Archive for June 2021
Water Stress: A Worsening Global Problem
Billions of global citizens lack access to one of the essential elements of life: clean water. Recently the problem has worsened with the effects of global pollution and population growth. The degree of the problem varies from wide-reaching damage (e.g.public health) to the stunting of economic growth and global trade limitations. It drives human migration…
Read MoreScientists Describe Megadrought in Southwest U.S.
About the “megadrought” From the Arizona Republic newspaper June 7, 2021: “By mid-June, Lake Mead is set to decline to its lowest levels on record. Hoover Dam will soon hold the smallest amount of water since it was filled in the 1930s triggering the largest water cuts to date next year for Arizona, Nevada and…
Read More