Drought in Australia Connected to Snowfall in Antarctica, Researchers Find

Relationship between Australia’s drought and Antarctica’s increased snowfall offers clues to human contribution to global warming.
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Climate Change To Heighten International Tensions Over Freshwater Resources, Analysis Finds

The Pacific Institute Analysis for the United Nations recommends coping methods for growing supply and demand gaps of transboundary rivers and aquifers. Read more

NASA Satellite Photos Capture a Decade of Land and Water Changes

Images show annual variations in Arctic ice, drought conditions in Australia and the decline of the Aral Sea, among others. Read more

U.S. Media Tarnishes Message of Copenhagen Climate Change Protest

Circle of Blue’s Aubrey Parker reports on-the-ground from the Global Day of Action and reveals the truth behind sensational headlines that played up police arrests in Copenhagen. Read more

Australia’s Water Market Sets Trading Record in 2008 Despite Restrictions

The water trade in Australia is growing quickly, but some fear that state restrictions will hamper river restorations.

A record 1,800 billion liters of water entitlements were traded on Australia’s water markets in 2008 – double the volume of the previous year, the Sidney Morning Herald reports. Read more

Peter Gleick: Water and Conflict – The New Water Conflict Chronology

In an ongoing effort to understand the connections between water resources, water systems, and international security and conflict, the Pacific Institute initiated a project in the late 1980s to track and categorize events related to water and conflict. This Water Conflict Chronology has been continuously updated since then, and I publish a version in each volume of our biennial water book (The World’s Water published by Island Press, Washington DC). Today, for the first time in two decades, we are releasing the Chronology in a completely revamped format. Read more

Climate Change Is Water Change — Water Experts React to Barcelona Negotiations

By Brett Walton
Circle of Blue

Water advocates and experts are convening in Barcelona to lobby climate negotiators to recognize intersections of water and climate, and for the inclusion of key water language in the working documents that will form the backbone for high-level meetings in Copenhagen in December. So far, they feel, their efforts have fallen on deaf ears. Read more

Climate Change Burden-Sharing Must Not Compromise Developing World’s Growth, India’s PM

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that developing countries will not compromise their financial growth for climate change, and that, instead, rich countries need to ensure access to clean technologies, the AP reports. Read more

Peter Gleick: Water and Population part 2

In a previous post here, I raised the population and water issue in a general way. My point was that ignoring the population component of our resource challenges was a mistake, certainly in the long term and in some places, in the short term. Read more

Technology, Urgency Joined in Idea Central

Software to Engage the Wisdom of Crowds Read more

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