Water Scarcity

THUWAL, SAUDI ARABIA—Desalinated seawater is the lifeblood of Saudi Arabia, no more so than at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, an international research centre that rose from the dry, empty desert a decade ago. Produced from water from th…

Eingebetteter Medieninhalt ... Anthony Hall über Kanada, Jemen, Iran Südjemen: Abkommen über Teilung der Macht angeblich unterschriftsreif und mehr Oct. 26, 2019: New Book: Yemen The forgotten war (in German) Saudi Arabias War in Yemen Is About Oil Ben Rhod…

Population By Kingsley Muolokwu At 11am, Elizabeth takes a panga from the store and heads out into the hills where she meets her friends from the neighbourhood. They descend onto the forest in their village of Burak in Shongom, Gombe State of Nigeria to cu…

He said it was also worrisome as it implies high rates of evaporation from dams. Ratau said that they are no fears of Gauteng which gets most of its water from the Vaal dam would reach a Day Zero situation. For us as officials we do not recognise the day…

A RUDN geographer used an economic model to calculate the costs associated with the accomplishment of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) on water supply and sanitation. The model has demonstrated that by 2050, these goals can be achieved even with …

As drought, flooding and fires lay claim to headlines and landscapes across the world, and as countries and cities grapple with the cost of it all, the highest price is already being paid by those who are poor or marginalized. Such are the findings of a rece…

Copper prices surged to a one-month high on Monday, on potential supply disruptions owing to violent protests in Chile over a proposed law, now suspended, that would raise the prices of transit tickets.  (Click to enlarge) At least 11 people have died, acco…

Copper prices surged to a one-month high on Monday, on potential supply disruptions owing to violent protests in Chile over a proposed law, now suspended, that would raise the prices of transit tickets. At least 11 people have died, according to the mayor of …

According to a new U.S. Army report, Americans could face a horrifically grim future from climate change involving blackouts, disease, thirst, starvation and war. The study found that the US military itself might also collapse. This could all happen over the …

The spread of buffelgrass "rivals climate change and water scarcity as our region's most pressing environmental issue," according to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. Buffelgrass, an invasive species native to Africa, Asia and the Middle East, was introduced…