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Healthy Forests, Healthy Waters The National Forest Service was created, in part, to safeguard the wooded areas supplying most of the nation’s drinking water. An ongoing rules review will put greater emphasis on watershed protection and restoration. On February 10, the NFS proposed a new forest planning rule, the agency’s first comprehensive rules revision since […]
Authorities anticipate approval for new western line to tap energy reserves. Sparks and the blue flare of arc welders, like hot stars in the night sky, illuminate the interior of a massive water tunnel that crosses underneath the Yellow River.
Will Europe replicate the shale gas boom in the United States? It’s far too early to know, experts say, but exploratory drilling is already under way in Britain, Germany and Poland. Others, like France, are holding off exploration until further environmental studies. South Korea proposed a “climate vulnerability” index to judge which developing countries are […]
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has joined forces with NASA to study the “rivers in the sky,” the narrow regions in the Earth’s atmosphere that transport enormous amounts of water vapor, sometimes enough to flood an area the size of Maryland 1 foot (0.3 meters) deep. Can water become a player in Afghanistan’s stability? […]
Preliminary report describes an infant cellulosic biofuels industry with a mandate to grow up fast.
Can the water crisis get Middle Eastern countries to cooperate? A new report for the Swiss and Swedish governments argues that Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine and Israel will have little choice but work together to solve their impending water problems. Meanwhile, Jordan plans to battle its water scarcity with seawater greenhouses, solar power […]
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a draft plan outlining how it will go about examining the risks of shale extraction. Though several American cities have banned hydraulic fracturing over worries for water contamination, drilling for oil and gas is enjoying a bonanza in several U.S. states. Growing opposition to an open pit gold mining […]
Despite the abundance of water in the Great Lakes, some areas in the region could face severe water shortages as a result of growing demand and approaching climate change, a five-year study by the U.S. Geological Survey says. In some places, like the Chicago-Milwaukee metro area, groundwater levels have plummeted about 1,000 feet and could […]
An appeals court in Botswana ruled that the Bushmen in the arid Central Kalahari Game Reserve can now drill wells for water, in what is the latest chapter of a painful legal battle for water access against the Botswana government. Fred Pearce, author of “When the Rivers Run Dry,” finds yet another river on the […]
While ordinary Chinese flood train stations, bus terminals and airports, and pour out their money to buy presents, decorations and food for the Chinese New Year, media outlets are streaming news about the persistent drought that threatens China’s major wheat-producing regions. But the Year of the Rabbit can open on an optimistic note as well, […]
Collaboration to focus on water, energy, and climate in China and Great Lakes. Immersive program puts advanced students in the center of “one of the decade’s biggest news, policy, and technology issues.”
Circle of Blue mentioned in Reuters World Economic Forum Davos Notebook: Davos 2011: More People, Fewer Resources, Big Risk. Water The situation in Yemen provides a perfect illustration of the growing problem countries face when it comes to fresh water supplies. Yemen’s population is increasing – exploding really. Currently at 23 million, it’s forecast to […]
