The globe marks World Water Day on March 22 every year. But for a unique sect located in southern Iraq and neighbouring parts of Iran, every moment of their lives is regulated by the use of water. This is also the reason why they today are dealing with ‘cultural wounds’ as the rivers they depended…
The glaciers in the Himalayan region — consisting of the western, central and eastern Himalaya as well as the Karakoram range — have lost the equivalent of nearly 24 metres of water depth in cumulative ice mass from 1973 to 2023, according to new analysis by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). “While…
As the global population heads towards nearly 10 billion by 2050, current agricultural water management (AWM) systems can sustainably support food production for only about 3.4 billion people—less than half of today’s population of 8 billion. At the heart of the crisis lies not just water scarcity, but poor management according to a new report….