Water shortage: Controversial dam for Manila
Millions of people in the capital of the Philippines don’t have enough clean water. To improve things the government plans to build
Step wells of India : historical water management
It is extremely difficult to imagine an entire category of architecture slipping off the grid. But this is precisely what seems to
ErdoÄŸan’s ‘crazy project’: new Istanbul canal to link Black and Marmara Seas
Proposed route slices through a major drinking water source and an important stop for migratory birds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/17/canal-istanbul-erdogans-crazy-plan-to-plot-route-between-black-and-marmara-seas?CMP
Earth just had hottest January since records began, data shows
Average global temperature 2.5F above 20th-century average Antarctic has begun February with several temperature spikes https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/feb/13/january-hottest-earth-record-climate-crisis Related article: Antarctic temperature rises above
China and India Lead the Way in Greening
Ambitious tree-planting programs and intensified agriculture have led to more land area covered in vegetation. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/144540/china-and-india-lead-the-way-in-greening Chen et al. (2019) China and India lead in
The Aral Sea – what went wrong?
From the early years of the Soviet Union, the region around the Aral Sea was viewed as being ideal for the production of cotton.
BBC – Follow the Food
http://www.bbc.com/future/bespoke/follow-the-food/ Episode 2 – The water challenge
