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@metin @chengdulittlea Same, but again, I technically live in the second world, so what do I know about #firstworldproblems.

@TexasObserver Jeezus, who decided 8% was the threshold to panic? I'm not comfortable with that margin. 50% would get my hands wringing.

This is a must-read.The energy and environmental impact of AI and how it undermines our democracy https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/82486/ai-energy-environment-democracy/?utm_medium=nickofnz&utm_content=postid-82486&utm_campaign=&utm_source=mastodon via @greenpeace #AI #climateChange #Water #Energy

‘On a whole other level’: rapid snow melt-off in American west stuns scientistsSnow surveys taking place across the West this week are offering a grim prognosis, after a historically warm winter and searing March heat left the critical snowpack at record-low levels.#snow #snowpack #water https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/01/snowmelt-american-west

My latest opinion piece, at the San Francisco Chronicle,"Here’s what California’s dismal snowpack means for the state’s future..." "What we’re seeing is a clear signal of human-caused climate change."#climatechange#waterGift Link:https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/snow-water-reservoir-california-22162283.php?hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2ZjaHJvbmljbGUuY29tL29waW5pb24vb3BlbmZvcnVtL2FydGljbGUvc25vdy13YXRlci1yZXNlcnZvaXItY2FsaWZvcm5pYS0yMjE2MjI4My5waHA%3D&time=MTc3NTA1NzIyMjc0Mw%3D%3D&rid=YTViMGY0ZmUtMjcxNi00ODNlLWFiZTEtMDg3ZjQ5OTU5YjRm&sharecount=Mw%3D%3D

@bich And yet the people of Birmingham, AL, were paying for fluoride treatment for their drinking water all those years the water treatment company was not providing it?

@petergleick Trump announces once again, "You better let me fuck you or I'm gonna rape you."

"Rivers and tidal currents keep 80% of microfibers from reaching oceans, study suggests"#Plastic #Plastics #Oceans #Water #Environmenthttps://phys.org/news/2026-03-microbes-microplastics-ice-clouds-reveals.html

@petergleick But they're not going to happen.

Higher temperatures are forcing irrigation districts to begin irrigating two weeks earlier than normal, putting more pressure of California's #water supplies.Another impacts of human-caused #climatechangehttps://abc30.com/post/early-heat-prompts-fresno-irrigation-district-release-water-ahead-schedule/18743144/

Women and girls bear the brunt of our failure to provide universal access to safe #water and sanitation.And #climatechange is making it worse.https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/19/women-and-girls-bearing-brunt-of-water-shortages-globally-un-warns

@robinince

Some personal news!I've written a new book, on the threat of violence over #water and how to move from conflict to cooperation.It'll be released in November, but it's now available for pre-order!"When the Well is Dry: How Water Fuels Violence and Shapes Peace"https://bookshop.org/p/books/when-the-well-is-dry-how-water-fuels-violence-and-shapes-peace-peter-gleick/339705561e0f8dd0

@petergleick they know how to improve their future

@petergleick I wonder whether Romania is in a position to help.

Finally #nwtpoli is speaking for our #water BUT IMHO the fix is already in. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/water-nwt-ab-9.7134277#abpoli #cdnpoli #waterisLife #regulatoryCapture #CorporateCapture #BigOil #BigData

‘A blaring alarm’ issued for Colorado River as heat wave melts snow earlyThe Colorado River system’s immediate outlook got even worse this week when federal forecasters downgraded the expected inflows into Lake Powell to just 27 percent of average. At the beginning of the month, that number was 36 percent of average. This year has brought the third lowest mid-March projection on record, with only 1.75 million acre-feet expected to flow into the Lake Powell between April and July.#ColoradoRiver #snow #water #LakePowell https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/environment/a-blaring-alarm-issued-for-colorado-river-as-heat-wave-melts-snow-early-3726587/?mc_cid=2f180a590c&mc_eid=09d267fb36

@platypusparent not necessarily. The water resources aren't as strained in NQ as in SWWA, but the water supply isn't bottomless. NQ water resourcing also isn't as diversified as SWWA's - what happens when we get a repeat of the Millennium drought? Building more dams to cool data centres wouid be dystopic, but I wouldn't but it past the Chrisafulli govt to have a crack!

Corpus Christi water emergency may be just two months away, city leaders sayTwo out of the five projections city leaders presented Tuesday showed water shortages beginning in May. The city has yet to detail plans for how to reduce water use for residents and businesses.#Texas #CorpusChristi #drought #water #WaterEmergency https://www.texastribune.org/2026/03/17/texas-corpus-christi-water-emergency-city-council-meeting/

Very important: “How climate change and war threaten Iran’s water supplies”https://www.carbonbrief.org/qa-how-climate-change-and-war-threaten-irans-water-supplies/#Climate #ClimateCrisis #Water #IranWar #Iran #Drought