Drought

than the recent conflict in Syria as a prime example. Francesco Femia and Caitlin Werell, co-founders of the think tank Center for Climate and Security believe a severe drought contributed to the conflict in Syria. A mismanagement of natural resources, and a heavy reliance on water intensive crops compounded the effects of the drought. They believe the huge migration of farmers from rural to urban areas spurred the

How does a nation’s income needs compare to its citizen’s need for water? This is the question China is debating right now. Since 1999, China has been struggling with their water supply. The country must decide where their priorities lie. Despite efforts, China has not been able to control the water-scarcity crisis sweeping the nation due to many factors. The scarcity of water across the nation is greatly affecting the country in many ways. So why is water so scarce in China and what has led

Background: Desertification is the degradation of land and soil in dryland ecosystems caused by both the climate and human activities. In the year 2000, one third of the population of the earth dwelled in dryland ecosystems, and drylands are 41% of world’s land. The effect of desertification is massive because of the amount of people that live in affected areas. Drylands facilitate 44% of the food production in the world and 50% of livestock, so these ecosystems are a very important source of resources

Rationing is the artificial restriction of raw materials, goods, or services. In other words, rationing is when the government, or a similar authority creates certain limits as to what someone or a company can use or buy. This policy is usually implemented in times of war or economic hardship. Imagine that a person was stuck in the desert with only a gallon of water in his possession. He would have to drink the minimal amount of water possible in order to survive until he reaches the next source

has been in a drought for about 4 years now and it has been considered the most severe drought in the last 15 years. The California drought has been causing multiple ongoing problems for the last few years. The state of California has tried to take actions toward ending the drought, but the efforts put forth are clearly not enough to end this drought. The main focus in ending the drought has been water conservation, but many California resident are taking the seriousness of the drought too lightly

The Effects of California’s Drought California is often regarded as one of the best places to live in America, and one of its main attractions is the warm weather year-round. However, the consistent heat and lack of rain has caused many droughts in the past and is still a major issue today. California has currently been in a drought for four years and recently it has become a serious problem. While the state has experienced many droughts before, the current drought has already had severe effects

Do my promises for over 30 years ago, that I made for the Tumaga River; we’re still remains the blood and life of my fellow Zamboangenos? Does that wishing stone that I threw, in the late afternoon, at the middle of the river, answer to what I promise before? In the hope, I want to see, that this river will always remain as what I have seen it when I was 6 years old. These are few of my countless childhood promises that I have made. A promise, that it still reminisce me every time I see this death

Although upon first glance water seems like a simple issue, the effects of the water shortages are great on the many aspects of the developing economy and world of South Sudan, which is evident in the national and international affairs, education, economy, social, disease control, gender equality and so much more. As discussed in previous paragraphs, the civil war and international war causes water stress, but water availability also becomes worse with the growing conflict due to increased displacement

As a state, California has responded to the drought through several short term crisis management strategies. The first of these being pumping of groundwater, although an effective solution in the short term (offsetting almost 70% of the water shortage and reducing crop fallow and job losses), these reserves will become ever more expensive to extract and will eventually run out. Under irrigating land, idling of land and shifting of crops go together as strategies that will save the proprietor water

least affected (Kowalski, 2015). As a historically semi-arid environment, California has also suffered heavily from several environmental impacts as a result of the current drought conditions. The first of these is on its forests. The US Forest Service estimates that 12 million trees have died in the past year due to drought; this combined with the drying of forest floor material greatly increases the flammability of the landscape. The result of this is the numerous devastating wildfires that have