Tag: Drought - Page 6
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California's Real Sustainability Problem: Not Budgets, Water Resources Management
Last minute negotiations may have solved California's budget crisis; but, a more protracted problem shadows the future of civilization-as-they-know-it:
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Whither Turkey's Wetlands?
When environmentalists assessed the state of Turkey's wetlands earlier this month, they were not optimistic. But despite the threats faced, there are some bright spots too.
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Oasys Water Gets Major Funding for New Desalination Technology
The next big crisis isn't going to be how to get renewable energy across the power lines, or how to turn our full landfills into fuel sources. It's going to be how to get a sip of water. An impending water crisis is believed to be
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Millions of Australian Wildlife Devastated by Weather Extremes
Whilst the human tragedy of the bushfires in Victoria, Australia
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Australian Heatwave: "Climate Change Link is Very Likely"
Australia is in shock. It’s currently in the grip of the worst bushfires since white settlement, 220 years ago. 128 dead and over 750 houses destroyed in the state of Victoria. And counting. Victorian police
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Australia Melts (as Britain Freezes)
What does climate change look like, when
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Drought: The New Serpent in the Garden of Eden
The return of water to Iraq's ancient marshlands, thought to be the home of the biblical Garden of Eden, was once seen as a bright spot amid the war-torn country's many tragedies. But
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Good News For Atlanta: Water Rising In Lake Lanier
Banks may be closing; jobs may be slipping; but, at least substantial winter rains have returned to Atlanta, as is normal. The refilling of Atlanta's drinking water reservoir (Lake Lanier) comes following almost two years of regional drought, periodic
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Waterboxx Offers Possibilities for Reforestation in the Desert
It appears to be just a run of the mill, regular, rectangular plastic bucket with a whole in the centre, but the Waterboxx is actually a sophisticated design that traps night time condensation.
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Biokube: A Septic Tank That Waters Your Lawn
Most days when I wash my dishes, I cart bowlfuls of water out to my hopelessly brown California yard and dump it, the whole time snarling at the neighbor’s bubbling sprinklers and thinking that even if the yard won’t green up past
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Hidden Reservoir: Why Water Efficiency Is The Best Solution For The Southeast
You're probably thinking this sounds like a "too good
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Filmmakers Wanted to Showcase Water Problems at Istanbul Forum
With up to 2 billion of the world's people lacking adequate access to water and $500 billion changing hands annually in global water markets, it's no wonder that "water is the new oil" has become a popular buzz-phrase--almost to the point of cliché.
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Change Coming To Water Politics - Twelve US States Face Extended Drought Conditions
The US Climate Prediction Center projects large areas of drought "Persist" conditions (graphically indicated in solid brown) in Hawaii, Southern California and Nevada, in South-Central Texas, and in seven southern US states, including the Lake Lanier
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Water: The Hidden Cost of Your Food and Drink
Yet more wonderful photographs in the Guardian, in a photo essay showing how much water is used for everything from pigs to tea. It is part of a series on water, including an excellent article on water footprints and an editorial that concludes that
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Los Angeles Doubles Fines for Water Wasters
If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. In an effort to clamp down on Angelenos' profligate water use, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has just signed an ordinance doubling the penalties for residents who repeatedly flout the
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Fog & Dew Collectors: Design For A Thirsty World
Here’s a potentially live-saving and thirst-quenching design prototype that we like: British designer Alon Alex Gross has created fog and dew collectors that build on existing, traditional techniques of rain harvesting with lightweight, modern materials.
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Bnarrator Gives Voice to Websites, Creates Green Jobs, and Remixes Nalgene Bottle Dangers
What if the environment could speak for itself? Would it say "ouch" every time a new plane took off from the tarmac spewing CO2e's into the air. Would it say gracias, merci, todah or thank you for every new tree planted, or for the leftovers you
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Scythe Revival Grows in the UK Too
Green Grows the Grass? Now that the summer growth season is in full swing, many folks will be struggling to keep up with their lawn maintenance. And while converting our yards to edibles is probably the greenest option out there, reel mowers come in a
