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The Global Rundown The United States and China have agreed to landmark cuts in carbon emissions to fight climate change, which is warming groundwater as well as the air and surface water. The U.S. Congress is moving to approve the Keystone XL oil pipeline, documents suggest Shell spilled more oil in the Niger Delta than […]
Era of indifference greets droughts, floods, storms, tsunamis. Photo © Keith Schneider / Circle of Blue India’s policy of free water and free energy to farmers is draining groundwater reserves, polluting air and rivers, and generating economy-weakening brownouts with millions of electric water pumps that irrigate rice and wheat crops so big they rot in […]
Steeled by past drought, governor is reshaping how largest U.S. state uses and distributes water.
Pollution The Buenavista copper mine in northern Mexico has spilled toxic waste into the Sonora River basin for the second time in two months, prompting the government to warn nearby residents not to use the water, the Associated Press reported. The mine is already facing a cost of $US 151 million to clean up a […]
Little rain is not a problem for land managers working in the aftermath of one of California’s largest fires.
Current targets not enough to stop algal toxins. Image courtesy Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory Harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie can prompt beach closures, like this one in Sandusky Bay, Erie County, Ohio. They also pose a threat to drinking water that is supplied from the lake. The two largest algal blooms ever […]
Energy Dam levels are at historic lows in regions of Brazil that produce 70 percent of the country’s hydropower, Bloomberg News reported. Further, rains from an El Nino weather event are no longer likely to replenish the dam reservoirs, according to forecasters, meaning Brazil will continue to rely on thermoelectric plants to bridge the energy […]
Lake continues trend of harmful and unsightly effect of nutrient pollution. Photo courtesy of Tom Archer / Michigan Sea Grant An algal bloom spreads across Lake Erie near Point Pelee, Ontario. State and federal researchers forecast an above-average bloom in 2014. Click image to enlarge. By Codi Kozacek Circle of Blue Water plant managers and […]
Basic scientific research is not glamorous. Photo Codi Kozacek / Circle of Blue Researchers take gas samples from the water column in Toolik Lake, a repetitive but necessary process.Click image to enlarge. Finding myself with a relatively open schedule yesterday, I spent my breakfast asking around the dining hall for any projects I could help […]
