drought

Cape Town: What happens when a city of four million runs out of water?

South Africa’s second-largest city looks down the barrel of ‘Day Zero,’ when it will officially turn off the tap

California’s water woes are man-made—and so is the solution

Colby Cosh on Year Three of a nearly unprecedented drought, and the sustainability of California as we know it

The quiet cuts

We can’t afford to officially oppose droughts anymore

Where the water went: Georgian Bay and the future of the Great Lakes

Concerned about the future of our water resources? Talk to someone from Georgian Bay. They’re living in that future

Denying both famine and aid

Denying both famine and aid

The drought in Somalia has revealed cracks in al-Shabaab’s tenuous and brutal control over the region

The crisis in the horn

The crisis in the Horn

Drought and famine leaves Somalia on the brink of human catastrophe

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Water fights

Much of the world is desperately short of fresh water. Are future water wars inevitable?