The stream of July 17, 2025: A fifth of the global wetlands can be lost by the middle of the century without direct measures

Global overview

• The water level of rivers and reservoirs has switched on LebanonPresent That stands in front of its worst drought in history.
• As the reservoirs around Athens, Greece, Near the seasonal deep stalls of all time, the officials are working to revive a 2,000 -year -old Roman aqueduct.
• New studies suggest that the megadrod prints are currently concerned American southwest Can't give in for many decades.
• A new one global The report calls for immediate international measures to preserve wetland ecosystems.

The leadership

In the middle of what experts call the worst drought in Lebanon in history, the Litani flow has fallen to historical lows, while the tributaries in the country's largest reservoir on Lake Qaraoun are only 13 percent of their average of the rainy season reports. This year the inflows were measured 45 million cubic meters compared to an average of 350 million cubic meters.

As a result of these relentless dry conditions, the fresh water available in the lake must be drinked. Dry, cracked naval gangs are exposed and the coast has visibly declined.

“We have two factors: the precipitation and pressure on the groundwater,” said Sami Alawieh, head of the river authority, to Reuters.

The water shortage has dramatically restricted energy generation. Hydropower plants in the pool were closed, which forced supply companies to ration current. Farmers in particular were affected. The amount of the groundwater available not only disappears, but also the electricity that is necessary to irrigate plants is available for irregular schedules.

“They water three hours and then stop three,” Fayez Grandmais, another local farmer, told Reuters.

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Centuries since the American southwest, the New York Times has experienced a drought, similar to the current 25-year dry period in the region. According to a new study published in the magazine Nature geoscientificThe relief can be removed for many years. Sea and atmospheric temperatures in the North Pacific, which ultimately influence the climate in states such as Arizona, New Mexico and Texas and usually fluctuate over the time of the time of years, in a hot, dry holder pattern “” are “as a result of the climate change caused by humans. As long as the world continues to heat up, research might remain in its dry state and, in the worst case, could possibly experience an even more significant megadrolle.

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The percentage of global wetlands that have been lost since 1970, according to a new global report, which was published by the Ramsar Convention this week. Another 20 percent of the remaining wetlands are exposed to the risk of the report will continue by the middle of the century, unless there are urgent conservation measures. Monababay reports that in addition to its invaluable ecological importance, “wetlands deliver ecosystem services worth more than 7.5% of global BIP – up to 39 trillion US dollars per year – including water cleaning, carbon storage, coastal protection and support for food systems and a living.” Despite this value, wetland ecosystems receive less than 9 percent of finances that are “intended for natural -based solutions”.

On the radar

According to Euronews, reservoirs around the Greece capital of Athens report that Euronew's record lows, which were previously defined in 2008 in 2008. The narrow water supply was attributed to years of drought, which was tightened by the scorching heat waves, tourism and rampant regional forest fires.

Of the four main reservoirs in the region, two-mornos and Evinos-Rund float 60 percent of their usual area, 79 percent last year and almost 100 percent in 2022. This downward track caused the Greece to secure both drastic and creative measures for securing water access for residents, including the revival of a 2,000-year-old ranger.

Fresh: from the Great Lakes region

Late lead warnings: More than eight months after the federal period has passed to notify the Chicagoer, whose dormitories are still connected to Lead service, 93 percent of these around 900,000 tenants and homeowners remain unaffected, reports Grist. Proponents say that the lethargic communication efforts keep the communities in harm, especially because “a study published last year contains two thirds of chicago children under the age of 6 in houses with tap water with demonstrable leveling levels.” Around 412,000 out of 490,000 service lines in Chicago are at least partially made from lead. The city estimates that it will take another half a century to completely replace them, although former President Joe Biden announced a period of 10 years in October.

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