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Opinion and commentary on water science and policy.

Repost Perspectives · 2026-10-03

Tackling drought from parched to prepared

Throughout history, climatic fluctuations have been a constant companion of human civilization. Early human civilizations developed along the fertile banks of rivers such as the Nile in Egypt, the Tigris and Euphrates in Mesopotamia, the Indus in the Indian subcontinent, and China's Yellow and Yangtze rivers. There was abundant water for drinking and irrigation, and…