“There are no water, electricity, nor sewage services” in Khan Younis, a displaced man said. “We walk two to three kilometres (1.2 to 1.9 miles) to fill two jerrycans [of water], and those two jerrycans are not enough to meet the needs of the family.”
American Medical Missions Trapped in #Gaza, Facing Death by Dehydration as Population Clings to Life
“We’re continuing to work around the clock with the government of Israel and with the government of Egypt to work on this issue,” the State Department said.
by Ryan Grim, Hind Khoudary
May 13 2024
"Upward of 20 American doctors are trapped in Gaza as a result of Israel’s post-invasion closure of the #Rafah border crossing into Egypt, according to sources with knowledge of the plight of two ill-fated medical missions.
"Israel has blocked #fuel, #food, and #water from entering Rafah for over a week, leading to severe #dehydration among the general population, as well as among the doctors on mission."
Big #water news.
The conservative SCOTUS killed the national protections for vast numbers of rivers, streams, and wetlands in the Sackett decision.
Now, one state, Colorado, has used state's rights provisions to re-establish those protections. Time for more states to do so.
Adding this to the "grossly misleading and incorrect headline" file.
Sites Reservoir might, optimistically, provide water for 100,000 people, or a far, far smaller number of corporate farms.
UN normally uses 200,000 litres of diesel fuel a day in Gaza. As of Tuesday night, the UN had 30,000 litres remaining.
Without a fuel delivery, the main water production facility in northern Gaza will be shut, depriving the entire population of access to drinking water. The same shutdown will happen in another day for the middle and south of Gaza, affecting 1.9 million people, the Associated Press news agency reports.
Venus wasn’t always hot and uninhabitable. Scientists think the second planet from the sun could have had as much water as Earth billions of years ago, and may have even supported life if any of that water was in liquid form. But researchers have a new theory as to how our neighbor in the solar system lost nearly all of its water and why it may have happened far faster than initially thought. The Conversation has more on the study.
"What starts off as a simple desire to get a macro shot of a droplet of water freezing quickly leads George to the very edge of scientific knowledge and a shocking fact about most of the water on Earth."
"What starts off as a simple desire to get a macro shot of a droplet of water freezing quickly leads George to the very edge of scientific knowledge and a shocking fact about most of the water on Earth."
Ten Years After the Flint #Water Crisis, Distrust and Anger Linger
A city is forever changed, and so is residents’ relationship with their water.
The betrayal of trust by the institutions meant to protect Flint’s residents has made some of them extra cautious as they look to keep themselves and their community safe.
A girl pours water next to a tent sprayed painted with a message thanking pro-Palestine Columbia University students in Rafah, southern Gaza, on May 2 [Mohammed Salem/Reuters]
The National Academy of Sciences workshop on the environmental impacts of the war in #Ukraine starts today and lasts three days with a variety of experts and topics. It is open to the public. I'll be speaking on the impacts on #water and water systems.
Displaced Palestinian children wait for a water supply tank to fill their containers amid soaring temperatures at a tent camp in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 26, 2024 [Mohammed Abed/AFP]
Just reposting my introduction here for those of you new to the fediverse and looking for who to follow for #climate, #water, #science, and occasional political snark.
Welcome!
I'm a climate and water scientist. Interested in science, birds, mandolin, politics. I'm at www.gleick.com.
Author of a mess of scientific papers, a variety of books, including my new book: "The Three Ages of Water".
A houseboat camps on the shore in shallow water in a canyon at Lake Powell near Page, Arizona, May 26, 2015. The lake, on the Colorado River provides water for Nevada, Arizona and California. REUTERS/Rick Wilking
An aerial view of Lake Powell, where water levels have declined dramatically as growing demand for water and climate change shrink the Colorado River in Page, Arizona, November 19, 2022. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs