Global Grain Reserves Are Low; Legacy of U.S. Drought

2 Comments
/
Dwindling water supplies, low grain supplies, high prices for bread, meat, milk are outcomes of one of the worst droughts in the American history.

U.S. Foreign Aid Agency’s New Water Strategy Targets Health and Food

0 Comments
/
The U.S. Agency for International Development last week unveiled…

Sequestration Takes a Big Cut from USGS Water Research Programs

1 Comment
/
Less money means fewer staff positions and fewer research projects…

Report: Fewer Trees in the Amazon, Less Hydropower from Dams

2 Comments
/
The study runs counter to conventional wisdom about deforestation’s effects on the water cycle.

U.S. Groundwater Losses Between 1900-2008: Enough To Fill Lake Erie Twice

8 Comments
/
Groundwater depletion in the United States has accelerated over the last decade, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, contributing to both localized problems and global issues, like sea level rise.
LaiePoint

U.S. Marks At Least 65 Years of National Water Crisis

0 Comments
/
A short history lesson about water shortage, water wars, and…

Report: Half of U.S. Fracking Wells Drilled in Highly Water-stressed Regions

3 Comments
/
Energy companies should provide better data on fracking water…

Study: Plants Play Bigger Role in River Flows Than Previously Thought

0 Comments
/
Transpiration from plants dominates the terrestrial water cycle. Photo…
boston, boston bombing

The Metropolitan Lockdown of Boston: A Unique American Experience

0 Comments
/
The four days of shock and outrage in Boston — which started on Monday with the Boston Marathon bombings and climaxed on Friday in Watertown with a flurry of bullets — was history in the making. Circle of Blue's Keith Schneider was there for part of it.

Texas Water District Finds Few Friends in Quest for Water in Oklahoma

1 Comment
/
A water rights case to be argued in the U.S. Supreme Court this week has national implications.
The most beautiful country in the world, the United States, presents spectacular scenes of nature in every state, like the Cape Cod shoreline on Earth Day in Chatham, Mass.

Just As It’s Always Been, Earth Day Marks Big Problems and Big Choices

0 Comments
/
Circle of Blue's senior editor Keith Schneider spent Earth Day on the East Coast, reflecting on the celebration's past accomplishments and future goals.
LaiePoint

In Hawaii, ‘The Rain Follows The Forest’

1 Comment
/
With her recent move from Alabama to Hawaii, Circle of Blue reporter Codi Yeager-Kozacek finds that, in the middle of an ocean, freshwater challenges abound.