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.
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Peter Gleick Blog | Water News
Written by Dr. Peter Gleick
Thursday, 19 January 2012 08:11
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Thursday, 19 January 2012 08:11
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Written by Dr. Peter Gleick
Monday, 12 December 2011 11:54
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Monday, 12 December 2011 11:54
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Zombies are big business, in more ways than one. Zombie books, movies, costumes, make-up, computer games, and more are probably worth billions to our economy, not to mention the value of extra sales of axes, chainsaws, and shotguns to people who never hunt or cut down trees.
But not all zombies are fictional, and some are potentially really dangerous – at least to our pocketbooks and environment. These include zombie water projects: large, costly water projects that are proposed, killed for one reason or another, and are brought back to life, even if the project itself is socially, politically, economically, and environmentally unjustified.
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Written by Dr. Peter Gleick
Monday, 05 December 2011 08:40
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Monday, 05 December 2011 08:40
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The debate about water use in California agriculture is stuck in a 30-year-old rut; relying on outdated and technically-flawed thinking that is slowing statewide efforts to meet 21st century challenges.
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Written by Dr. Peter Gleick
Wednesday, 16 November 2011 08:21
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Wednesday, 16 November 2011 08:21
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A new analysis from the Pacific Institute evaluates the water needs for different energy futures and identifies a growing risk of conflicts between electricity production and water availability in the U.S. Intermountain West.
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Written by Nadya Ivanova
Tuesday, 18 October 2011 08:29
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Tuesday, 18 October 2011 08:29
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Peter Gleick, an internationally recognized water expert, tells Circle of Blue what has changed — and what has not — since the 2009 release of Volume 6. The Pacific Institute’s biannual report analyzes how water relates to climate change, corporate interests, and policy reform.
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Written by Dr. Peter Gleick
Wednesday, 12 October 2011 06:00
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Wednesday, 12 October 2011 06:00
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When I go to water meetings, there are serious scientific discussions about climate impacts on water systems, international conflicts over water, water quality and contamination threats, new technologies and strategies for providing basic water and sanitation for the world’s poor, and much more. But in the hallways between meetings and sessions, the real arguments are about the conflicts between public and private control and management of water.
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Written by Dr. Peter Gleick
Monday, 10 October 2011 06:00
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Monday, 10 October 2011 06:00
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Every year, our old water infrastructure spills 860 million gallons of untreated waste into America’s waterways, including raw or partially treated sewage, bacteria, parasites, synthetic hormones, pharmaceuticals, and agricultural wastes.
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Written by Dr. Peter Gleick
Thursday, 06 October 2011 10:38
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Thursday, 06 October 2011 10:38
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The world faces a wide range of serious, complex, and long-term water challenges, from shortages to contamination to local and regional disputes over water to long-term climate changes. But there are other challenges that are short-term, emergency situations that could also be addressed by some new thinking and new technology.
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Wednesday, 25 January 2012 13:37
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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.
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