Dangers

Worsened by Rising Temperatures, Water Challenges Threaten World’s Crops 1024.rtf

System That Moves Water around Earth Is Off Balance for 1st Time in Our History 1024.rtf

Climate Warning as World’s Rivers Dry Up at Fastest Rate for 30 Years 1024.rtf

The Power Outage & Heat Disaster That No Major U.S. City Is Prepared for 0924.rtf

‘The Land Is Becoming Desert’ - Drought Pushes Sicily’s Farming to the Brink 0824.rtf

‘We Can’t Let the Animals Die’ - Deserts Come to Sicily Farmers 0724.rtf - Sicily is becoming like Libya and Tunisia.

In Northeast Brazil, etc., Small Farmers on Exhausted Lands Face Desertification 0624.rtf

Mexico City Has Long Thirsted for Water. The Crisis Is Worsening. 0524.rtf

Peru Has Lost More than Half Its Water Reserves, as Glaciers Melt Rapidly 1123.rtf

Amazon Deforestation Linked to West Antarctic Melt and Less Snowfall in Tibet 1023.rtf

America Is Using Up Its Groundwater like There’s No Tomorrow 0823.rtf

Here’s Where Water Is Running Out in the World — and Why 0823.rtf

Extreme Water Stress Faced by Countries Home to 1:4 of World Population 0823.rtf

A Climate Warning from the Cradle of Civilization 0723.rtf

Climate Inferno Threatens to Turn Athens Into Outpost of Sahara 0723.rtf

Shrinking Inland Seas Expose Salty Particulates and More 0623.rtf

Drought Is on the Verge of Becoming the Next Pandemic 0623.rtf

Day Zero for Water Threatens Uruguay’s Capital 0623.rtf

A Breakthrough Deal to Keep the Colorado River from Going Dry, for Now 0523.rtf

Water Theft Proves Lucrative in a Dangerously Dry World 0423.rtf

As Earth Warms, More ‘Flash Droughts’ Suck Soil, Plants Dry 0423.rtf

Global Fresh Water Demand Will Outstrip Supply by 40% by 2030 - 0323.rtf

Why the Badly Needed Rains in California Could Fuel Catastrophic Fires 0223.rtf

Wet Winter Won’t Fix Colorado River Woes 0223.rtf

Crisis on the Rio Grande 0123.rtf - cracked mud riverbed all the way downstream to Albuquerque, the river's 2nd largest city and largest in New Mexico

After Comeback, Southern Iraq’s Marshes Are Now Drying Up 0123.rtf

Great Salt Lake Will Disappear in 5 Years without Massive ‘Emergency Rescue’ 0123.rtf

Fear ‘Complete Doomsday Scenario’ for Drought-Stricken Colorado River 1222.rtf

Over 600 Million Africans at Risk of Severe Droughts due to Climate Change 0922.rtf

Could the Drying Up of Europe’s Great Rivers Be the New Normal? 0922.rtf

Drifting Toward Disaster - the (2nd) Rio Grande 0922.rtf

The Heat Wave Crushing the West Previews Farmworkers’ Hot Future 0922.rtf

The World’s Rivers, Canals, and Reservoirs Are Turning to Dust 0822.rtf

China Drought Causes Yangtze to Dry Up, Sparking Hydropower Shortage 0822.rtf

Water Resources to Become Less Predictable with Climate Change 0722.rtf

How the Dust Bowl 90 Years Ago Prophesied Our Climate-Ravaged Future 0622.rtf

The Vanishing Rio Grande – Warming Takes Its Toll 0622.rtf

‘Consequences Will Be Dire’ - Chile’s Water Crisis Is Reaching Breaking Point 0622.rtf

Is My Home at Risk from Wildfire? This Is How to Find Out 0522.rtf - Maps of this are above, under Fires.

Report Warns London and Other World Cities Face Rising Risk of Drought 0522.rtf

US Southwest Drought and Fires Are a Window to Our Climate Change Future 0522.rtf

California Braces for Extreme Summer Drought after Dismal Wet Season 0522.rtf

West’s Megadrought Delivers Another Blow - Saving Glen Canyon Dam 0522.rtf

Record Low Water Levels Reveal Body in Barrel at Lake Mead 0522.rtf

Lake Powell Officials’ Stark Choice in West's Megadrought - Water or Electricity 0422.rtf

Droughts to Increase Human Migration at Least 200% - 0422.rtf

Mega-Drought Threatens California Power Blackouts This Summer 0422.rtf

Deadly ‘Smoke Waves’ from Wildfires Set to Soar 0322.rtf

Europe Faces a Future of Extreme Droughts 0422.rtf

Arizona’s Future Water Shock 0322.rtf

China Is Running Out of Water. That’s Scary for Asia. 1221.rtf - 7% of world’s watere for 20% of the people.  Large-scale diversions may have reaches their limits.  Dam-building in China deprives Thailand and Laos of water.  Desertification gobbles large chunks of China's land.  Water-related energy shortfalls have become common across China.

A Slow-Motion Climate Disaster - Brazil's Spread of Barren Land 1221.rtf

Mesopotamia – From Cradle to Grave 1021.rtf

U.N. Weather Agency Says World Ill-Prepared for Looming Water Crisis 1021.rtf

As the Climate Bakes, Turkey Faces a Future without Water 0921.rtf

A Thirstier Atmosphere - Why Fires Are Lasting Longer into the Night 0921.rtf

Cerrado Desertification - Savanna Could Collapse within 30 Years 0721.rtf

China Is Facing Its Worst Power Shortage in a Decade, a Whole-World Problem 0621.rtf

U.N. Warns Drought May Be 'the Next Pandemic' 0621.rtf

60% of World’s Rivers Stop Flowing for at Least One Day a Year 0621.rtf

Extreme Drought and Fire Risk May Double by 2060 - 0121.rtf

More than 3 Billion People Affected by Water Shortages 1120.rtf

Australia’s Inland Rivers, Pulse of the Outback, to Be Unrecognizable by 2070 - 0920.rtf

In Parched Southwest, Warm Spring Renews Threat of ‘Megadrought’ 0720.rtf

Australia's Water Is Vanishing 0620.rtf

World Population Facing Water Stress Could Double by 2050 as Climate Warms 0620.rtf

Dust Bowl Conditions of 1930s Now More than Twice as Likely to Recur 0520.rtf

Amazon Rainforest Likely Drier, More Fire-Prone This Year 0420.rtf

Future Droughts May ‘Eclipse’ Those of the Past 0420.rtf

Global Warming Threatens to Dry Out Europe’s Crop Fields 0420.rtf

Amazon Tipping Point Puts Brazil’s Agribusiness, Energy Sector at Risk 0220.rtf

Climate Change Is Drying Up the Colorado River, Putting Millions at Risk of ‘Severe Water Shortages' 0220.rtf

India’s Ominous Future - Too Little Water, or Far Too Much 1119.rtf

Local Water Scarcity Spilling Over into Global Crisis 1119.rtf

Thirsty Future Ahead as Climate Change Explodes Plant Growth 1119.rtf

What Happens When the Amazon Forest Disappears? 1019.rtf

Billions Face Food, Water Shortages over Next 30 Years, as Nature Fails 1019.rtf

India’s Ghost Villages - Food and Water Scarcity Forcing Many to Leave.rtf

Extreme Water Stress Affects 1:4 of Earth's Population 0819.rtf

Desertification Is a Serious Threat to Southern Europe 0719.rtf - Spain, Italy, Greece, Romania, Bulgaria, Portugal, Cyprus.  18% of Spain is at high risk of becoming irreversibly desert.

England Could Run Short of Water within 25 Years 0319.rtf

Warming Winters, Dwindling Sierra Nevada Snowpack Squeeze California Water Resources 1218.rtf

The West’s Great River Hits Its Limits. Will the Colorado Run Dry? 0119.rtf

Cape Town Should Brace for More Severe Droughts than It Had in 2018 - 1218.rtf

Colorado River Is Drying Up for 40 Million Americans Who Depend on It 1218.rtf

How Climate Change Is Worsening Nigeria’s Long-Running Land Conflict 0618.rtf

In the U.S. Southwest, ‘Drought’ Doesn’t Tell the Whole Story 0718.rtf - “aridification” - changing toward desert

Tehran Faces Crisis, as Iran’s Water Supply Runs Low 0618.rtf - aridification

It's So Dry, Forests Across the Southwest Are Closing 0618.rtf

Water Shortages to Be the Environmental Challenge of the Century, NASA Warns 0518.rtf

As Warming Continues, Hot Drought Becomes the Norm, Not an Exception 0518.rtf

Water Crises Could Be Coming to Your Backyard 0318.rtf

Shrinking Mountain Snowpack, Drier Summers Spell Trouble for Vancouver Water Supply 0318.rtf

Water Shortages Could Affect 5 Billion People by 2050, UN Report Warns 0318.rtf

Water-Stressed Beijing Exhausts Its Options 0318.rtf

Western Canada's Risk of Water Shortages Rising 0318.rtf

1:4 of Land Will Be Drier, even Desertified, under 2°C Warming by 2050 - 0118.rtf

Australia Could Suffer from Droughts, Heat Waves as the Tropical Zone Expands 0717.rtf

Drylands Will Suffer if World Reaches 2°C 0417.rtf - They expand from 40% to 56% of Earth’s land surface.

Vanishing Nile Faces a Multitude of Threats 0417.rtf - Salination in Egypt’s delta, huge Blue Nile dam

Dead Sea Warns of Unprecedented Drought 0317.rtf

World Water Day - 1 in 4 Children Will Live with Water Scarcity by 2040 - 0317.rtf

Amazon Jungle Faces Death Spiral of Drought and Deforestation, Warn Scientists 0317.rtf

Source of Mekong, Yellow and Yangtze Rivers Drying Up 0317.rtf

Global Warming Is Shrinking Colorado River, Vital to 40 Million People 0217.rtf

La Paz Adapts to a World without Water 0217.rtf

Mexico City, Parched and Sinking, Faces a Water Crisis 0217.rtf

When Climate Change Starts Wars 0217.rtf - Central Asia becomes a tinder box as water is scarcer.

How Climate Change in Central Asia Threatens to Spark Regional Conflict 0117.rtf

A Witness to Iran’s Intensifying Struggle with Climate Change 0117.rtf

Bolivian Water Crisis as Glaciers Vanish 1116.rtf

How Big Droughts, Forest Fires Could Be the New Normal in Appalachia 1116.rtf

Rapidly Warming Mediterranean Headed for Desertification 1016.rtf

Climate Change Killing East Africa’s Water Resources, UN Warns 1016.rtf

U.S. Southwest Faces 99% Risk of 'Megadroughts' due to Climate Change 1016.rtf

California's Drought Could Continue for Centuries 0916.rtf

Increased Drought Could See Londoners Queueing for Water 0916.rtf

How Can We Better Value Water, as Global Shortages Threaten Economies? 0916.rtf

What Happens to the Great Plains When the Water's Gone? 0716.rtf

Stressed Indus River Threatens Pakistan’s Water Supplies 0616.rtf

Water Scarcity Could Impact West Asian Credit Ratings 0616.rtf

Why Climate Change Matters - Water 0516.rtf

Global Water Shortages to Deliver ‘Severe Hit' to Economies, World Bank Warns 0516.rtf

Food System Shock - Climate Change's Greatest Threat to Civilization 0416.rtf

By 2050, Asia at High Risk of Severe Water Shortages 0416.rtf

We’re Running Out of Water, and the World’s Powers Are Very Worried 0416.rtf

Delta Drought Gives Glimpse into Bleak Future for Mighty Mekong 0416.rtf

Small Islands to Face a Freshwater Scarcity 0416.rtf

Will the Great Salt Lake Be Reduced to Dust? 0216.rtf

21st Century US ‘Dustbowl' Risk Assessed 0216.rtf

4 Billion People Face Severe Water Shortages in Some Months 0216.rtf

Southwest U.S. May Have Entered a ‘Drier Climate State’ 0216.rtf

World 'Faces Food Shortages and Mass Migration' Caused by Global Warming 1215.rtf

Climate Change Is Darkening Seattle’s Water Forecast 0915.rtf

Central Asia to Experience Water Crisis in 35 Years 0915.rtf

Middle East, Israel to be Water Scarce by 2040 - 0815.rtf

South Africa’s Water Security in Peril 0815.rtf

Asia’s Water Supply under Threat from Climate Change 0815.rtf

Drought Damages Trees' Ability to Store Carbon 0715.rtf

Water Insecurity Costs Global Economy Billions a Year 0415.rtf

Why Fresh Water Shortages Will Cause the Next Great Global Crisis 0315.rtf

A Thirsty, Violent World 0215.rtf

Unprecedented 21st century drought risk in the American Southwest and Central Plains 0215.pdf

US 'at Risk of Mega-Drought Future' 0215.rtf - summary of above

Rise in Wildfires May Resurrect Chernobyl's Radiation 0215.rtf

Scientists See Shrinking California Snowpack as a Harbinger 0115.rtf

Water Woes in Lima - a Glimpse of Our Future? 1214.rtf - Lima receives 2 inches of rain per year.

How Climate Change Helped ISIS 1014.rtf - Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, etc.

Drying Amazon Could Be Major Carbon Concern 1014.rtf

Is World War Water Looming? 1014.rtf

There's a Big Leak In America's Water Tower 0814.rtf

Pakistan's Largest City Thirsts for a Water Supply 0814.rtf

Growing Pains of China's Agricultural Water Needs 0614.rtf

As Mountain Snow Fails and Glaciers Melt, Pakistan Faces Water Threats 0514.rtf

Water Goes ‘Missing' with Snow Loss 0514.rtf

China’s Thirsty Coal Industry Guzzles Precious Water 0514.rtf

What Happens When the World Dries Out 1113.rtf

With or Without $2 Billion, Water Woes Here to Stay 1113.rtf

North China Is Running Out of Water, Remedies May Be Disaster 1013.rtf

Peak Water and Food Scarcity 0114.rtf

Warming Will Worsen Water Scarcity 0913.rtf

Looming US Water Crisis 0713.rtf - see above

How Do We Balance Needs of Energy, Water, and Climate? 1113.rtf

Climate Change to Reduce US Southwest Water Supply 0411.rtf

California Snowpack Outlook Grim for Water Supply 1112.rtf

Groundwater Depletion Perilously Accelerates Worldwide 0910.rtf

UK Embodied Water Imports Threaten 3rd World 0410.rtf

Water More Vital Than Oil - Details 0209.rtf

Water Shortages to Threaten US Security 0312.rtf

Water More Vital Than Oil, Shortages Loom 0209.rtf

Deserts Grow from 18% to 27% of China 0408.rtf - short version of the story just below

Deserts Grow 50% in China 0308.rtf