California is free of drought for the first time in 25 years
#HackerNews #California #Drought #Free #25 #Years #Water #Conservation #Environmental #News
To many people, water is just water — a drink necessary for survival. But to a water sommelier, it’s much more. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/01/20/premium-water-sommeliers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #danone #water #health
Quixoticgeek
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Water abstract, Vallejo CA
Water abstract, Vallejo CA
wakest ⁂
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From Anvār-i Suhaylī (1847).
Source: The Walters Art Museum
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/76364279-8129-4931-bc3b-616babcd551f
#panchatantra #persia #lions #animals #water #iran #rabbits #hills #hares #trees #fables #art #publicdomain
From Anvār-i Suhaylī (1847).
Source: The Walters Art Museum
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/76364279-8129-4931-bc3b-616babcd551f
#panchatantra #persia #lions #animals #water #iran #rabbits #hills #hares #trees #fables #art #publicdomain
Jonathan Schofield
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Intruguing analysis about how water shortages and climate change are partly behind the protests in Iran.
#iran #water #ClimateChange https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests
Intruguing analysis about how water shortages and climate change are partly behind the protests in Iran.
#iran #water #ClimateChange https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jan/15/how-day-zero-water-shortages-in-iran-are-fuelling-protests
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New EU-wide protections against PFAS in drinking water come into effect
https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/new-eu-rules-limit-pfas-drinking-water-2026-01-12_en
New EU-wide protections against PFAS in drinking water come into effect
https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/new-eu-rules-limit-pfas-drinking-water-2026-01-12_en
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#SilentSunday (besides roaring sounds of water)
📍 Sweetwater Creek State Park, GA
#photography #FujiFilm #park #water #creek #nature #trees #video
#SilentSunday (besides roaring sounds of water)
📍 Sweetwater Creek State Park, GA
#photography #FujiFilm #park #water #creek #nature #trees #video
Angela Antunovic
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as per WRI, the top 25 countries in red alert for a #water #climateCrisis:
1. Bahrain
2. Cyprus
3. Kuwait
4. Lebanon
5. Oman
6. Qatar
7. United Arab Emirates
8. Saudi Arabia
9. Israel
10. Egypt
11. Libya
12. Yemen
13. Botswana
14. Iran
15. Jordan
16. Chile
17. San Marino
18. Belgium
19. Greece
20. Tunisia
21. Namibia
22. South Africa
23. Iraq
24. India
25. Syria
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2023 #NASA images of #Iran’s Lake Urmia, which used to be one of the largest lakes in the Middle East
MODIS Web - April 6, 2023 - Shrinking Lake Urmia
https://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2023-04-06
vs satellite images from 9 September 2025
Satellite Photos Show Middle East’s Largest Lake on Brink of Disappearing - Newsweek - https://www.newsweek.com/iran-lake-urmia-disappearing-water-crisis-2127726
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i keep reminding y’all, Adam Smith didn't write about Economics. he was a professor of Moral Philosophy who wrote about POLITICAL ECONOMY.
ECONOMIES ARE POLITICAL; especially when you turn them into weapons of mass destruction of natural resources.
what is happening in Iran will happen in every country where they put profits before people.
❝ After Ruining a Treasured Water Resource, Iran Is Drying Up https://e360.yale.edu/features/iran-water-drought-dams-qanats
🗣 IT’S THE #WATER, STUPID!
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Esther Payne :bisexual_flag:
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IT’S THE #WATER, STUPID
making a separate thread to this:
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/115866471452808920
because a lot of y’all are under the impression people in #Iran are rioting to live in Fuck-Yeah-Capitalist-USA Iran.
NO.
the “econonic turmoil” in Iran is about #climateCrisis: the chaos of having no #water.
❝ Iran's Capital Has Run Out of Water, Forcing It to Move | Scientific American - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/irans-capital-has-run-out-of-water-forcing-it-to-move/
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Not a surprise to me that #water /might/ be the first issue to drive a split in what has been blind GOP legislative allegiance to the Trump cult.
Clean, safe water is a deeply bipartisan issue. We'll see if enough GOP legislators find a spine.
these two studies from the World Resources Institute should freak out everybody in the United States where #techbros are bribing their way into building data centers:
from 2015
Ranking the World’s Most Water-Stressed Countries in 2040 | World Resources Institute - https://www.wri.org/insights/ranking-worlds-most-water-stressed-countries-2040
from 2023
25 Countries Face Extremely High Water Stress | World Resources Institute - https://www.wri.org/insights/highest-water-stressed-countries
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as per WRI, the top 25 countries in red alert for a #water #climateCrisis:
1. Bahrain
2. Cyprus
3. Kuwait
4. Lebanon
5. Oman
6. Qatar
7. United Arab Emirates
8. Saudi Arabia
9. Israel
10. Egypt
11. Libya
12. Yemen
13. Botswana
14. Iran
15. Jordan
16. Chile
17. San Marino
18. Belgium
19. Greece
20. Tunisia
21. Namibia
22. South Africa
23. Iraq
24. India
25. Syria
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IT’S THE #WATER, STUPID
making a separate thread to this:
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/115866471452808920
because a lot of y’all are under the impression people in #Iran are rioting to live in Fuck-Yeah-Capitalist-USA Iran.
NO.
the “econonic turmoil” in Iran is about #climateCrisis: the chaos of having no #water.
❝ Iran's Capital Has Run Out of Water, Forcing It to Move | Scientific American - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/irans-capital-has-run-out-of-water-forcing-it-to-move/
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Not a surprise to me that #water /might/ be the first issue to drive a split in what has been blind GOP legislative allegiance to the Trump cult.
Clean, safe water is a deeply bipartisan issue. We'll see if enough GOP legislators find a spine.
📢 Israeli colonists stormed the Bedouin community of Shalal al-Auja, N- of #jericho, on Tuesday #westbank
🔹 Al-Baydar #humanrights organization: A group of Israeli colonists attacked the community and deliberately emptied the residents' #water tanks
#news #palestine #bedouins
#UNfail
📰 Report WAFA JAN-06 11:30 local-t