The Sweet Days Are Gone
A desolate teahouse in Sheikh Wali coastal village located at the northeast of Lake Urmia. Sheikh Wali village, East Azerbaijan province, Iran; May 2015. The relationships between places and past...
View ArticleJames Wheaton
We’re going to finally regulate and monitor groundwater, and we’re going to keep it all secret.The post James Wheaton appeared first on Azdarya.
View ArticlePeter Gleick
We have to accept that there isn’t enough water for everyone to do everything they want anymore, if there ever was. We have to accept that all water users, including the environment, deserve a say in...
View ArticleWhat California Can Learn From Saudi Arabia’s Water Mystery
This article originally appeared on Reveal A decade ago, reports began emerging of a strange occurrence in the Saudi Arabian desert. Ancient desert springs were drying up. The springs fed the lush...
View ArticleLay Off the Almond Milk, You Ignorant Hipsters
The water-intensive nature of almond milk, of course, is no secret. By law, food manufacturers have to name ingredients in order of their prevalence in the product. For Califia and other almond milk...
View ArticleOverpumping of Groundwater is Contributing to Global Sea Level Rise
So much water is being pumped out of the ground worldwide that it is contributing to global sea level rise, a phenomenon tied largely to warming temperatures and climate change.The post Overpumping of...
View ArticleWill Wadi Fukin Lose Its Water?
The village of Wadi Fukin, and on the hill above it, the expanding settlement of Beitar Illit, are so close to each other it is as if they are one town. © Andrew Lichtenstein Home to around 1,300...
View ArticleEdmund G. Brown Jr.
We do not know how much our current problem derives from the build-up of heat-trapping gasses, but we can take this drought as a stark warning of things to come.The post Edmund G. Brown Jr. appeared...
View ArticleSan Luis Reservoir
The San Luis Reservoir near Los Banos in the San Joaquin Valley, California, United States on June 19, 2014.The reservoir serves as a storage for surface water received from the Central Valley Project...
View ArticleCalifornia drought creates grim ripple effect
Groundwater being pumped into an irrigation canal at a farm outside of Alpaugh, California, United States on June 16, 2014. Lack of available surface water from the north triggered a widespread...
View ArticleSean Avery
“If it materializes as planned, the Omo could be emptied in its entirety, which would mean that Lake Turkana might be destined to become Africa’s Aral Sea.”The post Sean Avery appeared first on Azdarya.
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