbes are working together to perform key functions […]
Sandra Postel: Repairing The Water Cycle
Sandra Postel: Repairing The Water Cycle It’s now a top priority for our species Water, water, every where, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water, every where, Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot – Oh Christ! That ever this should be. ~ Samuel Taylor Coleridge El Niño has been dropping much-needed […]
More Droughts May Mean Less Power
More Droughts May Mean Less Power The powerful flow of rivers such as the Columbia in Oregon, US, could be greatly reduced. (National Weather Service Forecast Office via Wikimedia Commons) LONDON—Climate change could threaten the electricity supply around the world, according to new calculations. That is because the power generation depends on a sure supply of water. […]
Don’t Tell These Ranchers Climate Change Isn’t Real
Don’t Tell These Ranchers Climate Change Isn’t Real The push to make Alberta’s cattle ranges drought resistant. Mac Blades (middle) fellow ranchers Frances Gardner and Gordon Cartwright recently won a long battle to have their drought-resistant heritage rangelands protected from coal bed methane and other energy developments. Photo by Ed Struzik. Among the many pictures […]
Syria, climate change and the horror in Paris
Syria, climate change and the horror in Paris As the world mourns those who died in Paris last week in a killing spree for which the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has claimed responsibility, reporters and commentators have been discussing the motivations behind the attacks. I’m not sure that any so far has considered […]
Global warming drains the water of life
Global warming drains the water of life Melting snowpack in Turkey’s Lesser Caucasus mountains. Image: Dario Martin-Benito New research warns that rising temperatures are reducing the mountain snow on which billions of people in lowland areas depend for their water supply. LONDON, 13 November, 2015 – Up to two billion people who depend on winter snow to deliver their […]
