Mar
30
JAWRA April 2010 Highlights
March 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment
JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association Featured Collection: Riparian Ecosystems and Buffers This issue presents a Featured Collection on Riparian Ecosystems and Buffers, organized by Guest Associate Editors Paul M. Mayer, Albert H. Todd, and Judith A. Okay, and Associate Editor Kathleen A. Dwire. The 10 papers stem from key presentations at the [...]
Mar
28
Dr. Rita Colwell Awarded 2010 Stockholm Water Prize
March 28, 2010 | 1 Comment
Dr. Rita Colwell, a professor at the University of Maryland and at the Johns Hopkins University, has been awarded the 2010 Stockholm Water Prize. The prize, awarded by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI), is sometimes referred to as water’s Nobel Prize. From the prize’s WWW site: Dr. Colwell, 76, is widely recognized as one [...]
Mar
25
Free Download of Interactive Version of NG’s Special Issue – ‘Water: Our Thirsty World’
March 25, 2010 | 1 Comment
By now you’ve heard that National Geographic’s April 2010 issue will feature ‘Water: Our Thirsty World.’ It goes on sale 30 March 2010. But what you probably haven’t heard is that NG will offer free downloads of an interactive edition between 22 March and 2 April 2010. Here is the blurb from the WWW site: [...]
Mar
18
Asit K. Biswas Lecture: Global Water Crisis – Myth or Reality?
March 18, 2010 | 2 Comments
Thanks to Daniel Collins at Cr!key Creek for alerting me to this. Here is what Daniel says about Dr. Biswas’ lecture: Asit Biswas, an expert in international water resource management, has changed his mind. He no longer believes a world water crisis is a crisis of physical supply. It is, instead, a crisis of management. [...]
Mar
16
Whom To Believe: Climate-Change Deniers or World’s Scientific Societies?
March 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Dr. Peter Gleick’s recent post is a wonderful summary of some of the climate-change position statements of some of the world’s most prestigious scientific societies: AGU, GSA, AAAS, ESA, ACS, EPS, IUGG, APS, et al. He also includes positions of the national science academies of the G8 + 5 nations. And, as he says, don’t [...]
Mar
7
Congressional Water Caucus-Running Dry DC Water Events Resheduled for 16-17 June 2010
March 7, 2010 | 2 Comments
Jim Thebaut just informed me that the two DC water events originally scheduled for 24 February 2010 will now occur on 16 and 17 June, 2010. Click here for more information on venues and details. 1) The evening session (6 – 8 PM) on 16 June will feature the Congressional Water Caucus and the Chronicles Group/Running Dry [...]
Mar
4
Position Announcement: President, Escuela Agrícola Panamericana – Zamorano (Honduras)
March 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, commonly known as Zamorano, is searching for its 11th president. The private agriculture school, founded in 1941, is located about 25 miles east of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, in the beautiful, rural Valle del Zamorano. Zamorano enjoys an excellent reputation throughout Latin America. It has an office in Washington, DC. So why I am I [...]
Mar
3
Review: Steven Solomon’s ‘Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization’
March 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment
Earlier this year I posted my‘non-review’ of Steven Solomon’s book, Water: The Epic Struggle for Wealth, Power and Civilization. It took me a while to get around to it but I finished it about a week ago and have been letting it ‘settle’ before penning this review. Here are earlier reviews from The Economist, the Seattle Times, [...]
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