September 23, 2009--Dust storm blankets Sydney as drought bites...
A huge outback dust storm swept eastern Australia and blanketed Sydney on Wednesday, disrupting transport, forcing people indoors and stripping thousands of tonnes of valuable farmland topsoil. The...
View ArticleOctober 12, 2010--Huge parts of world are drying up: Land...
The soils in large areas of the Southern Hemisphere, including major portions of Australia, Africa and South America, have been drying up in the past decade, a group of researchers conclude in the...
View ArticleMay 21, 2012--Selling water to the highest bidder (High Country News)
At some point, the way Colorado River water gets divvied up is going to have to change. As we've noted in past writings, the lower basin states of Arizona and Nevada use more water than they're allowed...
View ArticleAugust 21, 2012--Droughts only expected to worsen with time, U.N. agencies...
As American farms and African villages suffer the ravages of drought, international experts are warning that countries across the globe are sorely in need of plans to cope with the problem. The dire...
View ArticleNovember 20, 2014--Recycled water facility in Australia offers lessons for...
The blueprint for meeting Australia’s future water demand is taking physical shape in Craigie, a northern suburb of Perth, the largest city in Western Australia.read more
View ArticleMay 14, 2015--US water experts calls for Australian-style water reforms to...
As the Colorado River Basin edges closer to its first ever officially declared shortage, one expert is calling on policy makers to adopt Australian-style water reform to cope with looming shortages....
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