Mar
31
IMPACT Article: The Ganga, Shangri-La, K’un L’un and the Tale the Lost Glaciers
March 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The Ganga, Shangri-La, K’un L’un and the Tale the Lost Glaciers
By Eric J. Fitch
More than a 100 million years ago, the Indian subcontinent broke free from Africa during the larger breakup of Gondwanaland. Plate tectonics drove it northward at an estimated astonishing rate of 150 mm per year. Around 55 million years ago, one of [...]
Mar
27
Some Reflections on the Fifth World Water Forum
March 27, 2009 | 1 Comment
I’ve been working on this post for several days; time to get this thing done.
A number of us AWRA WaterWonks were involved in the Fifth World Water Forum 16-22 March, Istanbul, Turkey: Jerry Sehlke, Ari Michelsen, Mary Theresa Flynn, Faye Anderson, David Moody, myself, and of course, Ken Reid. It was a lot of work, but [...]
Mar
22
Transboundary Synchroblogging on World Water Day
March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment
It’s World Water Day and this year’s theme is transboundary water.
Some waterbloggers have agreed to post on transboundary water topics, and Daniel Collins at Cr!key Creek has all the links and descriptions here.
I’ve posted a bunch of items on transboundary ground water, including presentations from my side event at the Fifth World Water Forum.
“Boast during the [...]
Mar
17
World Water Day is 22 March 2009 – the day the 5WWF ends.
In honor of that day, I am publicizing two causes I believe are worthy. The descriptions below were provided to me.
1) Fill the Glass is a campaign to quench the thirst of thousands in need of water for drinking, bathing, and growing food. [...]
Mar
12
New blogs just keep on coming!
The law schools of UCLA and UC-Berkeley have launched a new blog: Legal Planet.
Here is the blurb I received via email:
“Legal Planet focuses on significant developments in law and policy for a general audience,” said Dan Farber, director of Berkeley Law’s environmental law program and faculty co-director of the school’s [...]
Mar
7
‘Yuck’ – As In ‘Yucca’
March 7, 2009 | 2 Comments
President Obama’s debt to Nevada and Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) looks like it has just been paid: it appears that the proposed repository for the USA’s commercial nuclear waste, Yucca Mountain, is all but done. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said that storing high-level waste (HLW) at the site is no longer an option. Although the [...]
Mar
6
Managing Water Resources Development in a Changing Climate
March 6, 2009 | 3 Comments
Jerry Sehlke, President AWRA
Most AWRA members are not directly associated with “climate change science” or “climate change technology” programs; however, many are on the front line relative to “climate change adaptation.” As such, we should actively participate in climate change research and discussions in our own particular field of study or practice in order to [...]
Mar
2
Aguanomics: Engineers Doing It Right
March 2, 2009 | 1 Comment
David Zetland over at Aguanomics has a wonderful post, Engineers Doing It Right, about the Katrina disaster.
He begins:
Hurricane Katrina was not only a disaster in human, economic and political terms, it was also a disaster for the engineers who had worked to protect New Orleans (and the area) from weather that had no respect for the [...]
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