Seeking truth together
Droughts have existed throughout human history and may have contributed to some of the steepest declines of civilizations in Mesopotamia, the Nile Valley, the Eastern Mediterranean, Mesoamerica, East Asia, and the North American Southwest. Various weather and health organizations have defined heat waves as abnormal periods of uncomfortably hot and/or humid weather typically lasting for two to three days.
Hotter average temperatures and overconsumption of water threaten life in the North American Southwest. David Owen’s “Where the Water Goes” examines negotiations over Colorado River water as he traces the river’s journey from its headwaters in the United States to its delta in Mexico. Inadequate stakeholder cooperation and willingness to address environmental and geopolitical issues maintains the interventionist status quo.
