Author Archive for: Codi

The Global Rundown Thousands of square kilometers of Arctic sea ice were lost each day during the month of June, setting a new record low for ice cover. The international community must do a better job responding to future El Niño events, according to a United Nations special envoy. China plans to rank cities based […]

Codi Kozacek

A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
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The Global Rundown Flooding across a wide swath of central and southern China has killed more than 100 people and caused billions of dollars in damage. The majority of India is now covered by monsoon rains, cutting rainfall deficits across the country. Heavy rains have filled a major dam in North Korea, raising concerns that […]

Codi Kozacek

A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek

www.circleofblue.org/author/codi/

The Global Rundown Pollution from mines abandoned during the recent collapse of coal markets is contaminating rivers and rice paddies in Indonesia. Water flows are declining and shifting in the Indus Basin, researchers found. Scarce water supplies in some drought-hit regions of India are sparking violence. Michigan’s new budget includes a big funding boost to […]

Codi Kozacek

A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek

www.circleofblue.org/author/codi/

The Global Rundown Changing rainfall patterns are one factor behind an uptick in deadly landslides in India’s Jammu and Kashmir state. Despite the start of the monsoon, water levels in reservoirs across India remain below average. Standing water due to inadequate drainage could increase the spread of a yellow fever outbreak in Kinshasa, the capital […]

Codi Kozacek

A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek

www.circleofblue.org/author/codi/

The Global Rundown The native mountain ash forests of Victoria’s Central Highlands region are more valuable for the clean water they provide than for timber, according to a new report. The first exception to a ban on Great Lakes water diversions was approved unanimously Tuesday, providing water to a Wisconsin city outside of the basin. […]

Codi Kozacek

A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek

www.circleofblue.org/author/codi/

The Global Rundown Nearly 200 environmental campaigners were murdered globally in 2015, the most of any year on record, according to a new report. Floods across southern China killed dozens of people. The expanded Panama Canal is expected to open on June 26, using less water than the current locks. The governors of eight Great […]

Codi Kozacek

A news correspondent for Circle of Blue based out of Hawaii. She writes The Stream, Circle of Blue’s daily digest of international water news trends. Her interests include food security, ecology and the Great Lakes.
Contact Codi Kozacek

www.circleofblue.org/author/codi/