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February 10: Danube River Freezes Over
Weather
The crazy winter weather continued, as record low temperatures in Europe froze the Danube River from Austria to the Black Sea, AFP reported.
Meanwhile, a mild winter in the United States saw January temperatures rise as much as eight degrees above normal, according to a map released by the National Climatic Data Center.
The last fourteen years of weather in the United States are condensed into 33 minutes by this Guardian animation.
Climate Change
Climate change could have a greater impact on microbial communities than previously thought, which could in turn affect hydrological and biogeochemical processes, according to researchers studying microbes in Antarctica, Xinhua reported.
Government Investments
Sewer and water systems in U.S. cities need a $300 billion upgrade investment, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a study by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Protesters in Peru marched in opposition to government-backed mining projects worth $50 billion, which they fear could pollute and deplete water supplies, Reuters reported.
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Resurrecting an Old Desalination Technology to Test Desert Agriculture
At a U.S. desalination research facility this month, a 2,500-year-old technology will be put to the test. The company in charge of the project hopes to increase productivity, reduce the energy needed to purify water and maybe even make desert agriculture viable.
Connected by Pipeline from Canada, Tar Sands Represents Bonus and Risk to Great Lakes
Transporting and processing corrosive crude raise new questions about consequences
Study Outlines Plans to Stop Asian Carp at Chicago
Three proposals for separating the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River watershed could block the flow of aquatic invasive species while re-envisioning water management in Chicago, a new study says.
Economics and Water Concerns Alter the Solar Landscape in the US West
The falling price of photovoltaic panels and public concerns about aquifers and rivers in the western United States are boosting solar energy technologies that save water.
Pollution, Dry Weather Choke the World’s Major Lakes
Urban waste and falling water levels signaled a rough start to 2012 for some of the world’s largest and most iconic freshwater lakes.
Visions of Solar Energy’s Future Compete in Colorado’s San Luis Valley
The U.S. government is in the process of designating more than 6,000 hectacres of federal land for solar energy development. As companies line up to submit projects, some valley residents are questioning the centralized model of energy generation and are, instead, trying to shape an independent energy future.
State of the Union: New Economics of Energy Production Tilts Obama’s “All-of-the-Above†Strategy One Way
In the era of deficit and disinvestment, water-intensive fossil fuel production is overwhelming the water-sipping clean energy sector.
Peter Gleick: Mining California Groundwater – The Cadiz Project
A private company, Cadiz Inc. (Cadiz), has revived plans to mine groundwater underlying land in the delicate Eastern Mojave Desert. This project revives fundamental questions about how we manage our precious water resources, and in particular, whether in the 21st century it is appropriate, or even necessary, to use renewable water resources in a nonrenewable and unsustainable way, for short-term profit.
Ned Breslin: Lessons From Polio
One of my best friends fell victim to polio as a child, as he describes in this Frontline story from PBS.
Peter Gleick: Climate Change, Disbelief, and the Collision between Human and Geologic Time
Geologic time scales are long – too long for the human mind to really comprehend. Over millions, and tens of millions, and hundreds of millions of years, the Earth has changed from something unrecognizable to the planet we see on maps, plastic globes, and photos from space.
Obama Administration to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline
However, the company building the pipeline will be invited to re-appl,y after finding a new route through Nebraska, according to a government official.
Water Law: Public Trust May Be Fresh Approach to Protecting Great Lakes
Canadian and American advocates join to promote big oversight idea of the "commons."
Food vs. Water: High Commodity Prices Complicate Aquifer Protection in Colorado’s San Luis Valley
Decades of groundwater pumping have left one of the San Luis Valley aquifers in a perilous state. To restore its health — and the foundation of the local economy — valley leaders are developing a plan to pay farmers to fallow up to 16,000 hectares. But with commodity prices soaring, will anyone go for it, or will the state have to step in?
Top 10 Water News Stories of 2011
Understanding the interplay between water, food, and energy is crucial for business, policy, data, science, environment, and human welfare. In 2011, the Circle of Blue team brought you exclusive, top-of-the-line reporting from the coal mines of northern China to the deepest intrigue of the Wikileaks documents, from the Texas drought to East Africa’s famine, from [...]
U.S. Administration Bans Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
The decision by the U.S. Department of the Interior was applauded by environmental groups for protecting the Colorado River watershed and criticized by industry organizations for hurting jobs and energy security.
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Update: China Completes Tunnel Under Yellow River for South-North Water Transfer Project
China is on target to begin transferring water from the Yangtze River Basin to Hebei, Shandong, and Tianjin by 2013.
Choke Point: China on Wilson Center’s Dialogue Program
On Wednesday evening, dialogue — an award-winning television and radio program that explores the world of ideas through weekly, half-hour conversations with renowned public figures, scholars, journalists, and authors — will feature "Choke Point: The World's Looming Water Crisis."
Infographic: China’s Water Pollution Events and Protection Policies (2004-2011)
China has some of the dirtiest and most dangerous water in the world. This detailed and interactive timeline shows key pollution events, protests, and policy reforms from the last eight years at both the national and regional levels as China tries to clean up its act.
EIA Report: Global Energy Use To Double by 2035 — Half of Increase from Fossil Fuels in China and India
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently published its annual report on global energy projections. Though renewable energy sources and nuclear power, along with unconventional fossil fuels, will phase out coal production over the next two decades, it will not be at the pace necessary to offset greenhouse gas emissions
Building China’s 21st-century Megacity: Shanghai’s Experiment with Water and Nature
A new community on the Yangtze River has, so far, been more successful at attracting ducks than people. But city officials have their sights set high for Lingang Port City, which they say could be home to nearly a million people by 2050. Cleaner water will be a big help.
China Turns Profit From Coal-to-liquid Fuels Production, May Expand Controversial Program
Though China suspended most of its coal-to-liquid fuels refineries in 2008 due to concerns for scarce water resources and high production costs, recent financial gains may lead it to reconsider its policy.
Video: Confronting Water Scarcity & Energy Demand in China
Choke Point: China is an on-the-ground report that displays in text, photographs, and interactive graphics the powerful evidence of a potentially ruinous confrontation between growth, water, and fuel that is already visible across China; a confrontation that is virtually certain to grow more dire over the next decade.
China to Cap Energy Use by 2015 in National Low-Carbon Plan
The energy target will be the highlight of a document to come later this year, as well as a cornerstone of China's efforts to curb soaring greenhouse gas emissions, which currently stand at a quarter of the global total. Cutting coal consumption will inevitably also cut water use, as coal is China's largest industrial user of water.
Infographic: Map of Pollution Levels in China’s Major River Basins
The seven major river basins, as a whole, have had steady improvements in water quality over the past decade.
Double Choke Point: Demand for Energy Tests Water Supply and Economic Stability in China and the U.S.
The cords of energy demand and water supply are tightening around the world's two largest economies.
Photo Slideshow: Xilinhot, City of Coal on the Inner Mongolia Steppe
Xilinhot—an Inner Mongolian outpost of 177,000 residents, separated from Beijing by a 12-hour train ride—is at the center of the Xilin Gol Grassland, one of China's largest prairies and livestock production regions. The north's coal mines, trucks, and power plants of Inner Mongolia are representative of the nation's coal dependency, a lifeline with an insatiable thirst for water.
Energy Economy Brings Change to Shepherd Life: Modernization Comes to the Dry Grasslands of Inner Mongolia
Along the vast frozen grasslands, 23-year-old Wu Yun and her father, Bao Zhu, tend their flock of sheep and cattle. Just over the ridge, the northern city of Xilinhot is booming as the coal industry continues to expand. But it will take a lot of water to feed both the city and the mining.
Rains Bring Relief For Six-Month China Drought, But Chronic Water Problems Loom
Although now satiated, the dry spell is the latest in a growing trend of severe water shortages threatening China's food production, energy generation, and accelerating modernization.
Infographic: Interactive Timeline Mapping China’s Drought-ridden Provinces Since 2007
Water scarcity is becoming an increasingly persistent problem for China, with droughts affecting several regions over the last four years.
Photo Slideshow: Food and Farmers — China’s Other Challenge
The farm sector and the coal sector together made up 85 percent of water used in China last year. These photos take a look at the people and places affected by rising energy demand, accelerating modernization, and diminishing freshwater resources.
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Infographic: Unprescribed — Drugs in the Water Cycle
In 2009, 3.9 billion prescriptions were dispensed in the United States, and an estimated 10 to 40 percent of medicines are not used. With 78 million baby boomers reaching the age when prescription drug use will increase, how will this affect environmental and drinking water?
Infographic: China’s Water Pollution Events and Protection Policies (2004-2011)
China has some of the dirtiest and most dangerous water in the world. This detailed and interactive timeline shows key pollution events, protests, and policy reforms from the last eight years at both the national and regional levels as China tries to clean up its act.
Infographic: WASH and Urbanization — Providing Sanitation and Water Services by Country
Entry in the 2011 Urban Water Design Challenge, sponsored by Visualizing.org and Circle of Blue.
Interactive Map: U.S. Cities Acting Now to Reduce Water Risk from Climate Change
A report from the Natural Resources Defense Council describes water threats and adaptations in a dozen American cities.
Infographic: Wild Rice is Keystone Species for Upper Great Lakes Region
Wild Rice is an aquatic grass that is harvested annually for its nutritious grain. Throughout its growth cycle, wild rice encounters many external threats, both environmental and human-made, which are being compounded by the effects of climate change.
Infographic: Map of Pollution Levels in China’s Major River Basins
The seven major river basins, as a whole, have had steady improvements in water quality over the past decade.
Infographic: An Elemental Concern—Arsenic in Drinking Water
Arsenic is both naturally occurring and artificially produced, and the toxin is very dangerous since it often has no color, taste, or smell. This graphic breaks down how arsenic gets into drinking water supplies and how arsenic affects the U.S. on the state level.
Infographic: Interactive Timeline Mapping China’s Drought-ridden Provinces Since 2007
Water scarcity is becoming an increasingly persistent problem for China, with droughts affecting several regions over the last four years.
Infographic: Fracking Imports and Exports in Europe — Natural Gas Reserves, Production, and Consumption by Country
How do shale gas reserves measure up in European countries?
Infographic: How Desalination Works
What is the process, and how much energy does it take? This video describes two common methods—reverse osmosis and flash distillation—for obtaining water from the sea.
Infographic: Underground Coal Conversion — Creating Fuels and Fertilizers With Less Water
Though the chemistry and industrial processes for coal gasification were developed early in the 20th century by European scientists, Chinese engineers have recently developed a number of technical advances. And more efficient processes means using less coal to produce more chemicals.
Infographic: China Leads Top 10 Coal Producing and Consuming Nations
Since 2000, global coal consumption has grown faster than any other fuel, with the biggest market for coal in Asia. Although China tops the global list for both coal consumption and production, the nation has emerged as the world's leading builder of clean coal technology.
Infographic: Tree Map of Freshwater Withdrawal by Country — A Comparison Between Continents
Does the population of a country affects to its freshwater withdrawal? and its geographic location? Are there differences between Continents? and within them? How the availability of freshwater is spread around the economic sectors?
Infographic: Three Types of Coal Mining—Process and Facts
Opencast mining involves scraping at the ground's surface, while room and pillar mining occurs below ground. Likewise, longwall mining uses heavy machinery to dig at coal seams beneath the surface: learn more in this interactive inforgraphic.
Infographic: Three Eras of Water — The History of the Relationship Between Civilization and Nature
The infographic portrays the evolution of water technology, including its immediate successes of human progress and the disadvantages of that progress. Based on an essay by Peter Gleick, the scientific, social, and historical findings are translated into this piece, putting those patterns in a contemporary light.
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Resurrecting an Old Desalination Technology to Test Desert Agriculture
At a U.S. desalination research facility this month, a 2,500-year-old technology will be put to the test. The company in charge of the project hopes to increase productivity, reduce the energy needed to purify water and maybe even make desert agriculture viable.
Visions of Solar Energy’s Future Compete in Colorado’s San Luis Valley
The U.S. government is in the process of designating more than 6,000 hectacres of federal land for solar energy development. As companies line up to submit projects, some valley residents are questioning the centralized model of energy generation and are, instead, trying to shape an independent energy future.
State of the Union: New Economics of Energy Production Tilts Obama’s “All-of-the-Above†Strategy One Way
In the era of deficit and disinvestment, water-intensive fossil fuel production is overwhelming the water-sipping clean energy sector.
Food vs. Water: High Commodity Prices Complicate Aquifer Protection in Colorado’s San Luis Valley
Decades of groundwater pumping have left one of the San Luis Valley aquifers in a perilous state. To restore its health — and the foundation of the local economy — valley leaders are developing a plan to pay farmers to fallow up to 16,000 hectares. But with commodity prices soaring, will anyone go for it, or will the state have to step in?
U.S. Administration Bans Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
The decision by the U.S. Department of the Interior was applauded by environmental groups for protecting the Colorado River watershed and criticized by industry organizations for hurting jobs and energy security.
Ecuador and Oil: Chevron Loses Court Appeal Against $18 Billion Amazon Pollution Fine
Closing in on nearly two decades in court, this “David and Goliath” fight seems far from over. Plaintiffs contend that no amount of money can repair the damage to the environment and to the lives of the 30,000 who claim to have been affected, while the U.S. oil company has denounced the Ecuadorean court system [...]
Water News: What’s Ahead in 2012
News headlines are often dominated by the big, unexpected events — BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, for example, or Japan’s earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear catastrophes in 2011 — but some events come with advance warning. Here is a preview of the water news to look for in 2012.
Infographic: Unprescribed — Drugs in the Water Cycle
In 2009, 3.9 billion prescriptions were dispensed in the United States, and an estimated 10 to 40 percent of medicines are not used. With 78 million baby boomers reaching the age when prescription drug use will increase, how will this affect environmental and drinking water?
Ned Breslin: Scratching the Surface — Retooling the WASH Model’s Indicators (Part III)
Sharing failures can be just as valuable as sharing successes. Yet, the development sector more often touts its successes as indicators to donors, who, in turn, are content to think short term and tend to not ask the tough questions.
Unprescribed: Legislation to Keep Drugs Out of Water Thwarted by U.S. Pharmaceutical Lobbying
An estimated 10 to 40 percent of prescription and over-the-counter medicines are not used, but how to properly dispose of these drugs depends on who you ask. Since there is no continuous national program, states — and even some cites — are instituting their own regulations, but not without complaints from the pharmaceutical industry.
UN Report: Floods Threaten Southeast Asia Food Crisis, Disrupt Thai Car Industry
With hundreds of deaths, thousands of damaged hectares, and millions of refugees, this year's fall flooding has equated to a devastating wet season.
Differing Views On North Korea’s Food Crisis
Torrential rains, heavy summer floods, and typhoons have compounded North Korea’s dysfunctional food-distribution system, leaving millions — including many children — in danger of malnutrition, according to some media outlets and humanitarian-aid groups. But others contend that additional analysis is necessary to verify the circumstances.
Eurobarometer Survey: Europeans Say Climate Change More Dire Than Economic Situation
Just over half of respondents in the European Union’s 27 member states mentioned climate change as one of the world’s most serious problems, and 20 percent felt it is the single most serious problem.
EIA Report: Global Energy Use To Double by 2035 — Half of Increase from Fossil Fuels in China and India
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently published its annual report on global energy projections. Though renewable energy sources and nuclear power, along with unconventional fossil fuels, will phase out coal production over the next two decades, it will not be at the pace necessary to offset greenhouse gas emissions
Building China’s 21st-century Megacity: Shanghai’s Experiment with Water and Nature
A new community on the Yangtze River has, so far, been more successful at attracting ducks than people. But city officials have their sights set high for Lingang Port City, which they say could be home to nearly a million people by 2050. Cleaner water will be a big help.
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At a U.S. desalination research facility this month, a 2,500-year-old technology will be put to the test. The company in charge of the project hopes to increase productivity, reduce the energy needed to purify water and maybe even make desert agriculture viable.
Connected by Pipeline from Canada, Tar Sands Represents Bonus and Risk to Great Lakes
Transporting and processing corrosive crude raise new questions about consequences
Study Outlines Plans to Stop Asian Carp at Chicago
Three proposals for separating the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River watershed could block the flow of aquatic invasive species while re-envisioning water management in Chicago, a new study says.
Economics and Water Concerns Alter the Solar Landscape in the US West
The falling price of photovoltaic panels and public concerns about aquifers and rivers in the western United States are boosting solar energy technologies that save water.
Pollution, Dry Weather Choke the World’s Major Lakes
Urban waste and falling water levels signaled a rough start to 2012 for some of the world’s largest and most iconic freshwater lakes.
Visions of Solar Energy’s Future Compete in Colorado’s San Luis Valley
The U.S. government is in the process of designating more than 6,000 hectacres of federal land for solar energy development. As companies line up to submit projects, some valley residents are questioning the centralized model of energy generation and are, instead, trying to shape an independent energy future.
State of the Union: New Economics of Energy Production Tilts Obama’s “All-of-the-Above†Strategy One Way
In the era of deficit and disinvestment, water-intensive fossil fuel production is overwhelming the water-sipping clean energy sector.
Peter Gleick: Mining California Groundwater – The Cadiz Project
A private company, Cadiz Inc. (Cadiz), has revived plans to mine groundwater underlying land in the delicate Eastern Mojave Desert. This project revives fundamental questions about how we manage our precious water resources, and in particular, whether in the 21st century it is appropriate, or even necessary, to use renewable water resources in a nonrenewable and unsustainable way, for short-term profit.
Obama Administration to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline
However, the company building the pipeline will be invited to re-appl,y after finding a new route through Nebraska, according to a government official.
Water Law: Public Trust May Be Fresh Approach to Protecting Great Lakes
Canadian and American advocates join to promote big oversight idea of the "commons."
Food vs. Water: High Commodity Prices Complicate Aquifer Protection in Colorado’s San Luis Valley
Decades of groundwater pumping have left one of the San Luis Valley aquifers in a perilous state. To restore its health — and the foundation of the local economy — valley leaders are developing a plan to pay farmers to fallow up to 16,000 hectares. But with commodity prices soaring, will anyone go for it, or will the state have to step in?
U.S. Administration Bans Uranium Mining Near Grand Canyon
The decision by the U.S. Department of the Interior was applauded by environmental groups for protecting the Colorado River watershed and criticized by industry organizations for hurting jobs and energy security.
Advance of the Invader: Asian Carp Continue March to Northern Waters
Live carp have been found in North Dakota and past the electric barriers in Chicago. As the carp push forward, Michigan and other Great Lakes states are once again asking the U.S. Supreme Court to speed up action to stop the advance of the invader.
Water News: What’s Ahead in 2012
News headlines are often dominated by the big, unexpected events — BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, for example, or Japan’s earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear catastrophes in 2011 — but some events come with advance warning. Here is a preview of the water news to look for in 2012.
Plumbing WikiLeaks: Water’s Role in U.S. Foreign Aid
Diplomatic cables show that the U.S. State Department aims to strike a balance between the need for diplomatic dances and the desire to produce tangible results from on-the-ground projects.
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Food vs. Water: High Commodity Prices Complicate Aquifer Protection in Colorado’s San Luis Valley
Decades of groundwater pumping have left one of the San Luis Valley aquifers in a perilous state. To restore its health — and the foundation of the local economy — valley leaders are developing a plan to pay farmers to fallow up to 16,000 hectares. But with commodity prices soaring, will anyone go for it, or will the state have to step in?
Pacific Institute Report: Setbacks and Solutions of Water-Energy Clash in U.S. Intermountain West
At the forefront of a national trend, this region is already suffering from intense conflicts that willy only worsen with climate change and population growth. However, the report also highlights several ways to dramatically reduce the water requirements for electricity generation.
Eurobarometer Survey: Europeans Say Climate Change More Dire Than Economic Situation
Just over half of respondents in the European Union’s 27 member states mentioned climate change as one of the world’s most serious problems, and 20 percent felt it is the single most serious problem.
2011 is Record-setting Year for Climate Change: Ice Melts in Arctic, High Temps in U.S.
A new study has revealed that ice volume in the Arctic Sea reached an all-time low in 2010. Meanwhile, in the United States, more high-temperature records have been set this summer than in any other year previously, as well as many regions that have broken rainfall and drought records.
Peter Gleick: When Climate Changes Come and Water Policies Fail. Pray for Rain?
Texans and the rest of the country are getting a preview of the future of water when national and local leadership on climate and water policies fails.
Water and Food Security: Somalia Famine Grows, Drought Could Ease
Meteorologists are hopeful for future rainfall, though they say the current disaster was preventable. The lack of rain, which is also affecting neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia, and political instability have tipped Somalia into a food crisis that could persist, even as drought conditions abate.
Watered Down: Hurricane Irene Renews Debates About U.S. Budget and Climate Change
Hurricane Irene killed at least 40 people, caused billions of dollars in damages, and cut power to nearly 8 million homes and businesses as the storm moved from the Caribbean through the East Coast of the United States last week. But while financial analysts and members of Congress focus on who and how much to pay for recovery, climate experts are pointing out holes in the system.
Interactive Map: U.S. Cities Acting Now to Reduce Water Risk from Climate Change
A report from the Natural Resources Defense Council describes water threats and adaptations in a dozen American cities.
Infographic: Wild Rice is Keystone Species for Upper Great Lakes Region
Wild Rice is an aquatic grass that is harvested annually for its nutritious grain. Throughout its growth cycle, wild rice encounters many external threats, both environmental and human-made, which are being compounded by the effects of climate change.
Where Food Grows on Water: Environmental and Human Threats to Wisconsin’s Wild Rice
For generations, the upper Great Lakes region has boasted harvests of wild rice, growing in Lake Superior and other watersheds within the basin. But disease, dams, and climate change are now endangering the uncultivated bounty.
Coal Conversion in the Rust Belt: Will It Be a Diamond for Small Ohio River Town?
An energy company has plans to withdraw water from the Ohio River, the potential site for a coal-to-liquid fuels conversion plant, which would be the first of its kind in the United States and the sixth in the world. Though it will bring jobs to the region, the proposal is facing strong opposition from environmental groups.
U.S. House Passes Bill to Accelerate Decision on Tar Sands Keystone XL Pipeline
If the Republican-sponsored bill passes the Democrat-controlled Senate, the final decision could come by the beginning of November.
United Nations Stalemates on Climate Change and Security
Climate change became a hot-button issue at a recent U.N. Security Council meeting.
Peter Gleick: It’s Hotter Than It Used to Be; It’s Not as Hot as It’s Going to Be
Holy crap it's hot. People, animals, and crops are dying.
Weather Extremes: Floods, Droughts, Tornadoes, and Extreme Heat Plague Much of U.S.
Extreme weather events in 2011 have been numerous and diverse, prompting some analysts to link the natural disasters to climate change. Most recently, many states are under exceptional-drought and extreme-heat advisories.
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