As well as being masters of water engineering, the Romans also engaged in a long distance trade in water across the Mediterranean - embodied in grain, oil, wine, cloth, metals and other goods. They also discovered the food-water-energy nexus - and not in a good way. We need to heed the warnings from Roman history.
The food-water-energy nexus defeated the Romans. It could defeat us too Jonathan Bridge | 13th December 2014 Comment History Water Food Energy Society caesaria-aqueduct-cut.jpg As well as being …
Conflict continues to rage in Iraq over control of the Mosul dam, which impounds 11 cubic kilometres of water and controls water levels and supplies across the country, writes Jonathan Bridge. It's not the first battle fought over control of water - and it's certainly not the last in a drying Middle East with fast-growing populations.
The battle for Mosul Dam: a new age of water wars beckons Jonathan Bridge | 2nd September 2014 Comment War Water Middle East Iraq History mosul_dam_chute_spillway-cut.jpg Conflict continues to rage …