A new online tool could help water users in India understand the risks to their water supply, which is dwindling and increasingly
Slushy wave off coast of Nantucket
View larger. As you well know if you live there, the eastern United States has been in a deep freeze throughout February, 2015. Wave after wave of ice and snowstorms have hit the region, and NASA says that hundreds (maybe thousands) of records have been set for daily low temperatures. Now, from a photographer and surfer in Nantucket, Jonathan Nimerfroh, … Read More
Science, Science Everywhere, Nor Any Drop to Drink: Three Solutions for an Outdated System
Scientific research should be primarily driven by the need to serve society. This article focuses on water as an example, although the solutions proposed could apply to many other fields.
Leaky wells, not fracking, polluted US drinking water
Originally Published by New Scientist – The act of fracking is probably not contaminating US drinking water – the real problem is leaks from the wells that bring natural gas to the surface
Do dams destroy rivers?
Originally Published by The Guardian – Ultimately dams change rivers. The degree to which they change and the negative impacts on humans and nature depend on how large they are, how they are built and managed and where they are located.
Tracking Snow: The Cryosphere in an Era of Climate Change
A new generation of weather satellites is helping researchers gain insights into the complex relationship between the cryosphere ÛÒ the planet’s cold regions ÛÒ and the climate. With drinking water supplies dwindling around the world, understanding the cryosphere is becoming a front-burner issue.
How to stop toxic blooms clogging up Lake Erie
A six-state California faces a water war
Scotland announces 30 new marine protected areas
Originally Published by The Guardian – Tranche of sites doubles the size of Scottish marine reserves, covering cliffs in Caithness and deep ocean seabeds.
US drought to deplete Lake Mead to levels not seen since 1930s
Originally Published by The Guardian – Drought in the south-western US will deplete the vast Lake Mead this week to levels not seen since Hoover Dam was completed and the reservoir on the Colorado River was filled in the 1930s, federal water managers said Tuesday.