Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
Peter Gleick, science advisor for Circle of Blue and president of the Pacific Institute, talks about the need to redefine how nations address water issues.
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue writer in residence, discusses the importance and connectedness of water issues. Schneider notes that while the water crisis may seem far removed from the everyday issues facing Americans, it will inevitably become a major player in the lifestyles of the U.S. population.
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
The extent of state shortages likely over the next decade under average water conditions. Scientists, researchers, and others warn that the U.S. is entering a new era of water scarcity. A General Accounting Office (GAO) report from 2003 has proven prophetic. The report projected that 36 states could face water shortages by 2013. Five years […]
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
Expert gives opinion on the international agreement intended to protect.
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
In an interview with Circle of Blue, Tim Barnett discuses the falling levels in Lake Mead and the potential impact it could have on the American Southwest. Reviewing the reservoir’s state and outlook, he highlights the potential economic, environmental, and social impacts of declining water levels. Barnett is a research marine geophysicist in the Climate […]
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
KOK ARAL, Kazakhstan – There is not a drop of water to be seen around the port of Aralsk — a silent testament to decades of Soviet experiments with nature that have turned the Aral Sea, once the world’s fourth largest lake, into a salt-encrusted desert. Read more here. Source : Reuters Circle of BlueCircle […]
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
The Arctic could be ice-free this summer for the first time in known history, National Geographic reports. The freeing of Arctic ice wasn’t predicted to happen until at least 2013, but last year’s summer conditions have expediated the process. If the ice-melts, new passages for shipping will temporarily open, but the ecological costs could be […]
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
BEIJING – Beijing’s water crisis is so critical that the city is facing economic collapse and the need to resettle part of its population in coming decades, a leading development policy group said Friday. Experts predict the Chinese capital could run out of water in five to ten years, according to Grainne Ryder, policy director […]
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
SINGAPORE – Singapore’s prime minister said on Tuesday that water security may be a source of conflicts, while launching an institute in the city-state to research Asia’s water problems. Lee Hsien Loong told water industry players at the start of a one-week water summit in Singapore that the provision of safe and cheap water was […]
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Reno, NEVADA – The U.S. Court of Federal Claims court has ruled in favor of a late Nevada rancher whose water rights were violated by the U.S. Government, the AP reports. The U.S. Court ruled that when the U.S. Forest Service put up unnecessary restrictions on the methods the rancher could us to maintain his […]
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
Enceladus, the sixth-largest moon of Saturn, may not be as wet and warm at its core as scientists had hoped. The tiny moon, whose diameter is roughly 500 km across, could fit in the length of the United Kingdom. Scientists long thought the moon to be a cold barren frozen ball of ice, but recent […]
Circle of Blue provides relevant, reliable, and actionable on-the-ground information about the world’s resource crises.
STURGEON BAY, Wisconsin — Any possible large-scale engineering project that might help raise water levels on Lake Michigan and Lake Huron is decades away, a representative of an international study group says. Members of the study group, which is looking at lake levels and other issues on the Upper Great Lakes, said that construction of […]
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