The Daily Populous Thursday May 30th, 2024 evening edition
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Mexico City could run out of drinking water by June 26, an event locals call "Day Zero."

Three years of low rainfall and high temperatures have worsened the city's water crisis.

The Cutzamala water system, which provides water to millions, operates now at 28% capacity.

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Experts say that Mexico City could run out of drinking water by the end of June, an event locals call "Day Zero."

Mexico City has long struggled to bring water to its millions of residents, but three consecutive years of low rainfall and high temperatures have created a serious emergency.

The Cutzamala water system — a series of treatment plants, reservoirs, and canals that provide water to tens of millions of people — is running dry.

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ArcticPod on May 30th, 2024 at 01:15 UTC »

The militarization of the Arctic Region.

On a similar note to other comments about climate change, as the world gets hotter, the Arctic becomes not only more accessible but more habitable.

Additionally, the Arctic has massive reserves of critical minerals, natural gas, and oil.

The region, which has mostly been neglected, has had a massive spike of "popularity," especially between NATO Arctic nations and Russia and China.

Take a look at the defence budgets of any of the Arctic Nations (Canada, Denmark, Norway, Finland, US etc.) They are pouring millions if not billions of dollars into preparing for a future where military operations in the north are necessarily. Plus rhetoric from politicians of those states is increasingly highlighting the Arctic's importance

As theyre doing so they are directly pointing to Russia and China as a major threat, something thats been avoided in the past.

Obviously I may be biased as this is a topic/region that I am interested in and covering, but I believe it's a majorly overlooked development that is taking place real time and will have huge consequences in the near future.

pittlc8991 on May 30th, 2024 at 00:19 UTC »

As always, these articles are sensational to get clicks. While there is no denying that Mexico City has a water problem, it is highly doubtful that the entire Mexico City metropolis will run out of water at one time in two weeks. Water is brought in where needed and as far as accessing drinking water, people in Mexico don't generally filter water provided from the tap but rather buy jugs and bottles of purified water. This crisis really revolves around showering, washing clothes, etc. Again, not to downplay the severity of the situation, but it's not helpful and overly simplistic to report that 22 million people are going to lose all their water all the sudden. Further, while heat and drought are certainly factors in the water crisis, the vast majority of the problem is caused by a lack of investment in the infrastructure that brings the water in. Up to 40% of the water is estimated to leak out of the system before reaching Mexico City from the reservoirs in the bordering State of Mexico. Just trying to dispel the doom a bit.

ChibiCharm on May 29th, 2024 at 21:53 UTC »

It's being talked about a bit but I think in the near future as deep fakes become better quality that it can influence all kinds of things in politics and both public and private sector businesses. We've already seen it used to successfully scam money; it's going to be a crazy hard weapon to defend against as foreign powers try to utilize it in psyops and the like